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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

July 2025

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	500	513	333	2.6%	-35.1%

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	20	20	23	0.0%	15.0%
31	Manufacturing	140	202	78	44.3%	-61.4%
42	Wholesale Trade		10		0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	23	23	31	0.0%	34.8%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	16	13	17	-18.8%	30.8%
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	118	83	37	-29.7%	-55.4%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	11	10		-9.1%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	84	48	53	-42.9%	10.4%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	31	37	30	19.4%	-18.9%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	21	26	19	23.8%	-26.9%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration		13		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%
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	69	64	60	-7.2%	-6.3%
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	12			0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	39	35	24	-10.3%	-31.4%
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	15	10	12	-33.3%	20.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	13	21	15	61.5%	-28.6%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	20	27	47	35.0%	74.1%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		12		0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	183	196	69	7.1%	-64.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	35	19	25	-45.7%	31.6%
990000	Unknown	80	78	40	-2.5%	-48.7%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	68	68	23	0.0%	-66.2%
	12 years	248	233	155	-6.0%	-33.5%
	13-15 years	142	178	116	25.4%	-34.8%
	Over 15 years	42	34	39	-19.0%	14.7%
Sex
	Male	239	256	157	7.1%	-38.7%
	Female	261	257	176	-1.5%	-31.5%
Age
	Under age 22	16	17	17	6.3%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	75	74	39	-1.3%	-47.3%
	Age 30 to 39	118	111	77	-5.9%	-30.6%
	Age 40 to 49	109	114	71	4.6%	-37.7%
	Age 50 to 59	103	104	82	1.0%	-21.2%
	Age 60 to 64	50	62	29	24.0%	-53.2%
	Age 65 and over	25	31	17	24.0%	-45.2%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	377	383	258	1.6%	-32.6%
	Black or African American,	10	12	10	20.0%	-16.7%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	43	36	14	-16.3%	-61.1%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	62	68	47	9.7%	-30.9%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	369	376	247	1.9%	-34.3%
	Hispanic or Latino	91	95	49	4.4%	-48.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	40	42	37	5.0%	-11.9%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	240	656	362	173.3%	-44.8%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	325	375	350	15.4%	-6.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,058	1,004	954	-5.1%	-5.0%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	597	549	471	-8.0%	-14.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	558	524	439	-6.1%	-16.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	356	345	392	-3.1%	13.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	162	128	258	-21.0%	101.6%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	686	808	660	17.8%	-18.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,432	1,582	1,450	10.5%	-8.3%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	500	513	333	2.6%	-35.1%
	Cottonwood County	190	150	83	-21.1%	-44.7%
	Jackson County	69	81	19	17.4%	-76.5%
	Lincoln County			10	0.0%	0.0%
	Lyon County	61	51	54	-16.4%	5.9%
	Murray County	21	28	25	33.3%	-10.7%
	Nobles County	90	98	56	8.9%	-42.9%
	Pipestone County	14		19	0.0%	0.0%
	Redwood County	37	74	55	100.0%	-25.7%
	Rock County	15	17	12	13.3%	-29.4%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	689	817	673	18.6%	-17.6%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,315	1,528	1,188	16.2%	-22.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,274	10,974	10,517	6.8%	-4.2%

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

July 2025

EDR 8 - Southwest