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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

September 2025

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	287	410	383	42.9%	-6.6%

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	16	16	34	0.0%	112.5%
31	Manufacturing	129	274	175	112.4%	-36.1%
42	Wholesale Trade				0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	15	12	20	-20.0%	66.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing			13	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	46	17	47	-63.0%	176.5%
56	Administrative and Waste Services				0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services		17		0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	20	23	30	15.0%	30.4%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services			13	0.0%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration				0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations			12	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		17		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	10			0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	12	11	15	-8.3%	36.4%
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		12		0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	12	10		-16.7%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	15	30	32	100.0%	6.7%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations			12	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	124	160	148	29.0%	-7.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations		19	23	0.0%	21.1%
990000	Unknown	50	89	73	78.0%	-18.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	41	52	57	26.8%	9.6%
	12 years	131	189	182	44.3%	-3.7%
	13-15 years	91	132	114	45.1%	-13.6%
	Over 15 years	24	37	30	54.2%	-18.9%
Sex
	Male	162	260	223	60.5%	-14.2%
	Female	125	150	160	20.0%	6.7%
Age
	Under age 22	10	13	10	30.0%	-23.1%
	Age 22 to 29	38	68	50	78.9%	-26.5%
	Age 30 to 39	88	112	89	27.3%	-20.5%
	Age 40 to 49	69	98	83	42.0%	-15.3%
	Age 50 to 59	53	61	85	15.1%	39.3%
	Age 60 to 64	18	42	48	133.3%	14.3%
	Age 65 and over	10	16	14	60.0%	-12.5%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	212	281	274	32.5%	-2.5%
	Black or African American,	15	14		-6.7%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	19	24	37	26.3%	54.2%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	34	78	55	129.4%	-29.5%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	217	279	279	28.6%	0.0%
	Hispanic or Latino	48	96	61	100.0%	-36.5%
	Ethnicity Unknown	22	35	43	59.1%	22.9%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	162	216	113	33.3%	-47.7%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	169	213	164	26.0%	-23.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	782	911	853	16.5%	-6.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	285	474	382	66.3%	-19.4%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	396	421	373	6.3%	-11.4%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	242	337	261	39.3%	-22.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	71	235	208	231.0%	-11.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	513	566	522	10.3%	-7.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	974	1,235	1,027	26.8%	-16.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	287	410	383	42.9%	-6.6%
	Cottonwood County	116	118	152	1.7%	28.8%
	Jackson County	44	114	39	159.1%	-65.8%
	Lincoln County				0.0%	0.0%
	Lyon County	28	44	49	57.1%	11.4%
	Murray County	13		24	0.0%	0.0%
	Nobles County	38	74	53	94.7%	-28.4%
	Pipestone County	12		12	0.0%	0.0%
	Redwood County	21	28	38	33.3%	35.7%
	Rock County			12	0.0%	0.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	526	556	520	5.7%	-6.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	960	976	948	1.7%	-2.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,828	7,733	8,154	13.3%	5.4%

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

September 2025

EDR 8 - Southwest