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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

October 2025

	EDR 9 - South Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	643	632	592	-1.7%	-6.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	12			0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	191	136	136	-28.8%	0.0%
31	Manufacturing	90	128	92	42.2%	-28.1%
42	Wholesale Trade	18	27	24	50.0%	-11.1%
44	Retail Trade	66	48	48	-27.3%	0.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	30	36	30	20.0%	-16.7%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance		13		0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	21	12	17	-42.9%	41.7%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	11	14		27.3%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	51	49	37	-3.9%	-24.5%
61	Educational Services	14	13		-7.1%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	44	59	59	34.1%	0.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	15	11		-26.7%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	28	38	29	35.7%	-23.7%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	16		21	0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	13	13	34	0.0%	161.5%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	25	23	30	-8.0%	30.4%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	11	13		18.2%	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	12	14		16.7%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	11	12	10	9.1%	-16.7%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	16	37	23	131.3%	-37.8%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	38	30	34	-21.1%	13.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	20	24	23	20.0%	-4.2%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	35	40	33	14.3%	-17.5%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	26	30	47	15.4%	56.7%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	16	12	11	-25.0%	-8.3%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	200	123	140	-38.5%	13.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	12	22	27	83.3%	22.7%
510000	Production Occupations	82	104	57	26.8%	-45.2%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	45	43	42	-4.4%	-2.3%
990000	Unknown	64	82	70	28.1%	-14.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	64	69	56	7.8%	-18.8%
	12 years	307	285	258	-7.2%	-9.5%
	13-15 years	218	190	197	-12.8%	3.7%
	Over 15 years	54	88	81	63.0%	-8.0%
Sex
	Male	442	384	391	-13.1%	1.8%
	Female	201	248	201	23.4%	-19.0%
Age
	Under age 22	40	34	39	-15.0%	14.7%
	Age 22 to 29	122	96	107	-21.3%	11.5%
	Age 30 to 39	178	153	133	-14.0%	-13.1%
	Age 40 to 49	105	152	120	44.8%	-21.1%
	Age 50 to 59	105	119	112	13.3%	-5.9%
	Age 60 to 64	64	46	47	-28.1%	2.2%
	Age 65 and over	23	32	31	39.1%	-3.1%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	538	530	491	-1.5%	-7.4%
	Black or African American,	38	33	26	-13.2%	-21.2%
	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	57	66	-8.1%	15.8%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	524	515	469	-1.7%	-8.9%
	Hispanic or Latino	72	80	75	11.1%	-6.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	47	37	48	-21.3%	29.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	302	273	375	-9.6%	37.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	332	334	310	0.6%	-7.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,330	1,114	1,080	-16.2%	-3.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	503	590	482	17.3%	-18.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	666	679	708	2.0%	4.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	306	340	337	11.1%	-0.9%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	90	94	77	4.4%	-18.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	833	801	777	-3.8%	-3.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,421	1,480	1,410	4.2%	-4.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	226	222	272	-1.8%	22.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	643	632	592	-1.7%	-6.3%
	Blue Earth County	180	175	169	-2.8%	-3.4%
	Brown County	62	47	53	-24.2%	12.8%
	Faribault County	47	46	39	-2.1%	-15.2%
	Le Sueur County	118	95	99	-19.5%	4.2%
	Martin County	42	37	45	-11.9%	21.6%
	Nicollet County	63	90	67	42.9%	-25.6%
	Sibley County	45	39	34	-13.3%	-12.8%
	Waseca County	61	71	54	16.4%	-23.9%
	Watonwan County	25	32	32	28.0%	0.0%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,229	1,112	1,187	-9.5%	6.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,189	8,479	9,352	3.5%	10.3%

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

October 2025

EDR 9 - South Central