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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

December 2025

	EDR 10 - Southeast	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	2,631	3,101	3,414	17.9%	10.1%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	31	31	34	0.0%	9.7%
21	Mining	55	49	63	-10.9%	28.6%
22	Utilities	22	30	36	36.4%	20.0%
23	Construction	1,142	1,326	1,513	16.1%	14.1%
31	Manufacturing	289	326	324	12.8%	-0.6%
42	Wholesale Trade	56	75	87	33.9%	16.0%
44	Retail Trade	106	134	133	26.4%	-0.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	96	138	152	43.8%	10.1%
51	Information	14	27	14	92.9%	-48.1%
52	Finance and Insurance	15	12	13	-20.0%	8.3%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	20	15	21	-25.0%	40.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	48	68	122	41.7%	79.4%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	13	30	33	130.8%	10.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	209	216	231	3.3%	6.9%
61	Educational Services	59	89	77	50.8%	-13.5%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	137	127	154	-7.3%	21.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	19	28	22	47.4%	-21.4%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	175	213	223	21.7%	4.7%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	57	81	91	42.1%	12.3%
92	Public Administration	39	53	43	35.9%	-18.9%
99	Unclassified	29	33	28	13.8%	-15.2%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	66	49	47	-25.8%	-4.1%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	26	21	20	-19.2%	-4.8%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations			26	0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	12	13	12	8.3%	-7.7%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations			10	0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	58	79	82	36.2%	3.8%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ			14	0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	31	24	27	-22.6%	12.5%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	58	57	60	-1.7%	5.3%
330000	Protective Service Occupations			18	0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	162	204	227	25.9%	11.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	94	122	124	29.8%	1.6%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations			14	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	62	71	75	14.5%	5.6%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	81	84	73	3.7%	-13.1%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	56	66	62	17.9%	-6.1%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	1,239	1,440	1,563	16.2%	8.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	52	61	73	17.3%	19.7%
510000	Production Occupations	139	193	230	38.8%	19.2%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	234	311	357	32.9%	14.8%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	218	266	294	22.0%	10.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	216	230	247	6.5%	7.4%
	12 years	1,400	1,720	1,826	22.9%	6.2%
	13-15 years	780	919	1,095	17.8%	19.2%
	Over 15 years	235	232	245	-1.3%	5.6%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	2,068	2,461	2,734	19.0%	11.1%
	Female	563	640	680	13.7%	6.3%
Age
	Under age 22	175	222	237	26.9%	6.8%
	Age 22 to 29	541	568	688	5.0%	21.1%
	Age 30 to 39	627	726	809	15.8%	11.4%
	Age 40 to 49	499	650	697	30.3%	7.2%
	Age 50 to 59	421	494	533	17.3%	7.9%
	Age 60 to 64	220	255	251	15.9%	-1.6%
	Age 65 and over	130	160	170	23.1%	6.3%
	Info. not available	18	26	29	44.4%	11.5%
Race
	White	2,294	2,665	2,902	16.2%	8.9%
	Black or African American,	77	119	146	54.5%	22.7%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	19	19	22	0.0%	15.8%
	Asian	29	43	45	48.3%	4.7%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	211	252	298	19.4%	18.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	2,237	2,591	2,855	15.8%	10.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	187	239	268	27.8%	12.1%
	Ethnicity Unknown	207	271	291	30.9%	7.4%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	1,030	1,098	807	6.6%	-26.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	659	760	727	15.3%	-4.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,850	2,414	2,323	30.5%	-3.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,229	1,585	1,536	29.0%	-3.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,396	1,721	1,689	23.3%	-1.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	814	1,059	1,081	30.1%	2.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	233	449	423	92.7%	-5.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,816	2,341	2,381	28.9%	1.7%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,074	3,832	4,009	24.7%	4.6%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	880	1,186	760	34.8%	-35.9%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,561	1,911	1,973	22.4%	3.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,631	3,101	3,414	17.9%	10.1%
	Dodge County	174	199	236	14.4%	18.6%
	Fillmore County	166	183	195	10.2%	6.6%
	Freeborn County	129	192	202	48.8%	5.2%
	Goodhue County	283	387	390	36.7%	0.8%
	Houston County	120	106	115	-11.7%	8.5%
	Mower County	173	251	236	45.1%	-6.0%
	Olmsted County	603	697	728	15.6%	4.4%
	Rice County	385	409	507	6.2%	24.0%
	Steele County	216	248	292	14.8%	17.7%
	Wabasha County	132	136	163	3.0%	19.9%
	Winona County	250	293	350	17.2%	19.5%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	12,651	14,104	15,422	11.5%	9.3%

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

December 2025

EDR 10 - Southeast