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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

September 2025

	EDR 10 - Southeast	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	960	976	948	1.7%	-2.9%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	10			0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	285	269	239	-5.6%	-11.2%
31	Manufacturing	129	150	116	16.3%	-22.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	24	28	22	16.7%	-21.4%
44	Retail Trade	74	70	94	-5.4%	34.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	30	26	44	-13.3%	69.2%
51	Information	29	49	13	69.0%	-73.5%
52	Finance and Insurance	20			0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	28	37	35	32.1%	-5.4%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	15	15	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	45	42	41	-6.7%	-2.4%
61	Educational Services	30	25	27	-16.7%	8.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	112	99	135	-11.6%	36.4%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			12	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	60	66	68	10.0%	3.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	26	36	26	38.5%	-27.8%
92	Public Administration	15	19	21	26.7%	10.5%
99	Unclassified		11	10	0.0%	-9.1%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	51	47	47	-7.8%	0.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	17	20	28	17.6%	40.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	18	12	18	-33.3%	50.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	15		11	0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations			11	0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	28	20	21	-28.6%	5.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	13			0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	17	25	18	47.1%	-28.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	41	45	48	9.8%	6.7%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	70	55	55	-21.4%	0.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	18	18	15	0.0%	-16.7%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	10		15	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	61	45	54	-26.2%	20.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	59	72	63	22.0%	-12.5%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations			11	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	278	289	233	4.0%	-19.4%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	22	30	40	36.4%	33.3%
510000	Production Occupations	97	110	77	13.4%	-30.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	31	42	54	35.5%	28.6%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	85	100	111	17.6%	11.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	74	63	68	-14.9%	7.9%
	12 years	417	451	408	8.2%	-9.5%
	13-15 years	342	318	313	-7.0%	-1.6%
	Over 15 years	127	144	159	13.4%	10.4%
Sex
	Male	607	636	602	4.8%	-5.3%
	Female	353	340	346	-3.7%	1.8%
Age
	Under age 22	56	52	44	-7.1%	-15.4%
	Age 22 to 29	156	186	188	19.2%	1.1%
	Age 30 to 39	244	256	232	4.9%	-9.4%
	Age 40 to 49	230	208	182	-9.6%	-12.5%
	Age 50 to 59	161	164	182	1.9%	11.0%
	Age 60 to 64	78	70	68	-10.3%	-2.9%
	Age 65 and over	32	38	45	18.8%	18.4%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	760	767	759	0.9%	-1.0%
	Black or African American,	67	80	72	19.4%	-10.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	16	19	21	18.8%	10.5%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	107	100	89	-6.5%	-11.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	806	821	791	1.9%	-3.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	89	66	75	-25.8%	13.6%
	Ethnicity Unknown	65	89	82	36.9%	-7.9%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	162	216	113	33.3%	-47.7%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	169	213	164	26.0%	-23.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	782	911	853	16.5%	-6.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	285	474	382	66.3%	-19.4%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	396	421	373	6.3%	-11.4%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	242	337	261	39.3%	-22.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	71	235	208	231.0%	-11.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	513	566	522	10.3%	-7.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	974	1,235	1,027	26.8%	-16.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	287	410	383	42.9%	-6.6%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	526	556	520	5.7%	-6.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	960	976	948	1.7%	-2.9%
	Dodge County	41	45	43	9.8%	-4.4%
	Fillmore County	32	39	32	21.9%	-17.9%
	Freeborn County	63	56	59	-11.1%	5.4%
	Goodhue County	95	80	85	-15.8%	6.3%
	Houston County	38	30	19	-21.1%	-36.7%
	Mower County	62	75	74	21.0%	-1.3%
	Olmsted County	260	322	268	23.8%	-16.8%
	Rice County	136	142	136	4.4%	-4.2%
	Steele County	114	69	94	-39.5%	36.2%
	Wabasha County	33	35	46	6.1%	31.4%
	Winona County	86	83	92	-3.5%	10.8%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,828	7,733	8,154	13.3%	5.4%

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 2025

EDR 10 - Southeast