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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

October 2025

	EDR 10 - Southeast	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,229	1,112	1,187	-9.5%	6.7%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	19			0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	436	298	315	-31.7%	5.7%
31	Manufacturing	139	140	130	0.7%	-7.1%
42	Wholesale Trade	30	24	21	-20.0%	-12.5%
44	Retail Trade	77	96	93	24.7%	-3.1%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	39	38	55	-2.6%	44.7%
51	Information	16	42	19	162.5%	-54.8%
52	Finance and Insurance			13	0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	14			0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	41	37	42	-9.8%	13.5%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	14	15	24	7.1%	60.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	91	84	84	-7.7%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	23	26	32	13.0%	23.1%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	97	138	137	42.3%	-0.7%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	24	13	11	-45.8%	-15.4%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	74	68	90	-8.1%	32.4%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	30	26	34	-13.3%	30.8%
92	Public Administration	30	29	51	-3.3%	75.9%
99	Unclassified	13	11	13	-15.4%	18.2%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	49	53	66	8.2%	24.5%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	24	15	26	-37.5%	73.3%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	20	27	11	35.0%	-59.3%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	16			0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations		13		0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	23	21	33	-8.7%	57.1%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	23	26	27	13.0%	3.8%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	50	57	58	14.0%	1.8%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	74	67	87	-9.5%	29.9%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	38	47	43	23.7%	-8.5%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	54	75	58	38.9%	-22.7%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	64	87	74	35.9%	-14.9%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	14		19	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	419	301	315	-28.2%	4.7%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	14	24	34	71.4%	41.7%
510000	Production Occupations	116	99	78	-14.7%	-21.2%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	73	45	64	-38.4%	42.2%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	127	120	148	-5.5%	23.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	127	85	90	-33.1%	5.9%
	12 years	529	486	519	-8.1%	6.8%
	13-15 years	413	384	390	-7.0%	1.6%
	Over 15 years	160	157	188	-1.9%	19.7%
Sex
	Male	822	704	729	-14.4%	3.6%
	Female	407	408	458	0.2%	12.3%
Age
	Under age 22	66	57	71	-13.6%	24.6%
	Age 22 to 29	214	192	182	-10.3%	-5.2%
	Age 30 to 39	291	283	295	-2.7%	4.2%
	Age 40 to 49	255	237	256	-7.1%	8.0%
	Age 50 to 59	231	206	220	-10.8%	6.8%
	Age 60 to 64	101	74	90	-26.7%	21.6%
	Age 65 and over	60	58	66	-3.3%	13.8%
	Info. not available	11			0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	986	877	972	-11.1%	10.8%
	Black or African American,	74	92	66	24.3%	-28.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	23	18	19	-21.7%	5.6%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	131	118	122	-9.9%	3.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,006	926	984	-8.0%	6.3%
	Hispanic or Latino	108	89	102	-17.6%	14.6%
	Ethnicity Unknown	115	97	101	-15.7%	4.1%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	302	273	375	-9.6%	37.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	332	334	310	0.6%	-7.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,330	1,114	1,080	-16.2%	-3.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	503	590	482	17.3%	-18.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	666	679	708	2.0%	4.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	306	340	337	11.1%	-0.9%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	90	94	77	4.4%	-18.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	833	801	777	-3.8%	-3.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,421	1,480	1,410	4.2%	-4.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	226	222	272	-1.8%	22.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	643	632	592	-1.7%	-6.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,229	1,112	1,187	-9.5%	6.7%
	Dodge County	64	48	60	-25.0%	25.0%
	Fillmore County	58	51	43	-12.1%	-15.7%
	Freeborn County	73	69	91	-5.5%	31.9%
	Goodhue County	146	106	134	-27.4%	26.4%
	Houston County	37	41	27	10.8%	-34.1%
	Mower County	108	84	101	-22.2%	20.2%
	Olmsted County	316	360	340	13.9%	-5.6%
	Rice County	154	136	160	-11.7%	17.6%
	Steele County	109	91	86	-16.5%	-5.5%
	Wabasha County	54	46	59	-14.8%	28.3%
	Winona County	110	80	86	-27.3%	7.5%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,189	8,479	9,352	3.5%	10.3%

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

October 2025

EDR 10 - Southeast