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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

January 2026

	EDR 9 - South Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,360	1,137	1,098	-16.4%	-3.4%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	20	19		-5.0%	0.0%
21	Mining	19			0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	530	383	414	-27.7%	8.1%
31	Manufacturing	255	242	162	-5.1%	-33.1%
42	Wholesale Trade	47	44	42	-6.4%	-4.5%
44	Retail Trade	118	94	64	-20.3%	-31.9%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	41	37	48	-9.8%	29.7%
51	Information	11		15	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	10			0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	23	21	33	-8.7%	57.1%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	14	19	12	35.7%	-36.8%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	75	52	62	-30.7%	19.2%
61	Educational Services	28	24	22	-14.3%	-8.3%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	54	66	84	22.2%	27.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	13			0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	39	38	36	-2.6%	-5.3%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	23	26	26	13.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	18	23	23	27.8%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	13	11	20	-15.4%	81.8%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	25	18	25	-28.0%	38.9%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	11	10	15	-9.1%	50.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations			12	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	17	11	11	-35.3%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	12			0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations		11	14	0.0%	27.3%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	19	29	43	52.6%	48.3%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	48	43	45	-10.4%	4.7%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	32	30	31	-6.3%	3.3%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	38	54	31	42.1%	-42.6%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	56	38	36	-32.1%	-5.3%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	19	26	19	36.8%	-26.9%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	578	422	418	-27.0%	-0.9%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	39	18	28	-53.8%	55.6%
510000	Production Occupations	199	196	120	-1.5%	-38.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	112	94	97	-16.1%	3.2%
990000	Unknown	124	104	118	-16.1%	13.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	142	115	126	-19.0%	9.6%
	12 years	686	615	544	-10.3%	-11.5%
	13-15 years	429	319	325	-25.6%	1.9%
	Over 15 years	103	88	103	-14.6%	17.0%
Sex
	Male	1,028	823	793	-19.9%	-3.6%
	Female	332	314	305	-5.4%	-2.9%
Age
	Under age 22	118	90	90	-23.7%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	268	222	228	-17.2%	2.7%
	Age 30 to 39	313	234	227	-25.2%	-3.0%
	Age 40 to 49	261	242	219	-7.3%	-9.5%
	Age 50 to 59	233	183	196	-21.5%	7.1%
	Age 60 to 64	100	107	82	7.0%	-23.4%
	Age 65 and over	58	50	50	-13.8%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,151	933	929	-18.9%	-0.4%
	Black or African American,	51	45	39	-11.8%	-13.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native			10	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian		10		0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	137	138	110	0.7%	-20.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,088	888	901	-18.4%	1.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	151	148	131	-2.0%	-11.5%
	Ethnicity Unknown	121	101	66	-16.5%	-34.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	541	408	361	-24.6%	-11.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	421	368	401	-12.6%	9.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,814	1,568	1,580	-13.6%	0.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	891	730	666	-18.1%	-8.8%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,055	905	842	-14.2%	-7.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	657	516	472	-21.5%	-8.5%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	180	182	161	1.1%	-11.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,621	1,249	1,275	-22.9%	2.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,689	2,360	2,316	-12.2%	-1.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	459	467	367	1.7%	-21.4%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,360	1,137	1,098	-16.4%	-3.4%
	Blue Earth County	347	255	257	-26.5%	0.8%
	Brown County	207	175	155	-15.5%	-11.4%
	Faribault County	77	63	72	-18.2%	14.3%
	Le Sueur County	226	178	170	-21.2%	-4.5%
	Martin County	64	105	99	64.1%	-5.7%
	Nicollet County	164	134	124	-18.3%	-7.5%
	Sibley County	98	73	98	-25.5%	34.2%
	Waseca County	110	78	71	-29.1%	-9.0%
	Watonwan County	67	76	52	13.4%	-31.6%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,300	2,008	1,972	-12.7%	-1.8%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	13,061	11,965	12,560	-8.4%	5.0%

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

January 2026

EDR 9 - South Central