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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

June 2025

	EDR 9 - South Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,280	1,541	1,534	20.4%	-0.5%

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	63	177	89	181.0%	-49.7%
31	Manufacturing	120	232	118	93.3%	-49.1%
42	Wholesale Trade	25	30	38	20.0%	26.7%
44	Retail Trade	72	72	63	0.0%	-12.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	95	102	112	7.4%	9.8%
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	14	20	23	42.9%	15.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises		26	38	0.0%	46.2%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	35	42	42	20.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	533	562	699	5.4%	24.4%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	98	95	78	-3.1%	-17.9%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	11			0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	94	76	86	-19.1%	13.2%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	61	53	76	-13.1%	43.4%
92	Public Administration	16	16	16	0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	11	16	11	45.5%	-31.3%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	18	32	19	77.8%	-40.6%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations		14	10	0.0%	-28.6%
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			18	0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	524	507	616	-3.2%	21.5%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	10	12		20.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	16	26	20	62.5%	-23.1%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	39	24	39	-38.5%	62.5%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	132	144	177	9.1%	22.9%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	12	12	14	0.0%	16.7%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	30	32	39	6.7%	21.9%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	70	81	75	15.7%	-7.4%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	10			0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	71	177	87	149.3%	-50.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	11	26	24	136.4%	-7.7%
510000	Production Occupations	98	163	120	66.3%	-26.4%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	110	128	132	16.4%	3.1%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	99	122	111	23.2%	-9.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	57	71	88	24.6%	23.9%
	12 years	493	626	624	27.0%	-0.3%
	13-15 years	538	601	587	11.7%	-2.3%
	Over 15 years	192	243	235	26.6%	-3.3%
Sex
	Male	385	590	438	53.2%	-25.8%
	Female	895	951	1,096	6.3%	15.2%
Age
	Under age 22	48	51	42	6.3%	-17.6%
	Age 22 to 29	176	209	176	18.8%	-15.8%
	Age 30 to 39	248	330	316	33.1%	-4.2%
	Age 40 to 49	290	360	333	24.1%	-7.5%
	Age 50 to 59	284	299	340	5.3%	13.7%
	Age 60 to 64	125	176	171	40.8%	-2.8%
	Age 65 and over	91	94	130	3.3%	38.3%
	Info. not available	18	22	26	22.2%	18.2%
Race
	White	1,101	1,350	1,342	22.6%	-0.6%
	Black or African American,	35	34	41	-2.9%	20.6%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	14	11		-21.4%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	122	144	132	18.0%	-8.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,059	1,300	1,278	22.8%	-1.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	129	127	147	-1.6%	15.7%
	Ethnicity Unknown	92	114	109	23.9%	-4.4%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	543	646	595	19.0%	-7.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	567	615	689	8.5%	12.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2,022	2,060	2,244	1.9%	8.9%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	934	830	1,040	-11.1%	25.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,012	964	1,147	-4.7%	19.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	897	875	993	-2.5%	13.5%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	267	249	297	-6.7%	19.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,385	1,662	1,645	20.0%	-1.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,147	3,517	3,708	11.8%	5.4%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	1,157	984	964	-15.0%	-2.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,280	1,541	1,534	20.4%	-0.5%
	Blue Earth County	323	399	405	23.5%	1.5%
	Brown County	111	169	175	52.3%	3.6%
	Faribault County	97	94	88	-3.1%	-6.4%
	Le Sueur County	169	214	199	26.6%	-7.0%
	Martin County	134	158	149	17.9%	-5.7%
	Nicollet County	161	194	156	20.5%	-19.6%
	Sibley County	85	112	109	31.8%	-2.7%
	Waseca County	118	115	138	-2.5%	20.0%
	Watonwan County	82	86	115	4.9%	33.7%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,569	2,753	3,100	7.2%	12.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	16,217	18,971	21,127	17.0%	11.4%

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

June 2025

EDR 9 - South Central