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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

January 2026

	EDR 10 - Southeast	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	2,300	2,008	1,972	-12.7%	-1.8%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	26	13	14	-50.0%	7.7%
21	Mining	32	28	22	-12.5%	-21.4%
22	Utilities	13			0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	995	740	771	-25.6%	4.2%
31	Manufacturing	246	218	211	-11.4%	-3.2%
42	Wholesale Trade	53	51	49	-3.8%	-3.9%
44	Retail Trade	153	143	124	-6.5%	-13.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	68	81	88	19.1%	8.6%
51	Information	24	21	13	-12.5%	-38.1%
52	Finance and Insurance	14	18	15	28.6%	-16.7%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing		13	15	0.0%	15.4%
54	Professional and Technical Services	58	59	49	1.7%	-16.9%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	17	28	37	64.7%	32.1%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	160	153	118	-4.4%	-22.9%
61	Educational Services	43	43	44	0.0%	2.3%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	148	143	178	-3.4%	24.5%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	18	14	12	-22.2%	-14.3%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	113	105	102	-7.1%	-2.9%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	56	63	47	12.5%	-25.4%
92	Public Administration	31	39	29	25.8%	-25.6%
99	Unclassified	24	28	28	16.7%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	61	59	61	-3.3%	3.4%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	21	23	12	9.5%	-47.8%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	20	16	17	-20.0%	6.3%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	17			0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations		11	15	0.0%	36.4%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	41	31	38	-24.4%	22.6%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	16	10		-37.5%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	36	28	37	-22.2%	32.1%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	47	64	66	36.2%	3.1%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	112	97	116	-13.4%	19.6%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	66	66	67	0.0%	1.5%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	11	12	16	9.1%	33.3%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	103	79	71	-23.3%	-10.1%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	87	95	65	9.2%	-31.6%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	35	25	30	-28.6%	20.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	1,045	792	807	-24.2%	1.9%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	52	57	55	9.6%	-3.5%
510000	Production Occupations	150	153	118	2.0%	-22.9%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	168	169	147	0.6%	-13.0%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	194	197	208	1.5%	5.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	174	143	148	-17.8%	3.5%
	12 years	1,186	1,008	1,020	-15.0%	1.2%
	13-15 years	711	651	591	-8.4%	-9.2%
	Over 15 years	229	205	212	-10.5%	3.4%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	1,732	1,491	1,456	-13.9%	-2.3%
	Female	568	517	515	-9.0%	-0.4%
Age
	Under age 22	164	147	152	-10.4%	3.4%
	Age 22 to 29	475	411	408	-13.5%	-0.7%
	Age 30 to 39	537	480	470	-10.6%	-2.1%
	Age 40 to 49	467	429	409	-8.1%	-4.7%
	Age 50 to 59	365	312	294	-14.5%	-5.8%
	Age 60 to 64	185	137	137	-25.9%	0.0%
	Age 65 and over	96	76	85	-20.8%	11.8%
	Info. not available	11	16	17	45.5%	6.3%
Race
	White	1,980	1,652	1,624	-16.6%	-1.7%
	Black or African American,	84	105	108	25.0%	2.9%
	American Indian or Alaska Native		11		0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	39	23	31	-41.0%	34.8%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	189	213	197	12.7%	-7.5%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,944	1,644	1,631	-15.4%	-0.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	175	167	167	-4.6%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	181	197	174	8.8%	-11.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	541	408	361	-24.6%	-11.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	421	368	401	-12.6%	9.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,814	1,568	1,580	-13.6%	0.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	891	730	666	-18.1%	-8.8%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,055	905	842	-14.2%	-7.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	657	516	472	-21.5%	-8.5%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	180	182	161	1.1%	-11.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,621	1,249	1,275	-22.9%	2.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,689	2,360	2,316	-12.2%	-1.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	459	467	367	1.7%	-21.4%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,360	1,137	1,098	-16.4%	-3.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,300	2,008	1,972	-12.7%	-1.8%
	Dodge County	146	114	124	-21.9%	8.8%
	Fillmore County	132	105	90	-20.5%	-14.3%
	Freeborn County	120	106	105	-11.7%	-0.9%
	Goodhue County	283	242	231	-14.5%	-4.5%
	Houston County	88	63	85	-28.4%	34.9%
	Mower County	178	154	119	-13.5%	-22.7%
	Olmsted County	545	581	547	6.6%	-5.9%
	Rice County	320	254	240	-20.6%	-5.5%
	Steele County	194	153	166	-21.1%	8.5%
	Wabasha County	136	93	98	-31.6%	5.4%
	Winona County	158	143	167	-9.5%	16.8%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	13,061	11,965	12,560	-8.4%	5.0%

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

January 2026

EDR 10 - Southeast