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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 2025

	EDR 10 - Southeast	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,359	1,153	1,349	-15.2%	17.0%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	16	10		-37.5%	0.0%
21	Mining	14		13	0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	505	368	488	-27.1%	32.6%
31	Manufacturing	157	143	162	-8.9%	13.3%
42	Wholesale Trade	31	41	47	32.3%	14.6%
44	Retail Trade	85	96	100	12.9%	4.2%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	40	45	47	12.5%	4.4%
51	Information	15	13	12	-13.3%	-7.7%
52	Finance and Insurance	14	15	13	7.1%	-13.3%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	13			0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	50	41	56	-18.0%	36.6%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	17	18	23	5.9%	27.8%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	110	75	70	-31.8%	-6.7%
61	Educational Services	20	17	29	-15.0%	70.6%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	107	116	101	8.4%	-12.9%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation		11		0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	70	61	56	-12.9%	-8.2%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	37	28	37	-24.3%	32.1%
92	Public Administration	25	15	36	-40.0%	140.0%
99	Unclassified	20	23	34	15.0%	47.8%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	38	47	59	23.7%	25.5%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	19	16	17	-15.8%	6.3%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	12		12	0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	11	11	16	0.0%	45.5%
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	12	17	-7.7%	41.7%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	10			0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	23	26	19	13.0%	-26.9%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	51	49	46	-3.9%	-6.1%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	68	51	46	-25.0%	-9.8%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	32	36	29	12.5%	-19.4%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	63	67	63	6.3%	-6.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	54	54	60	0.0%	11.1%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	19	18	16	-5.3%	-11.1%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	581	382	520	-34.3%	36.1%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	37	37	37	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	100	100	119	0.0%	19.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	72	86	75	19.4%	-12.8%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	133	124	164	-6.8%	32.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	86	87	86	1.2%	-1.1%
	12 years	669	536	649	-19.9%	21.1%
	13-15 years	462	386	456	-16.5%	18.1%
	Over 15 years	142	144	156	1.4%	8.3%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	1,003	823	985	-17.9%	19.7%
	Female	356	330	364	-7.3%	10.3%
Age
	Under age 22	81	64	89	-21.0%	39.1%
	Age 22 to 29	276	216	242	-21.7%	12.0%
	Age 30 to 39	355	313	337	-11.8%	7.7%
	Age 40 to 49	312	255	309	-18.3%	21.2%
	Age 50 to 59	203	174	221	-14.3%	27.0%
	Age 60 to 64	89	81	90	-9.0%	11.1%
	Age 65 and over	38	43	53	13.2%	23.3%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,145	926	1,087	-19.1%	17.4%
	Black or African American,	73	89	92	21.9%	3.4%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	16	11	20	-31.3%	81.8%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	115	118	147	2.6%	24.6%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,159	945	1,100	-18.5%	16.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	82	84	111	2.4%	32.1%
	Ethnicity Unknown	118	124	138	5.1%	11.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	165	221	295	33.9%	33.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	220	253	281	15.0%	11.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,150	1,154	1,228	0.3%	6.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	403	398	453	-1.2%	13.8%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	501	470	612	-6.2%	30.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	644	313	372	-51.4%	18.8%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	95	84	125	-11.6%	48.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	885	779	967	-12.0%	24.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,678	1,453	1,698	-13.4%	16.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	258	206	213	-20.2%	3.4%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	738	679	818	-8.0%	20.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,359	1,153	1,349	-15.2%	17.0%
	Dodge County	64	54	72	-15.6%	33.3%
	Fillmore County	66	50	59	-24.2%	18.0%
	Freeborn County	62	68	67	9.7%	-1.5%
	Goodhue County	185	159	160	-14.1%	0.6%
	Houston County	61	39	47	-36.1%	20.5%
	Mower County	107	89	97	-16.8%	9.0%
	Olmsted County	341	326	371	-4.4%	13.8%
	Rice County	185	145	191	-21.6%	31.7%
	Steele County	100	94	111	-6.0%	18.1%
	Wabasha County	75	45	66	-40.0%	46.7%
	Winona County	113	84	108	-25.7%	28.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,795	8,857	9,329	0.7%	5.3%

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

February 2025

EDR 10 - Southeast