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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2026

	EDR 9 - South Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	698	720	717	3.2%	-0.4%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting			10	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	173	162	193	-6.4%	19.1%
31	Manufacturing	123	132	97	7.3%	-26.5%
42	Wholesale Trade	56	52	67	-7.1%	28.8%
44	Retail Trade	48	52	53	8.3%	1.9%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	23	21	30	-8.7%	42.9%
51	Information				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	14	45	18	221.4%	-60.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises		14		0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	41	36	23	-12.2%	-36.1%
61	Educational Services	25	14	18	-44.0%	28.6%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	44	58	69	31.8%	19.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	51	55	55	7.8%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	25	17	21	-32.0%	23.5%
92	Public Administration	17	20	15	17.6%	-25.0%
99	Unclassified	21		12	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	17	26	25	52.9%	-3.8%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations				0.0%	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		12	10	0.0%	-16.7%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	15		14	0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	18	35	33	94.4%	-5.7%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	59	61	46	3.4%	-24.6%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	16	17	16	6.3%	-5.9%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations			10	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	39	32	19	-17.9%	-40.6%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	27	37	33	37.0%	-10.8%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations			11	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	181	157	201	-13.3%	28.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	15	25	21	66.7%	-16.0%
510000	Production Occupations	125	142	109	13.6%	-23.2%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	56	42	47	-25.0%	11.9%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	81	69	87	-14.8%	26.1%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	82	74	79	-9.8%	6.8%
	12 years	304	335	343	10.2%	2.4%
	13-15 years	248	236	222	-4.8%	-5.9%
	Over 15 years	64	75	73	17.2%	-2.7%
Sex
	Male	451	427	462	-5.3%	8.2%
	Female	247	293	255	18.6%	-13.0%
Age
	Under age 22	47	45	43	-4.3%	-4.4%
	Age 22 to 29	135	127	124	-5.9%	-2.4%
	Age 30 to 39	146	141	149	-3.4%	5.7%
	Age 40 to 49	146	172	167	17.8%	-2.9%
	Age 50 to 59	123	134	131	8.9%	-2.2%
	Age 60 to 64	69	58	59	-15.9%	1.7%
	Age 65 and over	32	37	36	15.6%	-2.7%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	567	577	583	1.8%	1.0%
	Black or African American,	38	44	45	15.8%	2.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	78	86	79	10.3%	-8.1%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	554	559	584	0.9%	4.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	101	108	80	6.9%	-25.9%
	Ethnicity Unknown	43	53	53	23.3%	0.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	390	264	155	-32.3%	-41.3%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	292	259	277	-11.3%	6.9%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,220	1,308	1,227	7.2%	-6.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	414	407	428	-1.7%	5.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	446	514	483	15.2%	-6.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	305	383	331	25.6%	-13.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	69	88	63	27.5%	-28.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	813	733	806	-9.8%	10.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,507	1,346	1,501	-10.7%	11.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	227	232	162	2.2%	-30.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	698	720	717	3.2%	-0.4%
	Blue Earth County	168	202	216	20.2%	6.9%
	Brown County	109	117	86	7.3%	-26.5%
	Faribault County	38	37	42	-2.6%	13.5%
	Le Sueur County	129	101	103	-21.7%	2.0%
	Martin County	39	43	47	10.3%	9.3%
	Nicollet County	97	89	92	-8.2%	3.4%
	Sibley County	37	43	57	16.2%	32.6%
	Waseca County	38	62	49	63.2%	-21.0%
	Watonwan County	43	26	25	-39.5%	-3.8%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,180	1,370	1,321	16.1%	-3.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,690	9,107	9,372	4.8%	2.9%

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

March 2026

EDR 9 - South Central