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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

November 2025

	EDR 9 - South Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,423	1,431	1,170	0.6%	-18.2%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	20	11	17	-45.0%	54.5%
21	Mining	19	16	10	-15.8%	-37.5%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	695	750	604	7.9%	-19.5%
31	Manufacturing	153	158	112	3.3%	-29.1%
42	Wholesale Trade	44	46	32	4.5%	-30.4%
44	Retail Trade	69	64	58	-7.2%	-9.4%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	70	67	35	-4.3%	-47.8%
51	Information		12		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	36	31	20	-13.9%	-35.5%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	19	16	11	-15.8%	-31.3%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	90	95	64	5.6%	-32.6%
61	Educational Services	21	11	11	-47.6%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	64	50	66	-21.9%	32.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	15	15	21	0.0%	40.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	38	23	39	-39.5%	69.6%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	23	26	20	13.0%	-23.1%
92	Public Administration	26	17	25	-34.6%	47.1%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	33	28	22	-15.2%	-21.4%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	16	17	10	6.3%	-41.2%
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	15		11	0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	13	11	11	-15.4%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	25	19	31	-24.0%	63.2%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	40	26	42	-35.0%	61.5%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	43	49	45	14.0%	-8.2%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	18	31	29	72.2%	-6.5%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	53	47	37	-11.3%	-21.3%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	42	25	26	-40.5%	4.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	685	742	586	8.3%	-21.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	23	20	20	-13.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	100	101	53	1.0%	-47.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	150	159	117	6.0%	-26.4%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	136	122	97	-10.3%	-20.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	152	134	128	-11.8%	-4.5%
	12 years	741	778	629	5.0%	-19.2%
	13-15 years	417	411	315	-1.4%	-23.4%
	Over 15 years	113	108	98	-4.4%	-9.3%
Sex
	Male	1,117	1,156	915	3.5%	-20.8%
	Female	306	275	255	-10.1%	-7.3%
Age
	Under age 22	86	75	95	-12.8%	26.7%
	Age 22 to 29	240	276	201	15.0%	-27.2%
	Age 30 to 39	340	346	266	1.8%	-23.1%
	Age 40 to 49	287	312	246	8.7%	-21.2%
	Age 50 to 59	246	225	181	-8.5%	-19.6%
	Age 60 to 64	111	117	91	5.4%	-22.2%
	Age 65 and over	90	65	76	-27.8%	16.9%
	Info. not available	23	15	14	-34.8%	-6.7%
Race
	White	1,258	1,264	1,030	0.5%	-18.5%
	Black or African American,	38	34	21	-10.5%	-38.2%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	113	116	102	2.7%	-12.1%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,145	1,200	976	4.8%	-18.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	152	119	120	-21.7%	0.8%
	Ethnicity Unknown	126	112	74	-11.1%	-33.9%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	621	965	487	55.4%	-49.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	763	769	607	0.8%	-21.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2,410	2,154	2,001	-10.6%	-7.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,358	1,341	1,063	-1.3%	-20.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,668	1,631	1,483	-2.2%	-9.1%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	984	810	695	-17.7%	-14.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	218	272	188	24.8%	-30.9%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,868	1,796	1,671	-3.9%	-7.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,999	2,819	2,659	-6.0%	-5.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	454	474	378	4.4%	-20.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,423	1,431	1,170	0.6%	-18.2%
	Blue Earth County	316	315	240	-0.3%	-23.8%
	Brown County	153	163	122	6.5%	-25.2%
	Faribault County	72	86	90	19.4%	4.7%
	Le Sueur County	379	355	292	-6.3%	-17.7%
	Martin County	90	82	73	-8.9%	-11.0%
	Nicollet County	148	148	112	0.0%	-24.3%
	Sibley County	108	120	93	11.1%	-22.5%
	Waseca County	101	104	107	3.0%	2.9%
	Watonwan County	56	58	41	3.6%	-29.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,297	2,275	1,933	-1.0%	-15.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	12,293	11,094	10,888	-9.8%	-1.9%

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

November 2025

EDR 9 - South Central