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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

December 2025

	EDR 9 - South Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,561	1,911	1,973	22.4%	3.2%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	28	31	36	10.7%	16.1%
21	Mining	20	25	30	25.0%	20.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	677	829	959	22.5%	15.7%
31	Manufacturing	212	332	204	56.6%	-38.6%
42	Wholesale Trade	43	60	53	39.5%	-11.7%
44	Retail Trade	73	65	74	-11.0%	13.8%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	53	74	89	39.6%	20.3%
51	Information			19	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance				0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	11			0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	31	43	67	38.7%	55.8%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	16	25	17	56.3%	-32.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	125	102	105	-18.4%	2.9%
61	Educational Services	35	31	39	-11.4%	25.8%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	68	70	69	2.9%	-1.4%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation		15	11	0.0%	-26.7%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	83	95	96	14.5%	1.1%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	34	43	45	26.5%	4.7%
92	Public Administration	20	29	30	45.0%	3.4%
99	Unclassified	10	20	15	100.0%	-25.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	24	29	30	20.8%	3.4%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	14			0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	10			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	32	32	26	0.0%	-18.8%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	14			0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	21	31	29	47.6%	-6.5%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	82	114	109	39.0%	-4.4%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	50	53	53	6.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	11			0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	30	43	42	43.3%	-2.3%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	50	48	64	-4.0%	33.3%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	35	51	44	45.7%	-13.7%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	706	844	988	19.5%	17.1%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	21	36	33	71.4%	-8.3%
510000	Production Occupations	152	224	134	47.4%	-40.2%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	144	190	203	31.9%	6.8%
990000	Unknown	141	173	166	22.7%	-4.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	149	174	186	16.8%	6.9%
	12 years	786	1,032	1,089	31.3%	5.5%
	13-15 years	488	577	566	18.2%	-1.9%
	Over 15 years	138	128	132	-7.2%	3.1%
Sex
	Male	1,212	1,474	1,566	21.6%	6.2%
	Female	349	437	407	25.2%	-6.9%
Age
	Under age 22	111	148	123	33.3%	-16.9%
	Age 22 to 29	305	370	408	21.3%	10.3%
	Age 30 to 39	342	443	449	29.5%	1.4%
	Age 40 to 49	323	382	433	18.3%	13.4%
	Age 50 to 59	261	293	307	12.3%	4.8%
	Age 60 to 64	124	158	129	27.4%	-18.4%
	Age 65 and over	80	105	109	31.3%	3.8%
	Info. not available	15	12	15	-20.0%	25.0%
Race
	White	1,347	1,645	1,694	22.1%	3.0%
	Black or African American,	48	49	57	2.1%	16.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	10	11	11	10.0%	0.0%
	Asian		10	11	0.0%	10.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	147	190	196	29.3%	3.2%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,265	1,523	1,605	20.4%	5.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	164	231	214	40.9%	-7.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	132	157	154	18.9%	-1.9%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	1,030	1,098	807	6.6%	-26.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	659	760	727	15.3%	-4.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,850	2,414	2,323	30.5%	-3.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,229	1,585	1,536	29.0%	-3.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,396	1,721	1,689	23.3%	-1.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	814	1,059	1,081	30.1%	2.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	233	449	423	92.7%	-5.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,816	2,341	2,381	28.9%	1.7%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,074	3,832	4,009	24.7%	4.6%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	880	1,186	760	34.8%	-35.9%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,561	1,911	1,973	22.4%	3.2%
	Blue Earth County	388	418	483	7.7%	15.6%
	Brown County	191	228	239	19.4%	4.8%
	Faribault County	78	132	106	69.2%	-19.7%
	Le Sueur County	272	369	430	35.7%	16.5%
	Martin County	99	194	112	96.0%	-42.3%
	Nicollet County	174	186	205	6.9%	10.2%
	Sibley County	133	141	148	6.0%	5.0%
	Waseca County	138	133	150	-3.6%	12.8%
	Watonwan County	88	110	100	25.0%	-9.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,631	3,101	3,414	17.9%	10.1%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	12,651	14,104	15,422	11.5%	9.3%

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

December 2025

EDR 9 - South Central