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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

January 2026

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	459	467	367	1.7%	-21.4%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	10			0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining	13			0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	178	117	128	-34.3%	9.4%
31	Manufacturing	86	157	87	82.6%	-44.6%
42	Wholesale Trade	12	13	10	8.3%	-23.1%
44	Retail Trade	17	29	17	70.6%	-41.4%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	14	14	19	0.0%	35.7%
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		12		0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises		14		0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	10	12		20.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	29		15	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	20	23	21	15.0%	-8.7%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	17	14	11	-17.6%	-21.4%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin		11		0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration		10		0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified		11		0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations		15		0.0%	0.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical 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	27	14		-48.1%	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	11	0.0%	10.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	17	18	19	5.9%	5.6%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.		11	11	0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	10	10	13	0.0%	30.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	18	22		22.2%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	15	11		-26.7%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	206	141	139	-31.6%	-1.4%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		14		0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	53	87	52	64.2%	-40.2%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	32	38	31	18.8%	-18.4%
990000	Unknown	40	58	46	45.0%	-20.7%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	64	55	54	-14.1%	-1.8%
	12 years	215	238	177	10.7%	-25.6%
	13-15 years	145	136	104	-6.2%	-23.5%
	Over 15 years	35	38	32	8.6%	-15.8%
Sex
	Male	332	335	269	0.9%	-19.7%
	Female	127	132	98	3.9%	-25.8%
Age
	Under age 22	28	38	32	35.7%	-15.8%
	Age 22 to 29	99	79	61	-20.2%	-22.8%
	Age 30 to 39	103	118	99	14.6%	-16.1%
	Age 40 to 49	77	89	62	15.6%	-30.3%
	Age 50 to 59	86	68	53	-20.9%	-22.1%
	Age 60 to 64	37	44	32	18.9%	-27.3%
	Age 65 and over	25	27	23	8.0%	-14.8%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	373	353	286	-5.4%	-19.0%
	Black or African American,		12		0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	11	22	13	100.0%	-40.9%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	56	72	54	28.6%	-25.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	360	358	285	-0.6%	-20.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	61	72	56	18.0%	-22.2%
	Ethnicity Unknown	38	37	26	-2.6%	-29.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	541	408	361	-24.6%	-11.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	421	368	401	-12.6%	9.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,814	1,568	1,580	-13.6%	0.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	891	730	666	-18.1%	-8.8%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,055	905	842	-14.2%	-7.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	657	516	472	-21.5%	-8.5%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	180	182	161	1.1%	-11.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,621	1,249	1,275	-22.9%	2.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,689	2,360	2,316	-12.2%	-1.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	459	467	367	1.7%	-21.4%
	Cottonwood County	68	83	68	22.1%	-18.1%
	Jackson County	35	73	29	108.6%	-60.3%
	Lincoln County	13	22	20	69.2%	-9.1%
	Lyon County	90	79	71	-12.2%	-10.1%
	Murray County	53	23	33	-56.6%	43.5%
	Nobles County	75	72	54	-4.0%	-25.0%
	Pipestone County	39	29	26	-25.6%	-10.3%
	Redwood County	70	71	50	1.4%	-29.6%
	Rock County	16	15	16	-6.3%	6.7%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,360	1,137	1,098	-16.4%	-3.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,300	2,008	1,972	-12.7%	-1.8%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	13,061	11,965	12,560	-8.4%	5.0%

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

January 2026

EDR 8 - Southwest