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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2025

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	322	227	232	-29.5%	2.2%

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	49	48	30	-2.0%	-37.5%
31	Manufacturing	66	42	47	-36.4%	11.9%
42	Wholesale Trade	14			0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	28	23	21	-17.9%	-8.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing		12	14	0.0%	16.7%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance			11	0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	16			0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	20		10	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services			12	0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	10	18		80.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	36	19	19	-47.2%	0.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	32	15	17	-53.1%	13.3%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	11			0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	25			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		18	15	0.0%	-16.7%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	17			0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	12			0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	37	24	17	-35.1%	-29.2%
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	33	11	15	-66.7%	36.4%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	25	10	15	-60.0%	50.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	64	51	34	-20.3%	-33.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	36	30	45	-16.7%	50.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	11	20	19	81.8%	-5.0%
990000	Unknown	21	27	17	28.6%	-37.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	38	32	26	-15.8%	-18.8%
	12 years	177	109	106	-38.4%	-2.8%
	13-15 years	89	69	72	-22.5%	4.3%
	Over 15 years	18	17	28	-5.6%	64.7%
Sex
	Male	180	143	124	-20.6%	-13.3%
	Female	142	84	108	-40.8%	28.6%
Age
	Under age 22	17		11	0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	44	36	33	-18.2%	-8.3%
	Age 30 to 39	79	66	59	-16.5%	-10.6%
	Age 40 to 49	63	39	55	-38.1%	41.0%
	Age 50 to 59	74	43	36	-41.9%	-16.3%
	Age 60 to 64	31	21	22	-32.3%	4.8%
	Age 65 and over	13	13	15	0.0%	15.4%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	276	179	177	-35.1%	-1.1%
	Black or African American,	11	12		9.1%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian		13		0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	32	21	31	-34.4%	47.6%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	256	178	187	-30.5%	5.1%
	Hispanic or Latino	40	33	32	-17.5%	-3.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	26	16	13	-38.5%	-18.8%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	258	390	264	51.2%	-32.3%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	328	292	259	-11.0%	-11.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,397	1,220	1,308	-12.7%	7.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	606	414	407	-31.7%	-1.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	552	446	514	-19.2%	15.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	362	305	383	-15.7%	25.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	130	69	88	-46.9%	27.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	918	813	733	-11.4%	-9.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,592	1,507	1,346	-5.3%	-10.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	322	227	232	-29.5%	2.2%
	Cottonwood County	33	43	36	30.3%	-16.3%
	Jackson County	40	22	37	-45.0%	68.2%
	Lincoln County	19			0.0%	0.0%
	Lyon County	63	50	50	-20.6%	0.0%
	Murray County	16	17	11	6.3%	-35.3%
	Nobles County	46	43	37	-6.5%	-14.0%
	Pipestone County	25		15	0.0%	0.0%
	Redwood County	54	33	29	-38.9%	-12.1%
	Rock County	26			0.0%	0.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	792	698	720	-11.9%	3.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,579	1,180	1,370	-25.3%	16.1%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,559	8,690	9,107	-17.7%	4.8%

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

March 2025

EDR 8 - Southwest