Labor Market Information Data Home UIS Home

Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 2025

	EDR 9 - South Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	738	679	818	-8.0%	20.5%

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	258	177	272	-31.4%	53.7%
31	Manufacturing	118	154	136	30.5%	-11.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	19	21	47	10.5%	123.8%
44	Retail Trade	51	66	57	29.4%	-13.6%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	24	21	27	-12.5%	28.6%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance				0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	11			0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	22	22	29	0.0%	31.8%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	27	23	22	-14.8%	-4.3%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	34	30	34	-11.8%	13.3%
61	Educational Services	11	13	14	18.2%	7.7%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	54	54	56	0.0%	3.7%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	34	28	34	-17.6%	21.4%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	11	13	15	18.2%	15.4%
92	Public Administration	11	17	21	54.5%	23.5%
99	Unclassified	22	11	14	-50.0%	27.3%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	20	21	31	5.0%	47.6%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations			12	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%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	10			0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ			11	0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations		15	16	0.0%	6.7%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	20	15	20	-25.0%	33.3%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	34	37	37	8.8%	0.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	19	13	17	-31.6%	30.8%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	26	41	29	57.7%	-29.3%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	35	41	44	17.1%	7.3%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	11	10	21	-9.1%	110.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	273	174	277	-36.3%	59.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	23	27	21	17.4%	-22.2%
510000	Production Occupations	88	107	107	21.6%	0.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	48	41	49	-14.6%	19.5%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	85	91	92	7.1%	1.1%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	57	64	68	12.3%	6.3%
	12 years	378	307	394	-18.8%	28.3%
	13-15 years	240	228	271	-5.0%	18.9%
	Over 15 years	63	80	85	27.0%	6.3%
Sex
	Male	506	443	558	-12.5%	26.0%
	Female	232	236	260	1.7%	10.2%
Age
	Under age 22	51	39	54	-23.5%	38.5%
	Age 22 to 29	148	125	141	-15.5%	12.8%
	Age 30 to 39	174	156	182	-10.3%	16.7%
	Age 40 to 49	163	157	189	-3.7%	20.4%
	Age 50 to 59	130	111	144	-14.6%	29.7%
	Age 60 to 64	51	59	63	15.7%	6.8%
	Age 65 and over	18	28	40	55.6%	42.9%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	628	574	681	-8.6%	18.6%
	Black or African American,	21	29	35	38.1%	20.7%
	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	80	60	89	-25.0%	48.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	577	552	658	-4.3%	19.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	84	77	95	-8.3%	23.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	77	50	65	-35.1%	30.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	165	221	295	33.9%	33.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	220	253	281	15.0%	11.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,150	1,154	1,228	0.3%	6.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	403	398	453	-1.2%	13.8%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	501	470	612	-6.2%	30.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	644	313	372	-51.4%	18.8%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	95	84	125	-11.6%	48.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	885	779	967	-12.0%	24.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,678	1,453	1,698	-13.4%	16.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	258	206	213	-20.2%	3.4%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	738	679	818	-8.0%	20.5%
	Blue Earth County	185	188	223	1.6%	18.6%
	Brown County	123	104	94	-15.4%	-9.6%
	Faribault County	34	33	57	-2.9%	72.7%
	Le Sueur County	125	103	127	-17.6%	23.3%
	Martin County	41	41	46	0.0%	12.2%
	Nicollet County	62	81	100	30.6%	23.5%
	Sibley County	79	46	51	-41.8%	10.9%
	Waseca County	40	46	76	15.0%	65.2%
	Watonwan County	49	37	44	-24.5%	18.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,359	1,153	1,349	-15.2%	17.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,795	8,857	9,329	0.7%	5.3%

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

February 2025

EDR 9 - South Central