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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

May 2026

	EDR 9 - South Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,056	892	840	-15.5%	-5.8%

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	152	126	77	-17.1%	-38.9%
31	Manufacturing	205	122	94	-40.5%	-23.0%
42	Wholesale Trade	26	40	17	53.8%	-57.5%
44	Retail Trade	57	72	46	26.3%	-36.1%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	45	44	68	-2.2%	54.5%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance			11	0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	18	22	25	22.2%	13.6%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	17	18		5.9%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	26	19	20	-26.9%	5.3%
61	Educational Services	242	170	264	-29.8%	55.3%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	67	65	62	-3.0%	-4.6%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	91	102	87	12.1%	-14.7%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	53	43	27	-18.9%	-37.2%
92	Public Administration	18	12		-33.3%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	10		10	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	27	28	25	3.7%	-10.7%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	12	15	14	25.0%	-6.7%
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		11		0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	243	177	220	-27.2%	24.3%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ		11		0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	16		14	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	29	27	23	-6.9%	-14.8%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	115	112	103	-2.6%	-8.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	16	12	11	-25.0%	-8.3%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	31	30	28	-3.2%	-6.7%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	43	37	42	-14.0%	13.5%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	160	110	81	-31.3%	-26.4%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	18	27	13	50.0%	-51.9%
510000	Production Occupations	156	86	70	-44.9%	-18.6%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	65	83	75	27.7%	-9.6%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	84	95	83	13.1%	-12.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	95	75	51	-21.1%	-32.0%
	12 years	476	404	354	-15.1%	-12.4%
	13-15 years	368	312	288	-15.2%	-7.7%
	Over 15 years	117	101	147	-13.7%	45.5%
Sex
	Male	468	397	330	-15.2%	-16.9%
	Female	588	495	510	-15.8%	3.0%
Age
	Under age 22	40	34	42	-15.0%	23.5%
	Age 22 to 29	174	158	116	-9.2%	-26.6%
	Age 30 to 39	238	208	183	-12.6%	-12.0%
	Age 40 to 49	223	176	211	-21.1%	19.9%
	Age 50 to 59	199	153	149	-23.1%	-2.6%
	Age 60 to 64	104	92	76	-11.5%	-17.4%
	Age 65 and over	66	68	50	3.0%	-26.5%
	Info. not available	12		13	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	872	746	693	-14.4%	-7.1%
	Black or African American,	47	32	43	-31.9%	34.4%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian			10	0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	117	94	88	-19.7%	-6.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	843	712	685	-15.5%	-3.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	120	94	84	-21.7%	-10.6%
	Ethnicity Unknown	93	86	71	-7.5%	-17.4%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	701	734	397	4.7%	-45.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	490	435	324	-11.2%	-25.5%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,286	1,649	942	28.2%	-42.9%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	920	808	706	-12.2%	-12.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	678	597	470	-11.9%	-21.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	638	491	460	-23.0%	-6.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	237	212	336	-10.5%	58.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	772	606	559	-21.5%	-7.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,665	1,394	1,276	-16.3%	-8.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	513	529	358	3.1%	-32.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,056	892	840	-15.5%	-5.8%
	Blue Earth County	267	256	313	-4.1%	22.3%
	Brown County	160	144	94	-10.0%	-34.7%
	Faribault County	62	64	55	3.2%	-14.1%
	Le Sueur County	186	116	97	-37.6%	-16.4%
	Martin County	51	46	39	-9.8%	-15.2%
	Nicollet County	140	98	91	-30.0%	-7.1%
	Sibley County	69	60	63	-13.0%	5.0%
	Waseca County	66	48	48	-27.3%	0.0%
	Watonwan County	55	60	40	9.1%	-33.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,648	1,407	1,216	-14.6%	-13.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,034	8,438	7,834	-6.6%	-7.2%

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

May 2026

EDR 9 - South Central