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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2026

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	227	232	162	2.2%	-30.2%

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	48	30	41	-37.5%	36.7%
31	Manufacturing	42	47	17	11.9%	-63.8%
42	Wholesale Trade				0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	23	21	12	-8.7%	-42.9%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	12	14		16.7%	0.0%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance		11		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		10		0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services		12		0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	18			0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	19	19	22	0.0%	15.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	15	17		13.3%	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				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	18	15		-16.7%	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%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	24	17	11	-29.2%	-35.3%
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	11	15	10	36.4%	-33.3%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	10	15		50.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	51	34	42	-33.3%	23.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	30	45		50.0%	0.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	20	19	14	-5.0%	-26.3%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	27	17	20	-37.0%	17.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	32	26	15	-18.8%	-42.3%
	12 years	109	106	70	-2.8%	-34.0%
	13-15 years	69	72	65	4.3%	-9.7%
	Over 15 years	17	28	12	64.7%	-57.1%
Sex
	Male	143	124	101	-13.3%	-18.5%
	Female	84	108	61	28.6%	-43.5%
Age
	Under age 22		11	11	0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	36	33	32	-8.3%	-3.0%
	Age 30 to 39	66	59	44	-10.6%	-25.4%
	Age 40 to 49	39	55	30	41.0%	-45.5%
	Age 50 to 59	43	36	17	-16.3%	-52.8%
	Age 60 to 64	21	22	15	4.8%	-31.8%
	Age 65 and over	13	15	12	15.4%	-20.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	179	177	138	-1.1%	-22.0%
	Black or African American,	12			0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	13			0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	21	31	11	47.6%	-64.5%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	178	187	137	5.1%	-26.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	33	32	14	-3.0%	-56.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	16	13	11	-18.8%	-15.4%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	390	264	155	-32.3%	-41.3%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	292	259	277	-11.3%	6.9%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,220	1,308	1,227	7.2%	-6.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	414	407	428	-1.7%	5.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	446	514	483	15.2%	-6.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	305	383	331	25.6%	-13.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	69	88	63	27.5%	-28.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	813	733	806	-9.8%	10.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,507	1,346	1,501	-10.7%	11.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	227	232	162	2.2%	-30.2%
	Cottonwood County	43	36	17	-16.3%	-52.8%
	Jackson County	22	37	15	68.2%	-59.5%
	Lincoln County				0.0%	0.0%
	Lyon County	50	50	41	0.0%	-18.0%
	Murray County	17	11	18	-35.3%	63.6%
	Nobles County	43	37	20	-14.0%	-45.9%
	Pipestone County		15	13	0.0%	-13.3%
	Redwood County	33	29	29	-12.1%	0.0%
	Rock County				0.0%	0.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	698	720	717	3.2%	-0.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,180	1,370	1,321	16.1%	-3.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,690	9,107	9,372	4.8%	2.9%

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

March 2026

EDR 8 - Southwest