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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

June 2026

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	984	964	713	-2.0%	-26.0%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	56	39	15	-30.4%	-61.5%
31	Manufacturing	217	53	22	-75.6%	-58.5%
42	Wholesale Trade		15		0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	26	38	37	46.2%	-2.6%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	45	59	55	31.1%	-6.8%
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	88	153	20	73.9%	-86.9%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	12	12		0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	359	409	408	13.9%	-0.2%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	66	75	47	13.6%	-37.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	51	50	51	-2.0%	2.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	18	21	14	16.7%	-33.3%
92	Public Administration	15	13		-13.3%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations		10	12	0.0%	20.0%
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	333	412	383	23.7%	-7.0%
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	15	13		-13.3%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	85	91	93	7.1%	2.2%
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	12	11	17	-8.3%	54.5%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	41	42	31	2.4%	-26.2%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	59	48	20	-18.6%	-58.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	10			0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	193	136	29	-29.5%	-78.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	74	65	58	-12.2%	-10.8%
990000	Unknown	110	90	33	-18.2%	-63.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	90	67	31	-25.6%	-53.7%
	12 years	443	420	301	-5.2%	-28.3%
	13-15 years	368	376	296	2.2%	-21.3%
	Over 15 years	83	101	85	21.7%	-15.8%
Sex
	Male	357	293	154	-17.9%	-47.4%
	Female	627	671	559	7.0%	-16.7%
Age
	Under age 22	30	23	20	-23.3%	-13.0%
	Age 22 to 29	159	134	115	-15.7%	-14.2%
	Age 30 to 39	235	203	152	-13.6%	-25.1%
	Age 40 to 49	204	188	146	-7.8%	-22.3%
	Age 50 to 59	164	190	109	15.9%	-42.6%
	Age 60 to 64	102	121	81	18.6%	-33.1%
	Age 65 and over	82	91	67	11.0%	-26.4%
	Info. not available		14	23	0.0%	64.3%
Race
	White	777	799	608	2.8%	-23.9%
	Black or African American,	17		12	0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	15			0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	32	55	18	71.9%	-67.3%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	137	94	66	-31.4%	-29.8%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	716	773	570	8.0%	-26.3%
	Hispanic or Latino	193	124	106	-35.8%	-14.5%
	Ethnicity Unknown	75	67	37	-10.7%	-44.8%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	646	595	514	-7.9%	-13.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	615	689	638	12.0%	-7.4%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2,060	2,244	2,267	8.9%	1.0%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	830	1,040	955	25.3%	-8.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	964	1,147	984	19.0%	-14.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	875	993	954	13.5%	-3.9%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	249	297	381	19.3%	28.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,662	1,645	1,637	-1.0%	-0.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,517	3,708	3,500	5.4%	-5.6%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	984	964	713	-2.0%	-26.0%
	Cottonwood County	219	229	96	4.6%	-58.1%
	Jackson County	153	105	82	-31.4%	-21.9%
	Lincoln County	24	25	19	4.2%	-24.0%
	Lyon County	136	177	146	30.1%	-17.5%
	Murray County	43	60	51	39.5%	-15.0%
	Nobles County	216	192	165	-11.1%	-14.1%
	Pipestone County	50	49	38	-2.0%	-22.4%
	Redwood County	111	96	88	-13.5%	-8.3%
	Rock County	32	31	28	-3.1%	-9.7%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,541	1,534	1,351	-0.5%	-11.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,753	3,100	2,896	12.6%	-6.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	18,971	21,127	20,970	11.4%	-0.7%

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

June 2026

EDR 8 - Southwest