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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

May 2026

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	513	529	358	3.1%	-32.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	34	48	14	41.2%	-70.8%
31	Manufacturing	37	40	18	8.1%	-55.0%
42	Wholesale Trade				0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade		24	18	0.0%	-25.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	40	48	22	20.0%	-54.2%
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	11		10.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises		19		0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services				0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	267	227	164	-15.0%	-27.8%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	30	30	47	0.0%	56.7%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	39	36	26	-7.7%	-27.8%
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%
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	250	220	149	-12.0%	-32.3%
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	11	16	0.0%	45.5%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	56	48	43	-14.3%	-10.4%
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	17	0.0%	30.8%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	12	15	10	25.0%	-33.3%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	41	47	21	14.6%	-55.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	19	43	13	126.3%	-69.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	48	54	25	12.5%	-53.7%
990000	Unknown	35	36	23	2.9%	-36.1%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	28	24	14	-14.3%	-41.7%
	12 years	224	251	163	12.1%	-35.1%
	13-15 years	211	204	143	-3.3%	-29.9%
	Over 15 years	50	50	38	0.0%	-24.0%
Sex
	Male	154	174	95	13.0%	-45.4%
	Female	359	355	263	-1.1%	-25.9%
Age
	Under age 22	21		15	0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	78	81	40	3.8%	-50.6%
	Age 30 to 39	103	121	83	17.5%	-31.4%
	Age 40 to 49	93	114	71	22.6%	-37.7%
	Age 50 to 59	91	96	72	5.5%	-25.0%
	Age 60 to 64	67	59	37	-11.9%	-37.3%
	Age 65 and over	55	41	35	-25.5%	-14.6%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	429	446	299	4.0%	-33.0%
	Black or African American,		13	13	0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	12	12		0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	15			0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	47	48	36	2.1%	-25.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	410	433	300	5.6%	-30.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	58	55	36	-5.2%	-34.5%
	Ethnicity Unknown	45	41	22	-8.9%	-46.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	701	734	397	4.7%	-45.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	490	435	324	-11.2%	-25.5%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,286	1,649	942	28.2%	-42.9%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	920	808	706	-12.2%	-12.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	678	597	470	-11.9%	-21.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	638	491	460	-23.0%	-6.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	237	212	336	-10.5%	58.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	772	606	559	-21.5%	-7.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,665	1,394	1,276	-16.3%	-8.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	513	529	358	3.1%	-32.3%
	Cottonwood County	54	66	40	22.2%	-39.4%
	Jackson County	34	29	20	-14.7%	-31.0%
	Lincoln County	16	17	14	6.3%	-17.6%
	Lyon County	150	128	110	-14.7%	-14.1%
	Murray County	51	47	34	-7.8%	-27.7%
	Nobles County	83	100	58	20.5%	-42.0%
	Pipestone County	27	28	18	3.7%	-35.7%
	Redwood County	61	76	38	24.6%	-50.0%
	Rock County	37	38	26	2.7%	-31.6%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,056	892	840	-15.5%	-5.8%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,648	1,407	1,216	-14.6%	-13.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,034	8,438	7,834	-6.6%	-7.2%

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

May 2026

EDR 8 - Southwest