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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

January 2025

	EDR 9 - South Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,143	1,360	1,137	19.0%	-16.4%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting		20	19	0.0%	-5.0%
21	Mining		19		0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	395	530	383	34.2%	-27.7%
31	Manufacturing	240	255	242	6.3%	-5.1%
42	Wholesale Trade	34	47	44	38.2%	-6.4%
44	Retail Trade	99	118	94	19.2%	-20.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	42	41	37	-2.4%	-9.8%
51	Information	10	11		10.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	12	10		-16.7%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	29	23	21	-20.7%	-8.7%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	14	19	-6.7%	35.7%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	51	75	52	47.1%	-30.7%
61	Educational Services	11	28	24	154.5%	-14.3%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	74	54	66	-27.0%	22.2%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	10	13		30.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	34	39	38	14.7%	-2.6%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	21	23	26	9.5%	13.0%
92	Public Administration	22	18	23	-18.2%	27.8%
99	Unclassified	18	13	11	-27.8%	-15.4%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	20	25	18	25.0%	-28.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	11	11	10	0.0%	-9.1%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	12			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%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations		17	11	0.0%	-35.3%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	10	12		20.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations			11	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	35	19	29	-45.7%	52.6%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	42	48	43	14.3%	-10.4%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	26	32	30	23.1%	-6.3%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	26	38	54	46.2%	42.1%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	57	56	38	-1.8%	-32.1%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	10	19	26	90.0%	36.8%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	439	578	422	31.7%	-27.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	27	39	18	44.4%	-53.8%
510000	Production Occupations	181	199	196	9.9%	-1.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	88	112	94	27.3%	-16.1%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	125	124	104	-0.8%	-16.1%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	99	142	115	43.4%	-19.0%
	12 years	567	686	615	21.0%	-10.3%
	13-15 years	378	429	319	13.5%	-25.6%
	Over 15 years	99	103	88	4.0%	-14.6%
Sex
	Male	793	1,028	823	29.6%	-19.9%
	Female	350	332	314	-5.1%	-5.4%
Age
	Under age 22	90	118	90	31.1%	-23.7%
	Age 22 to 29	207	268	222	29.5%	-17.2%
	Age 30 to 39	279	313	234	12.2%	-25.2%
	Age 40 to 49	231	261	242	13.0%	-7.3%
	Age 50 to 59	206	233	183	13.1%	-21.5%
	Age 60 to 64	82	100	107	22.0%	7.0%
	Age 65 and over	41	58	50	41.5%	-13.8%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	980	1,151	933	17.4%	-18.9%
	Black or African American,	36	51	45	41.7%	-11.8%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian			10	0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	113	137	138	21.2%	0.7%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	917	1,088	888	18.6%	-18.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	135	151	148	11.9%	-2.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	91	121	101	33.0%	-16.5%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	343	541	408	57.7%	-24.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	403	421	368	4.5%	-12.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,526	1,814	1,568	18.9%	-13.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	678	891	730	31.4%	-18.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	749	1,055	905	40.9%	-14.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	631	657	516	4.1%	-21.5%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	159	180	182	13.2%	1.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,228	1,621	1,249	32.0%	-22.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,156	2,689	2,360	24.7%	-12.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	448	459	467	2.5%	1.7%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,143	1,360	1,137	19.0%	-16.4%
	Blue Earth County	272	347	255	27.6%	-26.5%
	Brown County	156	207	175	32.7%	-15.5%
	Faribault County	55	77	63	40.0%	-18.2%
	Le Sueur County	184	226	178	22.8%	-21.2%
	Martin County	86	64	105	-25.6%	64.1%
	Nicollet County	124	164	134	32.3%	-18.3%
	Sibley County	98	98	73	0.0%	-25.5%
	Waseca County	110	110	78	0.0%	-29.1%
	Watonwan County	58	67	76	15.5%	13.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,912	2,300	2,008	20.3%	-12.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	11,260	13,061	11,965	16.0%	-8.4%

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

January 2025

EDR 9 - South Central