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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 2025

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	366	270	180	-26.2%	-33.3%

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	12	13	19	8.3%	46.2%
31	Manufacturing	144	122	22	-15.3%	-82.0%
42	Wholesale Trade				0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	13	12	19	-7.7%	58.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	11			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	55	19		-65.5%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services				0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	46	24	30	-47.8%	25.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	25	20	23	-20.0%	15.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	14	13	20	-7.1%	53.8%
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				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	44	28	29	-36.4%	3.6%
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	22	21	21	-4.5%	0.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	11			0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	10		11	0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	12	13	15	8.3%	15.4%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	17	14	25	-17.6%	78.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	130	99	15	-23.8%	-84.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	21	14		-33.3%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	64	33	11	-48.4%	-66.7%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	37	37	13	0.0%	-64.9%
	12 years	186	129	78	-30.6%	-39.5%
	13-15 years	115	78	65	-32.2%	-16.7%
	Over 15 years	28	26	24	-7.1%	-7.7%
Sex
	Male	165	132	89	-20.0%	-32.6%
	Female	201	138	91	-31.3%	-34.1%
Age
	Under age 22	14	11		-21.4%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	60	46	36	-23.3%	-21.7%
	Age 30 to 39	77	61	42	-20.8%	-31.1%
	Age 40 to 49	81	48	42	-40.7%	-12.5%
	Age 50 to 59	77	62	27	-19.5%	-56.5%
	Age 60 to 64	38	31	14	-18.4%	-54.8%
	Age 65 and over	17	11	13	-35.3%	18.2%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	266	197	148	-25.9%	-24.9%
	Black or African American,	11	10		-9.1%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	17	21		23.5%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	61	38	19	-37.7%	-50.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	261	197	142	-24.5%	-27.9%
	Hispanic or Latino	65	51	24	-21.5%	-52.9%
	Ethnicity Unknown	40	22	14	-45.0%	-36.4%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	162	230	201	42.0%	-12.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	204	234	188	14.7%	-19.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	932	710	690	-23.8%	-2.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	374	353	301	-5.6%	-14.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	376	391	344	4.0%	-12.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	274	267	233	-2.6%	-12.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	81	45	89	-44.4%	97.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	516	595	494	15.3%	-17.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,206	1,186	1,045	-1.7%	-11.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	366	270	180	-26.2%	-33.3%
	Cottonwood County	151	95	13	-37.1%	-86.3%
	Jackson County	44	42	11	-4.5%	-73.8%
	Lincoln County			10	0.0%	0.0%
	Lyon County	37	30	38	-18.9%	26.7%
	Murray County	15	16	17	6.7%	6.3%
	Nobles County	57	48	34	-15.8%	-29.2%
	Pipestone County	14		21	0.0%	0.0%
	Redwood County	35	21	23	-40.0%	9.5%
	Rock County	10		13	0.0%	0.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	512	563	450	10.0%	-20.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,181	1,226	920	3.8%	-25.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,749	8,706	8,227	-0.5%	-5.5%

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

August 2025

EDR 8 - Southwest