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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2026

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	191	193	148	1.0%	-23.3%

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	30	28	21	-6.7%	-25.0%
31	Manufacturing	31	35	23	12.9%	-34.3%
42	Wholesale Trade				0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	23	15	11	-34.8%	-26.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	13		17	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		10		0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises		20		0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services				0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	21	24	15	14.3%	-37.5%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services		17		0.0%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	11			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			10	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				0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	13	25		92.3%	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	14	10	10	-28.6%	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	44	28	20	-36.4%	-28.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	19	42	18	121.1%	-57.1%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	23	11	23	-52.2%	109.1%
990000	Unknown	24	23		-4.2%	0.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	24	30	18	25.0%	-40.0%
	12 years	86	88	64	2.3%	-27.3%
	13-15 years	63	54	44	-14.3%	-18.5%
	Over 15 years	18	21	22	16.7%	4.8%
Sex
	Male	120	106	79	-11.7%	-25.5%
	Female	71	87	69	22.5%	-20.7%
Age
	Under age 22		16		0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	41	34	23	-17.1%	-32.4%
	Age 30 to 39	34	43	29	26.5%	-32.6%
	Age 40 to 49	35	40	28	14.3%	-30.0%
	Age 50 to 59	39	35	24	-10.3%	-31.4%
	Age 60 to 64	15	15	21	0.0%	40.0%
	Age 65 and over	15		13	0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	156	147	119	-5.8%	-19.0%
	Black or African American,		11		0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian		10		0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	24	23	20	-4.2%	-13.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	151	152	117	0.7%	-23.0%
	Hispanic or Latino	24	24	22	0.0%	-8.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	16	17		6.3%	0.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	249	257	158	3.2%	-38.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	198	213	220	7.6%	3.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,112	1,004	893	-9.7%	-11.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	338	404	326	19.5%	-19.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	459	344	382	-25.1%	11.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	341	275	292	-19.4%	6.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	90	86	72	-4.4%	-16.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	701	602	588	-14.1%	-2.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,302	1,170	1,213	-10.1%	3.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	191	193	148	1.0%	-23.3%
	Cottonwood County	16	34	13	112.5%	-61.8%
	Jackson County	23	23	14	0.0%	-39.1%
	Lincoln County				0.0%	0.0%
	Lyon County	50	35	38	-30.0%	8.6%
	Murray County	10	19		90.0%	0.0%
	Nobles County	44	34	29	-22.7%	-14.7%
	Pipestone County			11	0.0%	0.0%
	Redwood County	31	24	21	-22.6%	-12.5%
	Rock County		12	10	0.0%	-16.7%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	639	559	510	-12.5%	-8.8%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,133	1,100	995	-2.9%	-9.5%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,539	8,586	8,222	0.6%	-4.2%

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

April 2026

EDR 8 - Southwest