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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

July 2025

	EDR 9 - South Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	689	817	673	18.6%	-17.6%

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	85	128	101	50.6%	-21.1%
31	Manufacturing	160	232	110	45.0%	-52.6%
42	Wholesale Trade	20	24	24	20.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	37	60	47	62.2%	-21.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	40	40	42	0.0%	5.0%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance			11	0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	21	19	25	-9.5%	31.6%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	19	24	15	26.3%	-37.5%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	27	36	25	33.3%	-30.6%
61	Educational Services	125	96	114	-23.2%	18.8%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	62	60	67	-3.2%	11.7%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	23	29	39	26.1%	34.5%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	13	23	13	76.9%	-43.5%
92	Public Administration	15		15	0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	14	11		-21.4%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	16	30	29	87.5%	-3.3%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	11	17	17	54.5%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations		31		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%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	111	79	98	-28.8%	24.1%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	12	10		-16.7%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	27	22	21	-18.5%	-4.5%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	32	50	47	56.3%	-6.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	15	19		26.7%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	15	48	33	220.0%	-31.3%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	29	46	48	58.6%	4.3%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	102	131	121	28.4%	-7.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	22	16	23	-27.3%	43.8%
510000	Production Occupations	131	147	71	12.2%	-51.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	45	53	47	17.8%	-11.3%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	85	75	68	-11.8%	-9.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	46	56	44	21.7%	-21.4%
	12 years	274	362	287	32.1%	-20.7%
	13-15 years	263	288	247	9.5%	-14.2%
	Over 15 years	106	111	95	4.7%	-14.4%
Sex
	Male	354	470	352	32.8%	-25.1%
	Female	335	347	321	3.6%	-7.5%
Age
	Under age 22	35	31	29	-11.4%	-6.5%
	Age 22 to 29	115	122	140	6.1%	14.8%
	Age 30 to 39	162	184	138	13.6%	-25.0%
	Age 40 to 49	137	198	158	44.5%	-20.2%
	Age 50 to 59	152	158	114	3.9%	-27.8%
	Age 60 to 64	46	77	51	67.4%	-33.8%
	Age 65 and over	35	37	33	5.7%	-10.8%
	Info. not available		10	10	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	577	696	560	20.6%	-19.5%
	Black or African American,	28	27	29	-3.6%	7.4%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	74	80	75	8.1%	-6.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	553	701	530	26.8%	-24.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	85	63	84	-25.9%	33.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	51	53	59	3.9%	11.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	240	656	362	173.3%	-44.8%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	325	375	350	15.4%	-6.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,058	1,004	954	-5.1%	-5.0%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	597	549	471	-8.0%	-14.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	558	524	439	-6.1%	-16.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	356	345	392	-3.1%	13.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	162	128	258	-21.0%	101.6%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	686	808	660	17.8%	-18.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,432	1,582	1,450	10.5%	-8.3%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	500	513	333	2.6%	-35.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	689	817	673	18.6%	-17.6%
	Blue Earth County	191	225	187	17.8%	-16.9%
	Brown County	58	79	95	36.2%	20.3%
	Faribault County	46	43	40	-6.5%	-7.0%
	Le Sueur County	99	112	99	13.1%	-11.6%
	Martin County	65	88	43	35.4%	-51.1%
	Nicollet County	82	106	78	29.3%	-26.4%
	Sibley County	41	49	45	19.5%	-8.2%
	Waseca County	61	63	48	3.3%	-23.8%
	Watonwan County	46	52	38	13.0%	-26.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,315	1,528	1,188	16.2%	-22.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,274	10,974	10,517	6.8%	-4.2%

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

July 2025

EDR 9 - South Central