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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2025

	EDR 9 - South Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	600	639	559	6.5%	-12.5%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting		10		0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	97	150	125	54.6%	-16.7%
31	Manufacturing	119	133	87	11.8%	-34.6%
42	Wholesale Trade	28	50	50	78.6%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	62	45	40	-27.4%	-11.1%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	34	23	30	-32.4%	30.4%
51	Information		10		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	20	21	18	5.0%	-14.3%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	14		13	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	24	29	32	20.8%	10.3%
61	Educational Services	12	17	19	41.7%	11.8%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	83	45	40	-45.8%	-11.1%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	26	35	41	34.6%	17.1%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	10	20	15	100.0%	-25.0%
92	Public Administration	21	15	17	-28.6%	13.3%
99	Unclassified	11			0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	42	26	23	-38.1%	-11.5%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	13	12	15	-7.7%	25.0%
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			10	0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations		13	10	0.0%	-23.1%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	10			0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	14			0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	20	28	11	40.0%	-60.7%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	34	32	44	-5.9%	37.5%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	16	15	15	-6.3%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	36	23	26	-36.1%	13.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	50	30	38	-40.0%	26.7%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	10	15	13	50.0%	-13.3%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	120	160	122	33.3%	-23.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	17	26	17	52.9%	-34.6%
510000	Production Occupations	74	107	73	44.6%	-31.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	51	48	49	-5.9%	2.1%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	61	69	62	13.1%	-10.1%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	50	71	51	42.0%	-28.2%
	12 years	283	288	268	1.8%	-6.9%
	13-15 years	200	208	164	4.0%	-21.2%
	Over 15 years	67	72	76	7.5%	5.6%
Sex
	Male	371	402	354	8.4%	-11.9%
	Female	229	237	205	3.5%	-13.5%
Age
	Under age 22	28	35	35	25.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	111	97	100	-12.6%	3.1%
	Age 30 to 39	154	154	119	0.0%	-22.7%
	Age 40 to 49	123	145	126	17.9%	-13.1%
	Age 50 to 59	98	118	99	20.4%	-16.1%
	Age 60 to 64	58	52	46	-10.3%	-11.5%
	Age 65 and over	22	34	28	54.5%	-17.6%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	497	526	448	5.8%	-14.8%
	Black or African American,	25	24	37	-4.0%	54.2%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	70	78	69	11.4%	-11.5%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	475	521	455	9.7%	-12.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	64	77	66	20.3%	-14.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	61	41	38	-32.8%	-7.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	262	249	257	-5.0%	3.2%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	274	198	213	-27.7%	7.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,157	1,112	1,004	-3.9%	-9.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	564	338	404	-40.1%	19.5%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	489	459	344	-6.1%	-25.1%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	355	341	275	-3.9%	-19.4%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	171	90	86	-47.4%	-4.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	651	701	602	7.7%	-14.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,314	1,302	1,170	-0.9%	-10.1%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	254	191	193	-24.8%	1.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	600	639	559	6.5%	-12.5%
	Blue Earth County	164	144	151	-12.2%	4.9%
	Brown County	64	100	86	56.3%	-14.0%
	Faribault County	45	29	32	-35.6%	10.3%
	Le Sueur County	97	129	90	33.0%	-30.2%
	Martin County	50	39	29	-22.0%	-25.6%
	Nicollet County	70	86	73	22.9%	-15.1%
	Sibley County	38	44	38	15.8%	-13.6%
	Waseca County	48	47	35	-2.1%	-25.5%
	Watonwan County	24	21	25	-12.5%	19.0%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,091	1,133	1,100	3.8%	-2.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,353	8,539	8,586	2.2%	0.6%

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

April 2025

EDR 9 - South Central