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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 2025

	EDR 10 - Southeast	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,181	1,226	920	3.8%	-25.0%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting		11		0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	226	251	168	11.1%	-33.1%
31	Manufacturing	159	163	96	2.5%	-41.1%
42	Wholesale Trade	35	34	37	-2.9%	8.8%
44	Retail Trade	110	88	78	-20.0%	-11.4%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	64	52	28	-18.8%	-46.2%
51	Information	17	67		294.1%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	27	17	16	-37.0%	-5.9%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing		14	16	0.0%	14.3%
54	Professional and Technical Services	37	55	49	48.6%	-10.9%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	18	22	18	22.2%	-18.2%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	52	46	39	-11.5%	-15.2%
61	Educational Services	126	77	76	-38.9%	-1.3%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	122	139	128	13.9%	-7.9%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	16	11	10	-31.3%	-9.1%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	90	90	85	0.0%	-5.6%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	35	42	26	20.0%	-38.1%
92	Public Administration	19	20	12	5.3%	-40.0%
99	Unclassified		18	15	0.0%	-16.7%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	62	58	60	-6.5%	3.4%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	26	25	17	-3.8%	-32.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	18	23	19	27.8%	-17.4%
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		10	11	0.0%	10.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	107	68	66	-36.4%	-2.9%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	25	21	13	-16.0%	-38.1%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	52	62	43	19.2%	-30.6%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	94	87	79	-7.4%	-9.2%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	18	17	19	-5.6%	11.8%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	12		11	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	77	62	81	-19.5%	30.6%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	89	105	59	18.0%	-43.8%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations		14	15	0.0%	7.1%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	228	274	168	20.2%	-38.7%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	35	43	21	22.9%	-51.2%
510000	Production Occupations	109	126	85	15.6%	-32.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	79	71	38	-10.1%	-46.5%
990000	Unknown	107	127	87	18.7%	-31.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	73	85	55	16.4%	-35.3%
	12 years	523	533	397	1.9%	-25.5%
	13-15 years	416	449	321	7.9%	-28.5%
	Over 15 years	169	159	147	-5.9%	-7.5%
Sex
	Male	642	720	513	12.1%	-28.8%
	Female	539	506	407	-6.1%	-19.6%
Age
	Under age 22	56	75	48	33.9%	-36.0%
	Age 22 to 29	192	203	183	5.7%	-9.9%
	Age 30 to 39	290	307	218	5.9%	-29.0%
	Age 40 to 49	259	279	200	7.7%	-28.3%
	Age 50 to 59	217	201	170	-7.4%	-15.4%
	Age 60 to 64	97	87	64	-10.3%	-26.4%
	Age 65 and over	59	59	35	0.0%	-40.7%
	Info. not available	11	15		36.4%	0.0%
Race
	White	947	970	727	2.4%	-25.1%
	Black or African American,	67	97	60	44.8%	-38.1%
	American Indian or Alaska Native		11		0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	26	31	17	19.2%	-45.2%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	131	115	108	-12.2%	-6.1%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	999	1,039	752	4.0%	-27.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	63	88	93	39.7%	5.7%
	Ethnicity Unknown	119	99	75	-16.8%	-24.2%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	162	230	201	42.0%	-12.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	204	234	188	14.7%	-19.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	932	710	690	-23.8%	-2.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	374	353	301	-5.6%	-14.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	376	391	344	4.0%	-12.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	274	267	233	-2.6%	-12.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	81	45	89	-44.4%	97.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	516	595	494	15.3%	-17.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,206	1,186	1,045	-1.7%	-11.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	366	270	180	-26.2%	-33.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	512	563	450	10.0%	-20.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,181	1,226	920	3.8%	-25.0%
	Dodge County	48	54	43	12.5%	-20.4%
	Fillmore County	42	48	39	14.3%	-18.8%
	Freeborn County	75	60	49	-20.0%	-18.3%
	Goodhue County	132	135	109	2.3%	-19.3%
	Houston County	41	51	22	24.4%	-56.9%
	Mower County	95	79	71	-16.8%	-10.1%
	Olmsted County	311	394	255	26.7%	-35.3%
	Rice County	176	151	135	-14.2%	-10.6%
	Steele County	101	99	62	-2.0%	-37.4%
	Wabasha County	61	45	39	-26.2%	-13.3%
	Winona County	99	110	96	11.1%	-12.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,749	8,706	8,227	-0.5%	-5.5%

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 2025

EDR 10 - Southeast