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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 2026

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	270	180	294	-33.3%	63.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	13	19	18	46.2%	-5.3%
31	Manufacturing	122	22	90	-82.0%	309.1%
42	Wholesale Trade				0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	12	19	17	58.3%	-10.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing				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				0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	19		61	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services				0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	24	30	28	25.0%	-6.7%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	20	23	18	15.0%	-21.7%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	13	20	19	53.8%	-5.0%
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%
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	28	29	26	3.6%	-10.3%
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				0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	21	21	24	0.0%	14.3%
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		0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	13	15		15.4%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	14	25	22	78.6%	-12.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	99	15	97	-84.8%	546.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	14			0.0%	0.0%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	33	11	57	-66.7%	418.2%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	37	13	43	-64.9%	230.8%
	12 years	129	78	151	-39.5%	93.6%
	13-15 years	78	65	78	-16.7%	20.0%
	Over 15 years	26	24	21	-7.7%	-12.5%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	132	89	156	-32.6%	75.3%
	Female	138	91	138	-34.1%	51.6%
Age
	Under age 22	11		16	0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	46	36	44	-21.7%	22.2%
	Age 30 to 39	61	42	76	-31.1%	81.0%
	Age 40 to 49	48	42	64	-12.5%	52.4%
	Age 50 to 59	62	27	53	-56.5%	96.3%
	Age 60 to 64	31	14	29	-54.8%	107.1%
	Age 65 and over	11	13	11	18.2%	-15.4%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	197	148	212	-24.9%	43.2%
	Black or African American,	10			0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	21		30	0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	38	19	38	-50.0%	100.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	197	142	222	-27.9%	56.3%
	Hispanic or Latino	51	24	49	-52.9%	104.2%
	Ethnicity Unknown	22	14	23	-36.4%	64.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	230	201	156	-12.6%	-22.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	234	188	154	-19.7%	-18.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	710	690	719	-2.8%	4.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	353	301	297	-14.7%	-1.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	391	344	319	-12.0%	-7.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	267	233	262	-12.7%	12.4%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	45	89	154	97.8%	73.0%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	595	494	485	-17.0%	-1.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,186	1,045	1,037	-11.9%	-0.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	270	180	294	-33.3%	63.3%
	Cottonwood County	95	13	97	-86.3%	646.2%
	Jackson County	42	11	39	-73.8%	254.5%
	Lincoln County		10		0.0%	0.0%
	Lyon County	30	38	42	26.7%	10.5%
	Murray County	16	17	16	6.3%	-5.9%
	Nobles County	48	34	51	-29.2%	50.0%
	Pipestone County		21		0.0%	0.0%
	Redwood County	21	23	23	9.5%	0.0%
	Rock County		13	12	0.0%	-7.7%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	563	450	482	-20.1%	7.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,226	920	923	-25.0%	0.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,706	8,227	8,072	-5.5%	-1.9%

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

August 2026

EDR 8 - Southwest