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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 2026

	EDR 9 - South Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	679	818	663	20.5%	-18.9%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	177	272	199	53.7%	-26.8%
31	Manufacturing	154	136	83	-11.7%	-39.0%
42	Wholesale Trade	21	47	38	123.8%	-19.1%
44	Retail Trade	66	57	79	-13.6%	38.6%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	21	27	23	28.6%	-14.8%
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	22	29	20	31.8%	-31.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	23	22	16	-4.3%	-27.3%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	30	34	29	13.3%	-14.7%
61	Educational Services	13	14		7.7%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	54	56	59	3.7%	5.4%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	28	34	33	21.4%	-2.9%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	13	15	19	15.4%	26.7%
92	Public Administration	17	21	12	23.5%	-42.9%
99	Unclassified	11	14	15	27.3%	7.1%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	21	31	23	47.6%	-25.8%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations		12	11	0.0%	-8.3%
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				0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ		11		0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	15	16	12	6.7%	-25.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	15	20	29	33.3%	45.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	37	37	47	0.0%	27.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	13	17	12	30.8%	-29.4%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	41	29	26	-29.3%	-10.3%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	41	44	22	7.3%	-50.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	10	21		110.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	174	277	207	59.2%	-25.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	27	21	30	-22.2%	42.9%
510000	Production Occupations	107	107	84	0.0%	-21.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	41	49	33	19.5%	-32.7%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	91	92	81	1.1%	-12.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	64	68	51	6.3%	-25.0%
	12 years	307	394	329	28.3%	-16.5%
	13-15 years	228	271	205	18.9%	-24.4%
	Over 15 years	80	85	78	6.3%	-8.2%
Sex
	Male	443	558	458	26.0%	-17.9%
	Female	236	260	205	10.2%	-21.2%
Age
	Under age 22	39	54	36	38.5%	-33.3%
	Age 22 to 29	125	141	158	12.8%	12.1%
	Age 30 to 39	156	182	129	16.7%	-29.1%
	Age 40 to 49	157	189	133	20.4%	-29.6%
	Age 50 to 59	111	144	116	29.7%	-19.4%
	Age 60 to 64	59	63	54	6.8%	-14.3%
	Age 65 and over	28	40	30	42.9%	-25.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	574	681	547	18.6%	-19.7%
	Black or African American,	29	35	35	20.7%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	10		10	0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	60	89	67	48.3%	-24.7%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	552	658	529	19.2%	-19.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	77	95	81	23.4%	-14.7%
	Ethnicity Unknown	50	65	53	30.0%	-18.5%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	221	295	186	33.5%	-36.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	253	281	217	11.1%	-22.8%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,154	1,228	1,049	6.4%	-14.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	398	453	379	13.8%	-16.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	470	612	472	30.2%	-22.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	313	372	289	18.8%	-22.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	84	125	77	48.8%	-38.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	779	967	691	24.1%	-28.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,453	1,698	1,372	16.9%	-19.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	206	213	155	3.4%	-27.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	679	818	663	20.5%	-18.9%
	Blue Earth County	188	223	195	18.6%	-12.6%
	Brown County	104	94	73	-9.6%	-22.3%
	Faribault County	33	57	37	72.7%	-35.1%
	Le Sueur County	103	127	120	23.3%	-5.5%
	Martin County	41	46	40	12.2%	-13.0%
	Nicollet County	81	100	84	23.5%	-16.0%
	Sibley County	46	51	43	10.9%	-15.7%
	Waseca County	46	76	39	65.2%	-48.7%
	Watonwan County	37	44	32	18.9%	-27.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,153	1,349	1,187	17.0%	-12.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,857	9,329	8,538	5.3%	-8.5%

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

February 2026

EDR 9 - South Central