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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2026

	EDR 10 - Southeast	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,180	1,370	1,321	16.1%	-3.6%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining	11			0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	13			0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	315	291	410	-7.6%	40.9%
31	Manufacturing	107	151	117	41.1%	-22.5%
42	Wholesale Trade	30	51	32	70.0%	-37.3%
44	Retail Trade	97	111	108	14.4%	-2.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	46	76	73	65.2%	-3.9%
51	Information	13	14	14	7.7%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	17	16	17	-5.9%	6.3%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	15	13	12	-13.3%	-7.7%
54	Professional and Technical Services	37	160	42	332.4%	-73.8%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	16	19	20	18.8%	5.3%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	78	72	67	-7.7%	-6.9%
61	Educational Services	28	43	32	53.6%	-25.6%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	110	105	116	-4.5%	10.5%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	16	15	13	-6.3%	-13.3%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	142	142	143	0.0%	0.7%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	44	29	27	-34.1%	-6.9%
92	Public Administration	21	19	22	-9.5%	15.8%
99	Unclassified	23	26	35	13.0%	34.6%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	41	46	50	12.2%	8.7%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	21	23	22	9.5%	-4.3%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	13	15	25	15.4%	66.7%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations			12	0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	25	22	12	-12.0%	-45.5%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	28	21	25	-25.0%	19.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	49	46	59	-6.1%	28.3%
330000	Protective Service Occupations		10		0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	137	150	154	9.5%	2.7%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	34	27	31	-20.6%	14.8%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	10			0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	49	63	60	28.6%	-4.8%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	55	61	51	10.9%	-16.4%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations		11	12	0.0%	9.1%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	356	320	437	-10.1%	36.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	52	43	41	-17.3%	-4.7%
510000	Production Occupations	80	222	58	177.5%	-73.9%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	81	108	113	33.3%	4.6%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	120	157	131	30.8%	-16.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	68	100	89	47.1%	-11.0%
	12 years	540	694	605	28.5%	-12.8%
	13-15 years	409	434	463	6.1%	6.7%
	Over 15 years	163	142	164	-12.9%	15.5%
Sex
	Male	754	906	876	20.2%	-3.3%
	Female	426	464	445	8.9%	-4.1%
Age
	Under age 22	60	68	55	13.3%	-19.1%
	Age 22 to 29	248	252	244	1.6%	-3.2%
	Age 30 to 39	296	334	333	12.8%	-0.3%
	Age 40 to 49	228	313	296	37.3%	-5.4%
	Age 50 to 59	200	228	229	14.0%	0.4%
	Age 60 to 64	83	106	81	27.7%	-23.6%
	Age 65 and over	54	54	73	0.0%	35.2%
	Info. not available	11	15	10	36.4%	-33.3%
Race
	White	965	1,106	1,085	14.6%	-1.9%
	Black or African American,	83	85	66	2.4%	-22.4%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	16	24	17	50.0%	-29.2%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	111	150	143	35.1%	-4.7%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	991	1,115	1,107	12.5%	-0.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	82	134	110	63.4%	-17.9%
	Ethnicity Unknown	107	121	104	13.1%	-14.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	390	264	155	-32.3%	-41.3%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	292	259	277	-11.3%	6.9%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,220	1,308	1,227	7.2%	-6.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	414	407	428	-1.7%	5.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	446	514	483	15.2%	-6.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	305	383	331	25.6%	-13.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	69	88	63	27.5%	-28.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	813	733	806	-9.8%	10.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,507	1,346	1,501	-10.7%	11.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	227	232	162	2.2%	-30.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	698	720	717	3.2%	-0.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,180	1,370	1,321	16.1%	-3.6%
	Dodge County	51	66	80	29.4%	21.2%
	Fillmore County	39	45	47	15.4%	4.4%
	Freeborn County	73	107	94	46.6%	-12.1%
	Goodhue County	155	122	150	-21.3%	23.0%
	Houston County	34	41	36	20.6%	-12.2%
	Mower County	83	122	104	47.0%	-14.8%
	Olmsted County	314	318	376	1.3%	18.2%
	Rice County	155	189	161	21.9%	-14.8%
	Steele County	89	180	110	102.2%	-38.9%
	Wabasha County	51	46	59	-9.8%	28.3%
	Winona County	136	134	104	-1.5%	-22.4%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,690	9,107	9,372	4.8%	2.9%

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

March 2026

EDR 10 - Southeast