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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

June 2026

	EDR 9 - South Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,541	1,534	1,351	-0.5%	-11.9%

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	89	84	-49.7%	-5.6%
31	Manufacturing	232	118	70	-49.1%	-40.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	30	38	18	26.7%	-52.6%
44	Retail Trade	72	63	47	-12.5%	-25.4%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	102	112	88	9.8%	-21.4%
51	Information		10	11	0.0%	10.0%
52	Finance and Insurance				0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	20	23	27	15.0%	17.4%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	26	38	18	46.2%	-52.6%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	42	42	17	0.0%	-59.5%
61	Educational Services	562	699	625	24.4%	-10.6%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	95	78	139	-17.9%	78.2%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	76	86	78	13.2%	-9.3%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	53	76	72	43.4%	-5.3%
92	Public Administration	16	16	14	0.0%	-12.5%
99	Unclassified	16	11	15	-31.3%	36.4%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	32	19	22	-40.6%	15.8%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	14	10	16	-28.6%	60.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations			11	0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	12			0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations		18		0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	507	616	528	21.5%	-14.3%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	12			0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	26	20	25	-23.1%	25.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	24	39	44	62.5%	12.8%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	144	177	166	22.9%	-6.2%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	12	14	13	16.7%	-7.1%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	32	39	28	21.9%	-28.2%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	81	75	86	-7.4%	14.7%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	177	87	74	-50.8%	-14.9%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	26	24	22	-7.7%	-8.3%
510000	Production Occupations	163	120	63	-26.4%	-47.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	128	132	113	3.1%	-14.4%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	122	111	106	-9.0%	-4.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	71	88	52	23.9%	-40.9%
	12 years	626	624	549	-0.3%	-12.0%
	13-15 years	601	587	510	-2.3%	-13.1%
	Over 15 years	243	235	240	-3.3%	2.1%
Sex
	Male	590	438	366	-25.8%	-16.4%
	Female	951	1,096	985	15.2%	-10.1%
Age
	Under age 22	51	42	35	-17.6%	-16.7%
	Age 22 to 29	209	176	181	-15.8%	2.8%
	Age 30 to 39	330	316	308	-4.2%	-2.5%
	Age 40 to 49	360	333	323	-7.5%	-3.0%
	Age 50 to 59	299	340	249	13.7%	-26.8%
	Age 60 to 64	176	171	110	-2.8%	-35.7%
	Age 65 and over	94	130	120	38.3%	-7.7%
	Info. not available	22	26	25	18.2%	-3.8%
Race
	White	1,350	1,342	1,185	-0.6%	-11.7%
	Black or African American,	34	41	34	20.6%	-17.1%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	11			0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	144	132	116	-8.3%	-12.1%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,300	1,278	1,135	-1.7%	-11.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	127	147	125	15.7%	-15.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	114	109	91	-4.4%	-16.5%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	646	595	514	-7.9%	-13.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	615	689	638	12.0%	-7.4%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2,060	2,244	2,267	8.9%	1.0%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	830	1,040	955	25.3%	-8.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	964	1,147	984	19.0%	-14.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	875	993	954	13.5%	-3.9%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	249	297	381	19.3%	28.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,662	1,645	1,637	-1.0%	-0.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,517	3,708	3,500	5.4%	-5.6%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	984	964	713	-2.0%	-26.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,541	1,534	1,351	-0.5%	-11.9%
	Blue Earth County	399	405	338	1.5%	-16.5%
	Brown County	169	175	165	3.6%	-5.7%
	Faribault County	94	88	80	-6.4%	-9.1%
	Le Sueur County	214	199	193	-7.0%	-3.0%
	Martin County	158	149	106	-5.7%	-28.9%
	Nicollet County	194	156	168	-19.6%	7.7%
	Sibley County	112	109	94	-2.7%	-13.8%
	Waseca County	115	138	127	20.0%	-8.0%
	Watonwan County	86	115	80	33.7%	-30.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,753	3,100	2,896	12.6%	-6.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	18,971	21,127	20,970	11.4%	-0.7%

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

June 2026

EDR 9 - South Central