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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 2025

	EDR 9 - South Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	512	563	450	10.0%	-20.1%

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	61	80	67	31.1%	-16.3%
31	Manufacturing	107	124	83	15.9%	-33.1%
42	Wholesale Trade	14	37	19	164.3%	-48.6%
44	Retail Trade	25	43	41	72.0%	-4.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	26	26	14	0.0%	-46.2%
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	16	13	17	-18.8%	30.8%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	21	14		-33.3%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	32	27	28	-15.6%	3.7%
61	Educational Services	63	41	54	-34.9%	31.7%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	56	74	43	32.1%	-41.9%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	28	25	20	-10.7%	-20.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	13	11	12	-15.4%	9.1%
92	Public Administration		16	11	0.0%	-31.3%
99	Unclassified	14	10	10	-28.6%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	23	18	19	-21.7%	5.6%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	11			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				0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	52	35	46	-32.7%	31.4%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations		16	10	0.0%	-37.5%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	18	24	20	33.3%	-16.7%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	36	42	22	16.7%	-47.6%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.		11	12	0.0%	9.1%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	19	26	30	36.8%	15.4%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	40	45	30	12.5%	-33.3%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	58	85	62	46.6%	-27.1%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	23		15	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	85	103	55	21.2%	-46.6%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	33	38	29	15.2%	-23.7%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	73	70	60	-4.1%	-14.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	44	67	25	52.3%	-62.7%
	12 years	229	220	216	-3.9%	-1.8%
	13-15 years	174	191	145	9.8%	-24.1%
	Over 15 years	65	85	64	30.8%	-24.7%
Sex
	Male	279	321	249	15.1%	-22.4%
	Female	233	242	201	3.9%	-16.9%
Age
	Under age 22	22	28	29	27.3%	3.6%
	Age 22 to 29	90	91	94	1.1%	3.3%
	Age 30 to 39	128	112	88	-12.5%	-21.4%
	Age 40 to 49	101	131	106	29.7%	-19.1%
	Age 50 to 59	101	113	83	11.9%	-26.5%
	Age 60 to 64	39	58	29	48.7%	-50.0%
	Age 65 and over	23	25	16	8.7%	-36.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	427	443	368	3.7%	-16.9%
	Black or African American,	29	30	25	3.4%	-16.7%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	50	81	46	62.0%	-43.2%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	413	435	372	5.3%	-14.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	60	78	44	30.0%	-43.6%
	Ethnicity Unknown	39	50	34	28.2%	-32.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	162	230	201	42.0%	-12.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	204	234	188	14.7%	-19.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	932	710	690	-23.8%	-2.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	374	353	301	-5.6%	-14.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	376	391	344	4.0%	-12.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	274	267	233	-2.6%	-12.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	81	45	89	-44.4%	97.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	516	595	494	15.3%	-17.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,206	1,186	1,045	-1.7%	-11.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	366	270	180	-26.2%	-33.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	512	563	450	10.0%	-20.1%
	Blue Earth County	130	152	131	16.9%	-13.8%
	Brown County	59	44	27	-25.4%	-38.6%
	Faribault County	40	33	35	-17.5%	6.1%
	Le Sueur County	67	88	66	31.3%	-25.0%
	Martin County	45	57	40	26.7%	-29.8%
	Nicollet County	53	77	61	45.3%	-20.8%
	Sibley County	28	35	29	25.0%	-17.1%
	Waseca County	43	36	44	-16.3%	22.2%
	Watonwan County	47	41	17	-12.8%	-58.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,181	1,226	920	3.8%	-25.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,749	8,706	8,227	-0.5%	-5.5%

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

August 2025

EDR 9 - South Central