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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2026

	EDR 9 - South Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	639	559	510	-12.5%	-8.8%

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	150	125	112	-16.7%	-10.4%
31	Manufacturing	133	87	86	-34.6%	-1.1%
42	Wholesale Trade	50	50	38	0.0%	-24.0%
44	Retail Trade	45	40	37	-11.1%	-7.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	23	30	23	30.4%	-23.3%
51	Information	10			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	21	18	21	-14.3%	16.7%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises		13	15	0.0%	15.4%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	29	32	19	10.3%	-40.6%
61	Educational Services	17	19	11	11.8%	-42.1%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	45	40	54	-11.1%	35.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	35	41	25	17.1%	-39.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	20	15	15	-25.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	15	17	12	13.3%	-29.4%
99	Unclassified			10	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	26	23	30	-11.5%	30.4%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	12	15	12	25.0%	-20.0%
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		10		0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	13	10		-23.1%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations			10	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	28	11	29	-60.7%	163.6%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	32	44	23	37.5%	-47.7%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	15	15		0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	23	26	20	13.0%	-23.1%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	30	38	26	26.7%	-31.6%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	15	13		-13.3%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	160	122	123	-23.8%	0.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	26	17	19	-34.6%	11.8%
510000	Production Occupations	107	73	75	-31.8%	2.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	48	49	39	2.1%	-20.4%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	69	62	65	-10.1%	4.8%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	71	51	47	-28.2%	-7.8%
	12 years	288	268	220	-6.9%	-17.9%
	13-15 years	208	164	177	-21.2%	7.9%
	Over 15 years	72	76	65	5.6%	-14.5%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	402	354	322	-11.9%	-9.0%
	Female	237	205	188	-13.5%	-8.3%
Age
	Under age 22	35	35	27	0.0%	-22.9%
	Age 22 to 29	97	100	94	3.1%	-6.0%
	Age 30 to 39	154	119	93	-22.7%	-21.8%
	Age 40 to 49	145	126	141	-13.1%	11.9%
	Age 50 to 59	118	99	91	-16.1%	-8.1%
	Age 60 to 64	52	46	39	-11.5%	-15.2%
	Age 65 and over	34	28	21	-17.6%	-25.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	526	448	405	-14.8%	-9.6%
	Black or African American,	24	37	17	54.2%	-54.1%
	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	69	76	-11.5%	10.1%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	521	455	409	-12.7%	-10.1%
	Hispanic or Latino	77	66	62	-14.3%	-6.1%
	Ethnicity Unknown	41	38	39	-7.3%	2.6%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	249	257	158	3.2%	-38.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	198	213	220	7.6%	3.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,112	1,004	893	-9.7%	-11.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	338	404	326	19.5%	-19.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	459	344	382	-25.1%	11.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	341	275	292	-19.4%	6.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	90	86	72	-4.4%	-16.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	701	602	588	-14.1%	-2.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,302	1,170	1,213	-10.1%	3.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	191	193	148	1.0%	-23.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	639	559	510	-12.5%	-8.8%
	Blue Earth County	144	151	140	4.9%	-7.3%
	Brown County	100	86	68	-14.0%	-20.9%
	Faribault County	29	32	29	10.3%	-9.4%
	Le Sueur County	129	90	83	-30.2%	-7.8%
	Martin County	39	29	28	-25.6%	-3.4%
	Nicollet County	86	73	62	-15.1%	-15.1%
	Sibley County	44	38	30	-13.6%	-21.1%
	Waseca County	47	35	48	-25.5%	37.1%
	Watonwan County	21	25	22	19.0%	-12.0%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,133	1,100	995	-2.9%	-9.5%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,539	8,586	8,222	0.6%	-4.2%

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

April 2026

EDR 9 - South Central