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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 2026

	EDR 9 - South Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	563	450	482	-20.1%	7.1%

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	80	67	81	-16.3%	20.9%
31	Manufacturing	124	83	64	-33.1%	-22.9%
42	Wholesale Trade	37	19	13	-48.6%	-31.6%
44	Retail Trade	43	41	37	-4.7%	-9.8%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	26	14	22	-46.2%	57.1%
51	Information				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	13	17	18	30.8%	5.9%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	14		17	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	27	28	14	3.7%	-50.0%
61	Educational Services	41	54	48	31.7%	-11.1%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	74	43	87	-41.9%	102.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	25	20	26	-20.0%	30.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	11	12	13	9.1%	8.3%
92	Public Administration	16	11		-31.3%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	10	10		0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	18	19	24	5.6%	26.3%
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				0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	35	46	45	31.4%	-2.2%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	16	10		-37.5%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	24	20	48	-16.7%	140.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	42	22	40	-47.6%	81.8%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	11	12		9.1%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	26	30	15	15.4%	-50.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	45	30	24	-33.3%	-20.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations			11	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	85	62	78	-27.1%	25.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		15	11	0.0%	-26.7%
510000	Production Occupations	103	55	49	-46.6%	-10.9%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	38	29	30	-23.7%	3.4%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	70	60	59	-14.3%	-1.7%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	67	25	38	-62.7%	52.0%
	12 years	220	216	217	-1.8%	0.5%
	13-15 years	191	145	150	-24.1%	3.4%
	Over 15 years	85	64	77	-24.7%	20.3%
Sex
	Male	321	249	258	-22.4%	3.6%
	Female	242	201	224	-16.9%	11.4%
Age
	Under age 22	28	29	24	3.6%	-17.2%
	Age 22 to 29	91	94	97	3.3%	3.2%
	Age 30 to 39	112	88	106	-21.4%	20.5%
	Age 40 to 49	131	106	107	-19.1%	0.9%
	Age 50 to 59	113	83	92	-26.5%	10.8%
	Age 60 to 64	58	29	25	-50.0%	-13.8%
	Age 65 and over	25	16	24	-36.0%	50.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	443	368	396	-16.9%	7.6%
	Black or African American,	30	25	26	-16.7%	4.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	81	46	48	-43.2%	4.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	435	372	406	-14.5%	9.1%
	Hispanic or Latino	78	44	40	-43.6%	-9.1%
	Ethnicity Unknown	50	34	36	-32.0%	5.9%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	230	201	156	-12.6%	-22.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	234	188	154	-19.7%	-18.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	710	690	719	-2.8%	4.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	353	301	297	-14.7%	-1.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	391	344	319	-12.0%	-7.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	267	233	262	-12.7%	12.4%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	45	89	154	97.8%	73.0%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	595	494	485	-17.0%	-1.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,186	1,045	1,037	-11.9%	-0.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	270	180	294	-33.3%	63.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	563	450	482	-20.1%	7.1%
	Blue Earth County	152	131	155	-13.8%	18.3%
	Brown County	44	27	44	-38.6%	63.0%
	Faribault County	33	35	32	6.1%	-8.6%
	Le Sueur County	88	66	61	-25.0%	-7.6%
	Martin County	57	40	29	-29.8%	-27.5%
	Nicollet County	77	61	56	-20.8%	-8.2%
	Sibley County	35	29	25	-17.1%	-13.8%
	Waseca County	36	44	46	22.2%	4.5%
	Watonwan County	41	17	34	-58.5%	100.0%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,226	920	923	-25.0%	0.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,706	8,227	8,072	-5.5%	-1.9%

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

August 2026

EDR 9 - South Central