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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2025

	EDR 9 - South Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	792	698	720	-11.9%	3.2%

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	165	173	162	4.8%	-6.4%
31	Manufacturing	129	123	132	-4.7%	7.3%
42	Wholesale Trade	54	56	52	3.7%	-7.1%
44	Retail Trade	68	48	52	-29.4%	8.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	32	23	21	-28.1%	-8.7%
51	Information	11			0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	16			0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	30	14	45	-53.3%	221.4%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	18		14	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	39	41	36	5.1%	-12.2%
61	Educational Services	17	25	14	47.1%	-44.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	88	44	58	-50.0%	31.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	45	51	55	13.3%	7.8%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	27	25	17	-7.4%	-32.0%
92	Public Administration	19	17	20	-10.5%	17.6%
99	Unclassified		21		0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	27	17	26	-37.0%	52.9%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	13			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			12	0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations		15		0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	42			0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	15			0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	23	18	35	-21.7%	94.4%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	51	59	61	15.7%	3.4%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	13	16	17	23.1%	6.3%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	80	39	32	-51.3%	-17.9%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	76	27	37	-64.5%	37.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	187	181	157	-3.2%	-13.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	25	15	25	-40.0%	66.7%
510000	Production Occupations	104	125	142	20.2%	13.6%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	46	56	42	21.7%	-25.0%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	44	81	69	84.1%	-14.8%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	72	82	74	13.9%	-9.8%
	12 years	397	304	335	-23.4%	10.2%
	13-15 years	239	248	236	3.8%	-4.8%
	Over 15 years	84	64	75	-23.8%	17.2%
Sex
	Male	493	451	427	-8.5%	-5.3%
	Female	299	247	293	-17.4%	18.6%
Age
	Under age 22	33	47	45	42.4%	-4.3%
	Age 22 to 29	132	135	127	2.3%	-5.9%
	Age 30 to 39	201	146	141	-27.4%	-3.4%
	Age 40 to 49	173	146	172	-15.6%	17.8%
	Age 50 to 59	148	123	134	-16.9%	8.9%
	Age 60 to 64	65	69	58	6.2%	-15.9%
	Age 65 and over	35	32	37	-8.6%	15.6%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	687	567	577	-17.5%	1.8%
	Black or African American,	35	38	44	8.6%	15.8%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	65	78	86	20.0%	10.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	653	554	559	-15.2%	0.9%
	Hispanic or Latino	83	101	108	21.7%	6.9%
	Ethnicity Unknown	56	43	53	-23.2%	23.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	258	390	264	51.2%	-32.3%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	328	292	259	-11.0%	-11.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,397	1,220	1,308	-12.7%	7.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	606	414	407	-31.7%	-1.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	552	446	514	-19.2%	15.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	362	305	383	-15.7%	25.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	130	69	88	-46.9%	27.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	918	813	733	-11.4%	-9.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,592	1,507	1,346	-5.3%	-10.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	322	227	232	-29.5%	2.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	792	698	720	-11.9%	3.2%
	Blue Earth County	204	168	202	-17.6%	20.2%
	Brown County	112	109	117	-2.7%	7.3%
	Faribault County	34	38	37	11.8%	-2.6%
	Le Sueur County	124	129	101	4.0%	-21.7%
	Martin County	51	39	43	-23.5%	10.3%
	Nicollet County	101	97	89	-4.0%	-8.2%
	Sibley County	73	37	43	-49.3%	16.2%
	Waseca County	60	38	62	-36.7%	63.2%
	Watonwan County	33	43	26	30.3%	-39.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,579	1,180	1,370	-25.3%	16.1%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,559	8,690	9,107	-17.7%	4.8%

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

March 2025

EDR 9 - South Central