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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2025

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	254	191	193	-24.8%	1.0%

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	21	30	28	42.9%	-6.7%
31	Manufacturing	63	31	35	-50.8%	12.9%
42	Wholesale Trade	11			0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	28	23	15	-17.9%	-34.8%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	23	13		-43.5%	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			10	0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	21		20	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services				0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	28	21	24	-25.0%	14.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	14		17	0.0%	0.0%
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	22			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%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	19	13	25	-31.6%	92.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.				0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	21	14	10	-33.3%	-28.6%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	15			0.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	10			0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	24	44	28	83.3%	-36.4%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	57	19	42	-66.7%	121.1%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	23	23	11	0.0%	-52.2%
990000	Unknown	22	24	23	9.1%	-4.2%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	48	24	30	-50.0%	25.0%
	12 years	110	86	88	-21.8%	2.3%
	13-15 years	83	63	54	-24.1%	-14.3%
	Over 15 years	13	18	21	38.5%	16.7%
Sex
	Male	155	120	106	-22.6%	-11.7%
	Female	99	71	87	-28.3%	22.5%
Age
	Under age 22	11		16	0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	34	41	34	20.6%	-17.1%
	Age 30 to 39	69	34	43	-50.7%	26.5%
	Age 40 to 49	51	35	40	-31.4%	14.3%
	Age 50 to 59	46	39	35	-15.2%	-10.3%
	Age 60 to 64	30	15	15	-50.0%	0.0%
	Age 65 and over	12	15		25.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	212	156	147	-26.4%	-5.8%
	Black or African American,	10		11	0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian			10	0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	20	24	23	20.0%	-4.2%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	216	151	152	-30.1%	0.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	23	24	24	4.3%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	15	16	17	6.7%	6.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	262	249	257	-5.0%	3.2%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	274	198	213	-27.7%	7.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,157	1,112	1,004	-3.9%	-9.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	564	338	404	-40.1%	19.5%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	489	459	344	-6.1%	-25.1%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	355	341	275	-3.9%	-19.4%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	171	90	86	-47.4%	-4.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	651	701	602	7.7%	-14.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,314	1,302	1,170	-0.9%	-10.1%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	254	191	193	-24.8%	1.0%
	Cottonwood County	40	16	34	-60.0%	112.5%
	Jackson County	40	23	23	-42.5%	0.0%
	Lincoln County	11			0.0%	0.0%
	Lyon County	48	50	35	4.2%	-30.0%
	Murray County	14	10	19	-28.6%	90.0%
	Nobles County	43	44	34	2.3%	-22.7%
	Pipestone County				0.0%	0.0%
	Redwood County	41	31	24	-24.4%	-22.6%
	Rock County	11		12	0.0%	0.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	600	639	559	6.5%	-12.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,091	1,133	1,100	3.8%	-2.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,353	8,539	8,586	2.2%	0.6%

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

April 2025

EDR 8 - Southwest