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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 2026

	EDR 10 - Southeast	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,153	1,349	1,187	17.0%	-12.0%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	10			0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining		13		0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities			11	0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	368	488	403	32.6%	-17.4%
31	Manufacturing	143	162	124	13.3%	-23.5%
42	Wholesale Trade	41	47	30	14.6%	-36.2%
44	Retail Trade	96	100	99	4.2%	-1.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	45	47	50	4.4%	6.4%
51	Information	13	12	13	-7.7%	8.3%
52	Finance and Insurance	15	13	10	-13.3%	-23.1%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			14	0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	41	56	44	36.6%	-21.4%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	18	23	17	27.8%	-26.1%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	75	70	85	-6.7%	21.4%
61	Educational Services	17	29	25	70.6%	-13.8%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	116	101	104	-12.9%	3.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	11			0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	61	56	66	-8.2%	17.9%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	28	37	30	32.1%	-18.9%
92	Public Administration	15	36	25	140.0%	-30.6%
99	Unclassified	23	34	22	47.8%	-35.3%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	47	59	51	25.5%	-13.6%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	16	17	16	6.3%	-5.9%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations		12	22	0.0%	83.3%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	11	16	10	45.5%	-37.5%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	12	17	23	41.7%	35.3%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	26	19	18	-26.9%	-5.3%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	49	46	45	-6.1%	-2.2%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	51	46	58	-9.8%	26.1%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	36	29	42	-19.4%	44.8%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	67	63	64	-6.0%	1.6%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	54	60	61	11.1%	1.7%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	18	16	13	-11.1%	-18.8%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	382	520	402	36.1%	-22.7%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	37	37	35	0.0%	-5.4%
510000	Production Occupations	100	119	78	19.0%	-34.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	86	75	82	-12.8%	9.3%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	124	164	134	32.3%	-18.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	87	86	81	-1.1%	-5.8%
	12 years	536	649	549	21.1%	-15.4%
	13-15 years	386	456	404	18.1%	-11.4%
	Over 15 years	144	156	153	8.3%	-1.9%
Sex
	Male	823	985	833	19.7%	-15.4%
	Female	330	364	354	10.3%	-2.7%
Age
	Under age 22	64	89	77	39.1%	-13.5%
	Age 22 to 29	216	242	227	12.0%	-6.2%
	Age 30 to 39	313	337	281	7.7%	-16.6%
	Age 40 to 49	255	309	273	21.2%	-11.7%
	Age 50 to 59	174	221	189	27.0%	-14.5%
	Age 60 to 64	81	90	92	11.1%	2.2%
	Age 65 and over	43	53	45	23.3%	-15.1%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	926	1,087	967	17.4%	-11.0%
	Black or African American,	89	92	76	3.4%	-17.4%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	11	20	22	81.8%	10.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	118	147	115	24.6%	-21.8%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	945	1,100	1,021	16.4%	-7.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	84	111	76	32.1%	-31.5%
	Ethnicity Unknown	124	138	90	11.3%	-34.8%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	221	295	186	33.5%	-36.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	253	281	217	11.1%	-22.8%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,154	1,228	1,049	6.4%	-14.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	398	453	379	13.8%	-16.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	470	612	472	30.2%	-22.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	313	372	289	18.8%	-22.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	84	125	77	48.8%	-38.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	779	967	691	24.1%	-28.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,453	1,698	1,372	16.9%	-19.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	206	213	155	3.4%	-27.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	679	818	663	20.5%	-18.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,153	1,349	1,187	17.0%	-12.0%
	Dodge County	54	72	77	33.3%	6.9%
	Fillmore County	50	59	42	18.0%	-28.8%
	Freeborn County	68	67	82	-1.5%	22.4%
	Goodhue County	159	160	134	0.6%	-16.3%
	Houston County	39	47	31	20.5%	-34.0%
	Mower County	89	97	81	9.0%	-16.5%
	Olmsted County	326	371	356	13.8%	-4.0%
	Rice County	145	191	154	31.7%	-19.4%
	Steele County	94	111	96	18.1%	-13.5%
	Wabasha County	45	66	48	46.7%	-27.3%
	Winona County	84	108	86	28.6%	-20.4%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,857	9,329	8,538	5.3%	-8.5%

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

February 2026

EDR 10 - Southeast