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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

September 2026

	EDR 9 - South Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	556	520	427	-6.5%	-17.9%

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	99	95	89	-4.0%	-6.3%
31	Manufacturing	167	95	65	-43.1%	-31.6%
42	Wholesale Trade	20	16	13	-20.0%	-18.8%
44	Retail Trade	49	41	39	-16.3%	-4.9%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	16	22	22	37.5%	0.0%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance			10	0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	17	17	11	0.0%	-35.3%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises		20	22	0.0%	10.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	36	15		-58.3%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	16	21	13	31.3%	-38.1%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	53	100	69	88.7%	-31.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	22	23	17	4.5%	-26.1%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin		13	14	0.0%	7.7%
92	Public Administration	10	12	11	20.0%	-8.3%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	23	26	33	13.0%	26.9%
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	13	15	10	15.4%	-33.3%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations			11	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	31	50	23	61.3%	-54.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	24	22	27	-8.3%	22.7%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	13	14	11	7.7%	-21.4%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations		15		0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	41	30	21	-26.8%	-30.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	22	32	23	45.5%	-28.1%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	95	75	90	-21.1%	20.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	16	18	14	12.5%	-22.2%
510000	Production Occupations	119	74	47	-37.8%	-36.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	29	35	29	20.7%	-17.1%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	72	75	55	4.2%	-26.7%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	55	43	30	-21.8%	-30.2%
	12 years	261	257	186	-1.5%	-27.6%
	13-15 years	167	151	143	-9.6%	-5.3%
	Over 15 years	73	69	67	-5.5%	-2.9%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	351	295	243	-16.0%	-17.6%
	Female	205	225	184	9.8%	-18.2%
Age
	Under age 22	31	36	25	16.1%	-30.6%
	Age 22 to 29	83	99	78	19.3%	-21.2%
	Age 30 to 39	144	118	81	-18.1%	-31.4%
	Age 40 to 49	108	126	97	16.7%	-23.0%
	Age 50 to 59	119	79	91	-33.6%	15.2%
	Age 60 to 64	50	34	27	-32.0%	-20.6%
	Age 65 and over	18	23	24	27.8%	4.3%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	449	432	342	-3.8%	-20.8%
	Black or African American,	28	27	23	-3.6%	-14.8%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	64	50	54	-21.9%	8.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	441	425	345	-3.6%	-18.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	68	53	54	-22.1%	1.9%
	Ethnicity Unknown	47	42	28	-10.6%	-33.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	216	113	92	-47.7%	-18.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	213	164	144	-23.0%	-12.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	911	853	724	-6.4%	-15.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	474	382	286	-19.4%	-25.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	421	373	303	-11.4%	-18.8%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	337	261	207	-22.6%	-20.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	235	208	53	-11.5%	-74.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	566	522	505	-7.8%	-3.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,235	1,027	1,012	-16.8%	-1.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	410	383	289	-6.6%	-24.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	556	520	427	-6.5%	-17.9%
	Blue Earth County	124	144	120	16.1%	-16.7%
	Brown County	56	47	44	-16.1%	-6.4%
	Faribault County	19	55	23	189.5%	-58.2%
	Le Sueur County	64	80	57	25.0%	-28.8%
	Martin County	105	31	34	-70.5%	9.7%
	Nicollet County	73	65	61	-11.0%	-6.2%
	Sibley County	32	28	23	-12.5%	-17.9%
	Waseca County	48	26	35	-45.8%	34.6%
	Watonwan County	35	44	30	25.7%	-31.8%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	976	948	864	-2.9%	-8.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	7,733	8,154	7,168	5.4%	-12.1%

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

September 2026

EDR 9 - South Central