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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

September 2025

	EDR 9 - South Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	526	556	520	5.7%	-6.5%

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	118	99	95	-16.1%	-4.0%
31	Manufacturing	134	167	95	24.6%	-43.1%
42	Wholesale Trade	13	20	16	53.8%	-20.0%
44	Retail Trade	49	49	41	0.0%	-16.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	22	16	22	-27.3%	37.5%
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	10	17	17	70.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	12		20	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	22	36	15	63.6%	-58.3%
61	Educational Services	12	16	21	33.3%	31.3%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	53	53	100	0.0%	88.7%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	23	22	23	-4.3%	4.5%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	17		13	0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration		10	12	0.0%	20.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	15	23	26	53.3%	13.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	10			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	13	13	15	0.0%	15.4%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	10			0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	26	31	50	19.2%	61.3%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	29	24	22	-17.2%	-8.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	14	13	14	-7.1%	7.7%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations			15	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	31	41	30	32.3%	-26.8%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	34	22	32	-35.3%	45.5%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	13			0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	109	95	75	-12.8%	-21.1%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	15	16	18	6.7%	12.5%
510000	Production Occupations	95	119	74	25.3%	-37.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	34	29	35	-14.7%	20.7%
990000	Unknown	58	72	75	24.1%	4.2%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	49	55	43	12.2%	-21.8%
	12 years	238	261	257	9.7%	-1.5%
	13-15 years	181	167	151	-7.7%	-9.6%
	Over 15 years	58	73	69	25.9%	-5.5%
Sex
	Male	333	351	295	5.4%	-16.0%
	Female	193	205	225	6.2%	9.8%
Age
	Under age 22	32	31	36	-3.1%	16.1%
	Age 22 to 29	91	83	99	-8.8%	19.3%
	Age 30 to 39	129	144	118	11.6%	-18.1%
	Age 40 to 49	111	108	126	-2.7%	16.7%
	Age 50 to 59	103	119	79	15.5%	-33.6%
	Age 60 to 64	38	50	34	31.6%	-32.0%
	Age 65 and over	19	18	23	-5.3%	27.8%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	427	449	432	5.2%	-3.8%
	Black or African American,	26	28	27	7.7%	-3.6%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	62	64	50	3.2%	-21.9%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	423	441	425	4.3%	-3.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	51	68	53	33.3%	-22.1%
	Ethnicity Unknown	52	47	42	-9.6%	-10.6%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	162	216	113	33.3%	-47.7%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	169	213	164	26.0%	-23.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	782	911	853	16.5%	-6.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	285	474	382	66.3%	-19.4%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	396	421	373	6.3%	-11.4%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	242	337	261	39.3%	-22.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	71	235	208	231.0%	-11.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	513	566	522	10.3%	-7.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	974	1,235	1,027	26.8%	-16.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	287	410	383	42.9%	-6.6%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	526	556	520	5.7%	-6.5%
	Blue Earth County	134	124	144	-7.5%	16.1%
	Brown County	54	56	47	3.7%	-16.1%
	Faribault County	33	19	55	-42.4%	189.5%
	Le Sueur County	56	64	80	14.3%	25.0%
	Martin County	61	105	31	72.1%	-70.5%
	Nicollet County	82	73	65	-11.0%	-11.0%
	Sibley County	30	32	28	6.7%	-12.5%
	Waseca County	47	48	26	2.1%	-45.8%
	Watonwan County	29	35	44	20.7%	25.7%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	960	976	948	1.7%	-2.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,828	7,733	8,154	13.3%	5.4%

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

September 2025

EDR 9 - South Central