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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 2026

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	206	213	155	3.4%	-27.2%

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	59	63	42	6.8%	-33.3%
31	Manufacturing	40	29	20	-27.5%	-31.0%
42	Wholesale Trade				0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	18	17	16	-5.6%	-5.9%
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				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services		16		0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	14	15	18	7.1%	20.0%
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			10	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				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			11	0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	12	12		0.0%	0.0%
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	13	12	12	-7.7%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations		13		0.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	58	76	45	31.0%	-40.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	29	20	13	-31.0%	-35.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	29	10	13	-65.5%	30.0%
990000	Unknown	24	19	10	-20.8%	-47.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	19	23	20	21.1%	-13.0%
	12 years	114	112	76	-1.8%	-32.1%
	13-15 years	58	64	47	10.3%	-26.6%
	Over 15 years	15	14	12	-6.7%	-14.3%
Sex
	Male	148	154	98	4.1%	-36.4%
	Female	58	59	57	1.7%	-3.4%
Age
	Under age 22	14			0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	40	51	34	27.5%	-33.3%
	Age 30 to 39	44	59	38	34.1%	-35.6%
	Age 40 to 49	40	41	30	2.5%	-26.8%
	Age 50 to 59	30	30	21	0.0%	-30.0%
	Age 60 to 64	17	18	11	5.9%	-38.9%
	Age 65 and over	19		13	0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	168	170	130	1.2%	-23.5%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	20	26	16	30.0%	-38.5%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	167	163	128	-2.4%	-21.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	27	33	21	22.2%	-36.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	12	17		41.7%	0.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	221	295	186	33.5%	-36.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	253	281	217	11.1%	-22.8%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,154	1,228	1,049	6.4%	-14.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	398	453	379	13.8%	-16.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	470	612	472	30.2%	-22.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	313	372	289	18.8%	-22.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	84	125	77	48.8%	-38.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	779	967	691	24.1%	-28.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,453	1,698	1,372	16.9%	-19.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	206	213	155	3.4%	-27.2%
	Cottonwood County	33	18	21	-45.5%	16.7%
	Jackson County	26	13	14	-50.0%	7.7%
	Lincoln County	11		10	0.0%	0.0%
	Lyon County	37	35	42	-5.4%	20.0%
	Murray County	17	25		47.1%	0.0%
	Nobles County	21	41	22	95.2%	-46.3%
	Pipestone County	23	26	14	13.0%	-46.2%
	Redwood County	31	32	18	3.2%	-43.8%
	Rock County		14		0.0%	0.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	679	818	663	20.5%	-18.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,153	1,349	1,187	17.0%	-12.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,857	9,329	8,538	5.3%	-8.5%

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

February 2026

EDR 8 - Southwest