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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

November 2025

	EDR 10 - Southeast	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	2,297	2,275	1,933	-1.0%	-15.0%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	20	22	15	10.0%	-31.8%
21	Mining	32	28	12	-12.5%	-57.1%
22	Utilities	12	13		8.3%	0.0%
23	Construction	1,041	1,065	898	2.3%	-15.7%
31	Manufacturing	186	266	177	43.0%	-33.5%
42	Wholesale Trade	37	44	45	18.9%	2.3%
44	Retail Trade	106	115	91	8.5%	-20.9%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	94	94	73	0.0%	-22.3%
51	Information	13	27	11	107.7%	-59.3%
52	Finance and Insurance	15	12		-20.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	11	21	16	90.9%	-23.8%
54	Professional and Technical Services	52	44	47	-15.4%	6.8%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	26	19	23	-26.9%	21.1%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	195	156	138	-20.0%	-11.5%
61	Educational Services	23	19	20	-17.4%	5.3%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	137	104	129	-24.1%	24.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	49	33	29	-32.7%	-12.1%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	111	75	76	-32.4%	1.3%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	68	70	67	2.9%	-4.3%
92	Public Administration	47	34	40	-27.7%	17.6%
99	Unclassified	22	14		-36.4%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	54	51	36	-5.6%	-29.4%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	23	23	25	0.0%	8.7%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	21		14	0.0%	0.0%
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	12	12		0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	26	18	19	-30.8%	5.6%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	11	11	10	0.0%	-9.1%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	26	12	18	-53.8%	50.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	55	43	54	-21.8%	25.6%
330000	Protective Service Occupations			10	0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	97	71	76	-26.8%	7.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	130	93	91	-28.5%	-2.2%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations		12		0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	81	62	68	-23.5%	9.7%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	66	68	70	3.0%	2.9%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	38	38	41	0.0%	7.9%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	1,051	1,084	883	3.1%	-18.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	52	55	50	5.8%	-9.1%
510000	Production Occupations	113	161	112	42.5%	-30.4%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	198	210	158	6.1%	-24.8%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	212	231	173	9.0%	-25.1%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	177	206	156	16.4%	-24.3%
	12 years	1,221	1,259	1,032	3.1%	-18.0%
	13-15 years	706	630	556	-10.8%	-11.7%
	Over 15 years	193	180	189	-6.7%	5.0%
Sex
	Male	1,826	1,843	1,529	0.9%	-17.0%
	Female	471	432	404	-8.3%	-6.5%
Age
	Under age 22	129	157	148	21.7%	-5.7%
	Age 22 to 29	454	434	372	-4.4%	-14.3%
	Age 30 to 39	558	553	456	-0.9%	-17.5%
	Age 40 to 49	483	463	390	-4.1%	-15.8%
	Age 50 to 59	350	371	305	6.0%	-17.8%
	Age 60 to 64	187	167	133	-10.7%	-20.4%
	Age 65 and over	113	106	104	-6.2%	-1.9%
	Info. not available	23	24	25	4.3%	4.2%
Race
	White	1,933	1,887	1,584	-2.4%	-16.1%
	Black or African American,	93	88	99	-5.4%	12.5%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	14		10	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	32	42	34	31.3%	-19.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	218	242	202	11.0%	-16.5%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,892	1,877	1,603	-0.8%	-14.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	201	200	176	-0.5%	-12.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	204	198	154	-2.9%	-22.2%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	621	965	487	55.4%	-49.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	763	769	607	0.8%	-21.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2,410	2,154	2,001	-10.6%	-7.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,358	1,341	1,063	-1.3%	-20.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,668	1,631	1,483	-2.2%	-9.1%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	984	810	695	-17.7%	-14.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	218	272	188	24.8%	-30.9%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,868	1,796	1,671	-3.9%	-7.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,999	2,819	2,659	-6.0%	-5.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	454	474	378	4.4%	-20.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,423	1,431	1,170	0.6%	-18.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,297	2,275	1,933	-1.0%	-15.0%
	Dodge County	110	148	104	34.5%	-29.7%
	Fillmore County	105	131	81	24.8%	-38.2%
	Freeborn County	148	116	107	-21.6%	-7.8%
	Goodhue County	302	220	226	-27.2%	2.7%
	Houston County	91	69	63	-24.2%	-8.7%
	Mower County	153	144	123	-5.9%	-14.6%
	Olmsted County	548	577	484	5.3%	-16.1%
	Rice County	332	361	299	8.7%	-17.2%
	Steele County	176	182	172	3.4%	-5.5%
	Wabasha County	128	144	102	12.5%	-29.2%
	Winona County	204	183	172	-10.3%	-6.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	12,293	11,094	10,888	-9.8%	-1.9%

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

November 2025

EDR 10 - Southeast