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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

July 2026

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	513	333	420	-35.1%	26.1%

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	20	23	28	15.0%	21.7%
31	Manufacturing	202	78	52	-61.4%	-33.3%
42	Wholesale Trade	10			0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	23	31	14	34.8%	-54.8%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	13	17	12	30.8%	-29.4%
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	83	37	128	-55.4%	245.9%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	10		18	0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	48	53	68	10.4%	28.3%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	37	30	35	-18.9%	16.7%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	26	19	20	-26.9%	5.3%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	13			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	64	60	69	-6.3%	15.0%
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			12	0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	35	24	32	-31.4%	33.3%
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	10	12		20.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	21	15	14	-28.6%	-6.7%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	27	47	37	74.1%	-21.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	12			0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	196	69	120	-64.8%	73.9%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	19	25	18	31.6%	-28.0%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	78	40	73	-48.7%	82.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	68	23	63	-66.2%	173.9%
	12 years	233	155	204	-33.5%	31.6%
	13-15 years	178	116	114	-34.8%	-1.7%
	Over 15 years	34	39	39	14.7%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	256	157	196	-38.7%	24.8%
	Female	257	176	224	-31.5%	27.3%
Age
	Under age 22	17	17	20	0.0%	17.6%
	Age 22 to 29	74	39	68	-47.3%	74.4%
	Age 30 to 39	111	77	106	-30.6%	37.7%
	Age 40 to 49	114	71	93	-37.7%	31.0%
	Age 50 to 59	104	82	79	-21.2%	-3.7%
	Age 60 to 64	62	29	31	-53.2%	6.9%
	Age 65 and over	31	17	19	-45.2%	11.8%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	383	258	294	-32.6%	14.0%
	Black or African American,	12	10	12	-16.7%	20.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	36	14	41	-61.1%	192.9%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	68	47	63	-30.9%	34.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	376	247	311	-34.3%	25.9%
	Hispanic or Latino	95	49	83	-48.4%	69.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	42	37	26	-11.9%	-29.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	656	362	168	-44.8%	-53.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	375	350	239	-6.7%	-31.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,004	954	969	-5.0%	1.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	549	471	388	-14.2%	-17.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	524	439	415	-16.2%	-5.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	345	392	307	13.6%	-21.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	128	258	148	101.6%	-42.6%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	808	660	614	-18.3%	-7.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,582	1,450	1,341	-8.3%	-7.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	513	333	420	-35.1%	26.1%
	Cottonwood County	150	83	142	-44.7%	71.1%
	Jackson County	81	19	42	-76.5%	121.1%
	Lincoln County		10		0.0%	0.0%
	Lyon County	51	54	45	5.9%	-16.7%
	Murray County	28	25	17	-10.7%	-32.0%
	Nobles County	98	56	83	-42.9%	48.2%
	Pipestone County		19	13	0.0%	-31.6%
	Redwood County	74	55	50	-25.7%	-9.1%
	Rock County	17	12	21	-29.4%	75.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	817	673	594	-17.6%	-11.7%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,528	1,188	1,216	-22.3%	2.4%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,974	10,517	10,295	-4.2%	-2.1%

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

July 2026

EDR 8 - Southwest