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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

June 2025

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,157	984	964	-15.0%	-2.0%

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	14	56	39	300.0%	-30.4%
31	Manufacturing	349	217	53	-37.8%	-75.6%
42	Wholesale Trade			15	0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	32	26	38	-18.8%	46.2%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	55	45	59	-18.2%	31.1%
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	48	88	153	83.3%	73.9%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	11	12	12	9.1%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	452	359	409	-20.6%	13.9%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	63	66	75	4.8%	13.6%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	59	51	50	-13.6%	-2.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	22	18	21	-18.2%	16.7%
92	Public Administration	10	15	13	50.0%	-13.3%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	16		10	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%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science 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	447	333	412	-25.5%	23.7%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	11			0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations		15	13	0.0%	-13.3%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	102	85	91	-16.7%	7.1%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	10			0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	10	12	11	20.0%	-8.3%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	44	41	42	-6.8%	2.4%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	15	59	48	293.3%	-18.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	22	10		-54.5%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	293	193	136	-34.1%	-29.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	72	74	65	2.8%	-12.2%
990000	Unknown	70	110	90	57.1%	-18.2%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	142	90	67	-36.6%	-25.6%
	12 years	501	443	420	-11.6%	-5.2%
	13-15 years	411	368	376	-10.5%	2.2%
	Over 15 years	103	83	101	-19.4%	21.7%
Sex
	Male	350	357	293	2.0%	-17.9%
	Female	807	627	671	-22.3%	7.0%
Age
	Under age 22	37	30	23	-18.9%	-23.3%
	Age 22 to 29	158	159	134	0.6%	-15.7%
	Age 30 to 39	264	235	203	-11.0%	-13.6%
	Age 40 to 49	247	204	188	-17.4%	-7.8%
	Age 50 to 59	214	164	190	-23.4%	15.9%
	Age 60 to 64	135	102	121	-24.4%	18.6%
	Age 65 and over	94	82	91	-12.8%	11.0%
	Info. not available			14	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	868	777	799	-10.5%	2.8%
	Black or African American,	27	17		-37.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	10	15		50.0%	0.0%
	Asian	37	32	55	-13.5%	71.9%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	207	137	94	-33.8%	-31.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	783	716	773	-8.6%	8.0%
	Hispanic or Latino	284	193	124	-32.0%	-35.8%
	Ethnicity Unknown	90	75	67	-16.7%	-10.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	543	646	595	19.0%	-7.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	567	615	689	8.5%	12.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2,022	2,060	2,244	1.9%	8.9%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	934	830	1,040	-11.1%	25.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,012	964	1,147	-4.7%	19.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	897	875	993	-2.5%	13.5%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	267	249	297	-6.7%	19.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,385	1,662	1,645	20.0%	-1.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,147	3,517	3,708	11.8%	5.4%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	1,157	984	964	-15.0%	-2.0%
	Cottonwood County	359	219	229	-39.0%	4.6%
	Jackson County	105	153	105	45.7%	-31.4%
	Lincoln County	23	24	25	4.3%	4.2%
	Lyon County	167	136	177	-18.6%	30.1%
	Murray County	68	43	60	-36.8%	39.5%
	Nobles County	221	216	192	-2.3%	-11.1%
	Pipestone County	45	50	49	11.1%	-2.0%
	Redwood County	115	111	96	-3.5%	-13.5%
	Rock County	54	32	31	-40.7%	-3.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,280	1,541	1,534	20.4%	-0.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,569	2,753	3,100	7.2%	12.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	16,217	18,971	21,127	17.0%	11.4%

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

June 2025

EDR 8 - Southwest