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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

September 2026

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	410	383	289	-6.6%	-24.5%

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	16	34	29	112.5%	-14.7%
31	Manufacturing	274	175	94	-36.1%	-46.3%
42	Wholesale Trade				0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	12	20	15	66.7%	-25.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing		13		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	17	47	82	176.5%	74.5%
56	Administrative and Waste Services				0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	17			0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	23	30	12	30.4%	-60.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services		13	10	0.0%	-23.1%
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		12		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	17			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%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	11	15	16	36.4%	6.7%
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			0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	10			0.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	30	32	30	6.7%	-6.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		12		0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	160	148	115	-7.5%	-22.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	19	23	18	21.1%	-21.7%
990000	Unknown	89	73	54	-18.0%	-26.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	52	57	55	9.6%	-3.5%
	12 years	189	182	129	-3.7%	-29.1%
	13-15 years	132	114	81	-13.6%	-28.9%
	Over 15 years	37	30	24	-18.9%	-20.0%
Sex
	Male	260	223	173	-14.2%	-22.4%
	Female	150	160	116	6.7%	-27.5%
Age
	Under age 22	13	10	17	-23.1%	70.0%
	Age 22 to 29	68	50	48	-26.5%	-4.0%
	Age 30 to 39	112	89	68	-20.5%	-23.6%
	Age 40 to 49	98	83	67	-15.3%	-19.3%
	Age 50 to 59	61	85	52	39.3%	-38.8%
	Age 60 to 64	42	48	26	14.3%	-45.8%
	Age 65 and over	16	14		-12.5%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	281	274	195	-2.5%	-28.8%
	Black or African American,	14			0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	24	37	30	54.2%	-18.9%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	78	55	44	-29.5%	-20.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	279	279	212	0.0%	-24.0%
	Hispanic or Latino	96	61	58	-36.5%	-4.9%
	Ethnicity Unknown	35	43	19	22.9%	-55.8%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	216	113	92	-47.7%	-18.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	213	164	144	-23.0%	-12.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	911	853	724	-6.4%	-15.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	474	382	286	-19.4%	-25.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	421	373	303	-11.4%	-18.8%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	337	261	207	-22.6%	-20.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	235	208	53	-11.5%	-74.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	566	522	505	-7.8%	-3.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,235	1,027	1,012	-16.8%	-1.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	410	383	289	-6.6%	-24.5%
	Cottonwood County	118	152	125	28.8%	-17.8%
	Jackson County	114	39	28	-65.8%	-28.2%
	Lincoln County				0.0%	0.0%
	Lyon County	44	49	29	11.4%	-40.8%
	Murray County		24	22	0.0%	-8.3%
	Nobles County	74	53	51	-28.4%	-3.8%
	Pipestone County		12		0.0%	0.0%
	Redwood County	28	38	21	35.7%	-44.7%
	Rock County		12		0.0%	0.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	556	520	427	-6.5%	-17.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	976	948	864	-2.9%	-8.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	7,733	8,154	7,168	5.4%	-12.1%

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

September 2026

EDR 8 - Southwest