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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

November 2025

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	454	474	378	4.4%	-20.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	12		15	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining	11			0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	183	199	175	8.7%	-12.1%
31	Manufacturing	70	86	30	22.9%	-65.1%
42	Wholesale Trade	10			0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	27	16	24	-40.7%	50.0%
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		13	15	0.0%	15.4%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	22		46.7%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	24	24	18	0.0%	-25.0%
61	Educational Services	12			0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	16	20	12	25.0%	-40.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	17	14	15	-17.6%	7.1%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	13	22	18	69.2%	-18.2%
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	15	10		-33.3%	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	12			0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	16	25	17	56.3%	-32.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	28	24	34	-14.3%	41.7%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	14	15	10	7.1%	-33.3%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	15	17		13.3%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	12	16	10	33.3%	-37.5%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	183	186	165	1.6%	-11.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	11			0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	38	50	19	31.6%	-62.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	32	53	33	65.6%	-37.7%
990000	Unknown	53	42	41	-20.8%	-2.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	59	61	52	3.4%	-14.8%
	12 years	216	244	196	13.0%	-19.7%
	13-15 years	141	140	104	-0.7%	-25.7%
	Over 15 years	38	29	26	-23.7%	-10.3%
Sex
	Male	350	370	303	5.7%	-18.1%
	Female	104	104	75	0.0%	-27.9%
Age
	Under age 22	21	17	25	-19.0%	47.1%
	Age 22 to 29	69	76	75	10.1%	-1.3%
	Age 30 to 39	101	113	78	11.9%	-31.0%
	Age 40 to 49	89	85	56	-4.5%	-34.1%
	Age 50 to 59	83	70	65	-15.7%	-7.1%
	Age 60 to 64	53	58	42	9.4%	-27.6%
	Age 65 and over	36	47	30	30.6%	-36.2%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	377	388	325	2.9%	-16.2%
	Black or African American,	14			0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native		12		0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	10	21		110.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	44	38	33	-13.6%	-13.2%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	372	389	317	4.6%	-18.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	52	53	38	1.9%	-28.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	30	32	23	6.7%	-28.1%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	621	965	487	55.4%	-49.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	763	769	607	0.8%	-21.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2,410	2,154	2,001	-10.6%	-7.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,358	1,341	1,063	-1.3%	-20.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,668	1,631	1,483	-2.2%	-9.1%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	984	810	695	-17.7%	-14.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	218	272	188	24.8%	-30.9%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,868	1,796	1,671	-3.9%	-7.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,999	2,819	2,659	-6.0%	-5.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	454	474	378	4.4%	-20.3%
	Cottonwood County	70	63	29	-10.0%	-54.0%
	Jackson County	49	51	25	4.1%	-51.0%
	Lincoln County	30	24	24	-20.0%	0.0%
	Lyon County	109	121	106	11.0%	-12.4%
	Murray County	45	45	47	0.0%	4.4%
	Nobles County	45	52	33	15.6%	-36.5%
	Pipestone County	31	41	27	32.3%	-34.1%
	Redwood County	62	62	64	0.0%	3.2%
	Rock County	13	15	23	15.4%	53.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,423	1,431	1,170	0.6%	-18.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,297	2,275	1,933	-1.0%	-15.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	12,293	11,094	10,888	-9.8%	-1.9%

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

November 2025

EDR 8 - Southwest