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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

October 2025

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	226	222	272	-1.8%	22.5%

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	49	37	42	-24.5%	13.5%
31	Manufacturing	39	56	56	43.6%	0.0%
42	Wholesale Trade				0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	14	23	22	64.3%	-4.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing				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	15		35	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	10	14	10	40.0%	-28.6%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	21	11	29	-47.6%	163.6%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	22	13	20	-40.9%	53.8%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration			10	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				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%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	26	17	15	-34.6%	-11.8%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	15	18	11	20.0%	-38.9%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations		15	13	0.0%	-13.3%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	10	10	15	0.0%	50.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	53	40	45	-24.5%	12.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	33	43	54	30.3%	25.6%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	14	10	15	-28.6%	50.0%
990000	Unknown	23	37	51	60.9%	37.8%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	27	20	34	-25.9%	70.0%
	12 years	121	116	114	-4.1%	-1.7%
	13-15 years	63	67	97	6.3%	44.8%
	Over 15 years	15	19	27	26.7%	42.1%
Sex
	Male	131	148	167	13.0%	12.8%
	Female	95	74	105	-22.1%	41.9%
Age
	Under age 22	11			0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	43	30	33	-30.2%	10.0%
	Age 30 to 39	53	69	68	30.2%	-1.4%
	Age 40 to 49	49	48	77	-2.0%	60.4%
	Age 50 to 59	41	36	52	-12.2%	44.4%
	Age 60 to 64	18	17	21	-5.6%	23.5%
	Age 65 and over		15	10	0.0%	-33.3%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	184	153	202	-16.8%	32.0%
	Black or African American,		12	11	0.0%	-8.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian		16	10	0.0%	-37.5%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	27	36	43	33.3%	19.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	179	158	208	-11.7%	31.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	29	35	43	20.7%	22.9%
	Ethnicity Unknown	18	29	21	61.1%	-27.6%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	302	273	375	-9.6%	37.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	332	334	310	0.6%	-7.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,330	1,114	1,080	-16.2%	-3.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	503	590	482	17.3%	-18.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	666	679	708	2.0%	4.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	306	340	337	11.1%	-0.9%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	90	94	77	4.4%	-18.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	833	801	777	-3.8%	-3.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,421	1,480	1,410	4.2%	-4.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	226	222	272	-1.8%	22.5%
	Cottonwood County	40	63	72	57.5%	14.3%
	Jackson County	35	16	25	-54.3%	56.3%
	Lincoln County			14	0.0%	0.0%
	Lyon County	43	45	40	4.7%	-11.1%
	Murray County	23	11	17	-52.2%	54.5%
	Nobles County	23	30	33	30.4%	10.0%
	Pipestone County	17	12	10	-29.4%	-16.7%
	Redwood County	31	30	50	-3.2%	66.7%
	Rock County			11	0.0%	0.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	643	632	592	-1.7%	-6.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,229	1,112	1,187	-9.5%	6.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,189	8,479	9,352	3.5%	10.3%

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

October 2025

EDR 8 - Southwest