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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

July 2026

	EDR 9 - South Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	817	673	594	-17.6%	-11.7%

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	128	101	110	-21.1%	8.9%
31	Manufacturing	232	110	73	-52.6%	-33.6%
42	Wholesale Trade	24	24	13	0.0%	-45.8%
44	Retail Trade	60	47	36	-21.7%	-23.4%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	40	42	21	5.0%	-50.0%
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	19	25	28	31.6%	12.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	24	15	27	-37.5%	80.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	36	25	22	-30.6%	-12.0%
61	Educational Services	96	114	86	18.8%	-24.6%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	60	67	84	11.7%	25.4%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	29	39	26	34.5%	-33.3%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	23	13	14	-43.5%	7.7%
92	Public Administration		15	13	0.0%	-13.3%
99	Unclassified	11			0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	30	29	19	-3.3%	-34.5%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	17	17		0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	31			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	79	98	80	24.1%	-18.4%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	10		15	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	22	21	36	-4.5%	71.4%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	50	47	27	-6.0%	-42.6%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	19			0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	48	33	24	-31.3%	-27.3%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	46	48	38	4.3%	-20.8%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	131	121	99	-7.6%	-18.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	16	23	17	43.8%	-26.1%
510000	Production Occupations	147	71	75	-51.7%	5.6%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	53	47	39	-11.3%	-17.0%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	75	68	73	-9.3%	7.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	56	44	51	-21.4%	15.9%
	12 years	362	287	262	-20.7%	-8.7%
	13-15 years	288	247	197	-14.2%	-20.2%
	Over 15 years	111	95	83	-14.4%	-12.6%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	470	352	313	-25.1%	-11.1%
	Female	347	321	281	-7.5%	-12.5%
Age
	Under age 22	31	29	24	-6.5%	-17.2%
	Age 22 to 29	122	140	90	14.8%	-35.7%
	Age 30 to 39	184	138	131	-25.0%	-5.1%
	Age 40 to 49	198	158	172	-20.2%	8.9%
	Age 50 to 59	158	114	111	-27.8%	-2.6%
	Age 60 to 64	77	51	35	-33.8%	-31.4%
	Age 65 and over	37	33	22	-10.8%	-33.3%
	Info. not available	10	10		0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	696	560	494	-19.5%	-11.8%
	Black or African American,	27	29	31	7.4%	6.9%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	80	75	58	-6.3%	-22.7%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	701	530	492	-24.4%	-7.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	63	84	59	33.3%	-29.8%
	Ethnicity Unknown	53	59	43	11.3%	-27.1%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	656	362	168	-44.8%	-53.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	375	350	239	-6.7%	-31.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,004	954	969	-5.0%	1.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	549	471	388	-14.2%	-17.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	524	439	415	-16.2%	-5.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	345	392	307	13.6%	-21.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	128	258	148	101.6%	-42.6%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	808	660	614	-18.3%	-7.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,582	1,450	1,341	-8.3%	-7.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	513	333	420	-35.1%	26.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	817	673	594	-17.6%	-11.7%
	Blue Earth County	225	187	168	-16.9%	-10.2%
	Brown County	79	95	66	20.3%	-30.5%
	Faribault County	43	40	31	-7.0%	-22.5%
	Le Sueur County	112	99	91	-11.6%	-8.1%
	Martin County	88	43	47	-51.1%	9.3%
	Nicollet County	106	78	68	-26.4%	-12.8%
	Sibley County	49	45	30	-8.2%	-33.3%
	Waseca County	63	48	42	-23.8%	-12.5%
	Watonwan County	52	38	51	-26.9%	34.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,528	1,188	1,216	-22.3%	2.4%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,974	10,517	10,295	-4.2%	-2.1%

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

July 2026

EDR 9 - South Central