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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

December 2025

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	880	1,186	760	34.8%	-35.9%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	12	11	21	-8.3%	90.9%
21	Mining	17	21	27	23.5%	28.6%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	244	327	344	34.0%	5.2%
31	Manufacturing	312	524	122	67.9%	-76.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	15	23	10	53.3%	-56.5%
44	Retail Trade	20	27	35	35.0%	29.6%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	27	22	31	-18.5%	40.9%
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		14	19	0.0%	35.7%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	62	39	10	-37.1%	-74.4%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	22	24	18	9.1%	-25.0%
61	Educational Services	35	32	37	-8.6%	15.6%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	20	26	23	30.0%	-11.5%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	40	37	24	-7.5%	-35.1%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	11	15	11	36.4%	-26.7%
92	Public Administration	14	16	13	14.3%	-18.8%
99	Unclassified		10		0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	13	17	11	30.8%	-35.3%
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	33	34	37	3.0%	8.8%
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			11	0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	32	41	28	28.1%	-31.7%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	17	21	14	23.5%	-33.3%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	14	17	17	21.4%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	14	20	15	42.9%	-25.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	23	27	20	17.4%	-25.9%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	266	400	384	50.4%	-4.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	12	20	17	66.7%	-15.0%
510000	Production Occupations	220	301	42	36.8%	-86.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	95	106	90	11.6%	-15.1%
990000	Unknown	117	155	59	32.5%	-61.9%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	105	156	89	48.6%	-42.9%
	12 years	471	630	385	33.8%	-38.9%
	13-15 years	250	349	250	39.6%	-28.4%
	Over 15 years	54	51	36	-5.6%	-29.4%
Sex
	Male	638	870	604	36.4%	-30.6%
	Female	242	316	156	30.6%	-50.6%
Age
	Under age 22	29	57	41	96.6%	-28.1%
	Age 22 to 29	133	198	134	48.9%	-32.3%
	Age 30 to 39	187	272	186	45.5%	-31.6%
	Age 40 to 49	166	255	139	53.6%	-45.5%
	Age 50 to 59	192	198	117	3.1%	-40.9%
	Age 60 to 64	96	113	74	17.7%	-34.5%
	Age 65 and over	71	85	64	19.7%	-24.7%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	718	904	654	25.9%	-27.7%
	Black or African American,		14	17	0.0%	21.4%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	10	16	12	60.0%	-25.0%
	Asian	36	59		63.9%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	99	188	68	89.9%	-63.8%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	683	866	619	26.8%	-28.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	114	210	91	84.2%	-56.7%
	Ethnicity Unknown	83	110	50	32.5%	-54.5%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	1,030	1,098	807	6.6%	-26.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	659	760	727	15.3%	-4.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,850	2,414	2,323	30.5%	-3.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,229	1,585	1,536	29.0%	-3.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,396	1,721	1,689	23.3%	-1.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	814	1,059	1,081	30.1%	2.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	233	449	423	92.7%	-5.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,816	2,341	2,381	28.9%	1.7%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,074	3,832	4,009	24.7%	4.6%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	880	1,186	760	34.8%	-35.9%
	Cottonwood County	227	230	93	1.3%	-59.6%
	Jackson County	108	170	49	57.4%	-71.2%
	Lincoln County	41	33	42	-19.5%	27.3%
	Lyon County	127	175	183	37.8%	4.6%
	Murray County	92	99	78	7.6%	-21.2%
	Nobles County	127	212	121	66.9%	-42.9%
	Pipestone County	52	61	63	17.3%	3.3%
	Redwood County	83	178	103	114.5%	-42.1%
	Rock County	23	28	28	21.7%	0.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,561	1,911	1,973	22.4%	3.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,631	3,101	3,414	17.9%	10.1%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	12,651	14,104	15,422	11.5%	9.3%

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

December 2025

EDR 8 - Southwest