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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 2025

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	258	206	213	-20.2%	3.4%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	46	59	63	28.3%	6.8%
31	Manufacturing	98	40	29	-59.2%	-27.5%
42	Wholesale Trade				0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	17	18	17	5.9%	-5.6%
48	Transportation and Warehousing		13		0.0%	0.0%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance				0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services				0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	12			0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	15		16	0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	11	14	15	27.3%	7.1%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	11		13	0.0%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	10			0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	10	12	12	20.0%	0.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	12			0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations		13	12	0.0%	-7.7%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations			13	0.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	88	58	76	-34.1%	31.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	49	29	20	-40.8%	-31.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	21	29	10	38.1%	-65.5%
990000	Unknown	34	24	19	-29.4%	-20.8%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	31	19	23	-38.7%	21.1%
	12 years	131	114	112	-13.0%	-1.8%
	13-15 years	80	58	64	-27.5%	10.3%
	Over 15 years	16	15	14	-6.3%	-6.7%
Sex
	Male	176	148	154	-15.9%	4.1%
	Female	82	58	59	-29.3%	1.7%
Age
	Under age 22		14		0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	40	40	51	0.0%	27.5%
	Age 30 to 39	98	44	59	-55.1%	34.1%
	Age 40 to 49	47	40	41	-14.9%	2.5%
	Age 50 to 59	39	30	30	-23.1%	0.0%
	Age 60 to 64	17	17	18	0.0%	5.9%
	Age 65 and over		19		0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	198	168	170	-15.2%	1.2%
	Black or African American,	15			0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	34	20	26	-41.2%	30.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	185	167	163	-9.7%	-2.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	46	27	33	-41.3%	22.2%
	Ethnicity Unknown	27	12	17	-55.6%	41.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	165	221	295	33.9%	33.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	220	253	281	15.0%	11.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,150	1,154	1,228	0.3%	6.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	403	398	453	-1.2%	13.8%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	501	470	612	-6.2%	30.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	644	313	372	-51.4%	18.8%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	95	84	125	-11.6%	48.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	885	779	967	-12.0%	24.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,678	1,453	1,698	-13.4%	16.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	258	206	213	-20.2%	3.4%
	Cottonwood County	31	33	18	6.5%	-45.5%
	Jackson County	26	26	13	0.0%	-50.0%
	Lincoln County		11		0.0%	0.0%
	Lyon County	52	37	35	-28.8%	-5.4%
	Murray County	26	17	25	-34.6%	47.1%
	Nobles County	58	21	41	-63.8%	95.2%
	Pipestone County	19	23	26	21.1%	13.0%
	Redwood County	30	31	32	3.3%	3.2%
	Rock County	11		14	0.0%	0.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	738	679	818	-8.0%	20.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,359	1,153	1,349	-15.2%	17.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,795	8,857	9,329	0.7%	5.3%

All Initials Total new and reactivated applications for unemployment benefits.

Regular Continued The number of ongoing requests during the week including the 12th of the month.

Regular and PUA Continued The number of ongoing requests during the week including the 12th of the month for benefits under the regular and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) UI programs.

Extended Continued The number of ongoing requests during the week including the 12th of the month under current extension programs.

Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

February 2025

EDR 8 - Southwest