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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

May 2025

	EDR 9 - South Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	721	1,056	892	46.5%	-15.5%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting		10		0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	62	152	126	145.2%	-17.1%
31	Manufacturing	119	205	122	72.3%	-40.5%
42	Wholesale Trade	19	26	40	36.8%	53.8%
44	Retail Trade	54	57	72	5.6%	26.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	15	45	44	200.0%	-2.2%
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	25	18	22	-28.0%	22.2%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	13	17	18	30.8%	5.9%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	36	26	19	-27.8%	-26.9%
61	Educational Services	124	242	170	95.2%	-29.8%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	81	67	65	-17.3%	-3.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	69	91	102	31.9%	12.1%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	49	53	43	8.2%	-18.9%
92	Public Administration	12	18	12	50.0%	-33.3%
99	Unclassified		10		0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	22	27	28	22.7%	3.7%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	17	12	15	-29.4%	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			11	0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	145	243	177	67.6%	-27.2%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ			11	0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	15	16		6.7%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	33	29	27	-12.1%	-6.9%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	82	115	112	40.2%	-2.6%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	16	16	12	0.0%	-25.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	34	31	30	-8.8%	-3.2%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	35	43	37	22.9%	-14.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	74	160	110	116.2%	-31.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	16	18	27	12.5%	50.0%
510000	Production Occupations	96	156	86	62.5%	-44.9%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	29	65	83	124.1%	27.7%
990000	Unknown	74	84	95	13.5%	13.1%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	54	95	75	75.9%	-21.1%
	12 years	301	476	404	58.1%	-15.1%
	13-15 years	261	368	312	41.0%	-15.2%
	Over 15 years	105	117	101	11.4%	-13.7%
Sex
	Male	327	468	397	43.1%	-15.2%
	Female	394	588	495	49.2%	-15.8%
Age
	Under age 22	37	40	34	8.1%	-15.0%
	Age 22 to 29	120	174	158	45.0%	-9.2%
	Age 30 to 39	172	238	208	38.4%	-12.6%
	Age 40 to 49	147	223	176	51.7%	-21.1%
	Age 50 to 59	135	199	153	47.4%	-23.1%
	Age 60 to 64	82	104	92	26.8%	-11.5%
	Age 65 and over	24	66	68	175.0%	3.0%
	Info. not available		12		0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	610	872	746	43.0%	-14.4%
	Black or African American,	29	47	32	62.1%	-31.9%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	73	117	94	60.3%	-19.7%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	584	843	712	44.3%	-15.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	61	120	94	96.7%	-21.7%
	Ethnicity Unknown	76	93	86	22.4%	-7.5%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	301	701	734	132.9%	4.7%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	309	490	435	58.6%	-11.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,083	1,286	1,649	18.7%	28.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	514	920	808	79.0%	-12.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	491	678	597	38.1%	-11.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	306	638	491	108.5%	-23.0%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	103	237	212	130.1%	-10.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	498	772	606	55.0%	-21.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,256	1,665	1,394	32.6%	-16.3%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	358	513	529	43.3%	3.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	721	1,056	892	46.5%	-15.5%
	Blue Earth County	225	267	256	18.7%	-4.1%
	Brown County	135	160	144	18.5%	-10.0%
	Faribault County	50	62	64	24.0%	3.2%
	Le Sueur County	78	186	116	138.5%	-37.6%
	Martin County	30	51	46	70.0%	-9.8%
	Nicollet County	94	140	98	48.9%	-30.0%
	Sibley County	45	69	60	53.3%	-13.0%
	Waseca County	36	66	48	83.3%	-27.3%
	Watonwan County	28	55	60	96.4%	9.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,191	1,648	1,407	38.4%	-14.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,094	9,034	8,438	11.6%	-6.6%

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

May 2025

EDR 9 - South Central