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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2026

	EDR 10 - Southeast	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,133	1,100	995	-2.9%	-9.5%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	14			0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	344	221	248	-35.8%	12.2%
31	Manufacturing	133	162	118	21.8%	-27.2%
42	Wholesale Trade	36	43	32	19.4%	-25.6%
44	Retail Trade	90	96	98	6.7%	2.1%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	45	57	51	26.7%	-10.5%
51	Information			12	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	12		16	0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	10	10	11	0.0%	10.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	51	63	40	23.5%	-36.5%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	12	17	13	41.7%	-23.5%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	54	77	43	42.6%	-44.2%
61	Educational Services	23	37	35	60.9%	-5.4%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	130	131	114	0.8%	-13.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	16	10	18	-37.5%	80.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	75	78	68	4.0%	-12.8%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	30	27	35	-10.0%	29.6%
92	Public Administration	22	17	18	-22.7%	5.9%
99	Unclassified	18	20	15	11.1%	-25.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	42	55	54	31.0%	-1.8%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	37	14	26	-62.2%	85.7%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	15	20	12	33.3%	-40.0%
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		16	0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	18	29	28	61.1%	-3.4%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ		10		0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	28	15	25	-46.4%	66.7%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	52	57	43	9.6%	-24.6%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	63	83	72	31.7%	-13.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	30	21	35	-30.0%	66.7%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	59	66	54	11.9%	-18.2%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	60	68	60	13.3%	-11.8%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	10			0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	381	237	254	-37.8%	7.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	28	31	21	10.7%	-32.3%
510000	Production Occupations	91	128	98	40.7%	-23.4%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	78	100	57	28.2%	-43.0%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	99	122	105	23.2%	-13.9%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	75	89	72	18.7%	-19.1%
	12 years	520	522	449	0.4%	-14.0%
	13-15 years	395	329	326	-16.7%	-0.9%
	Over 15 years	143	160	148	11.9%	-7.5%
Sex
	Male	750	726	619	-3.2%	-14.7%
	Female	383	374	374	-2.3%	0.0%
	Unspecified				0.0%	0.0%
Age
	Under age 22	57	75	51	31.6%	-32.0%
	Age 22 to 29	221	190	184	-14.0%	-3.2%
	Age 30 to 39	272	276	218	1.5%	-21.0%
	Age 40 to 49	257	237	232	-7.8%	-2.1%
	Age 50 to 59	200	201	172	0.5%	-14.4%
	Age 60 to 64	75	58	75	-22.7%	29.3%
	Age 65 and over	43	53	60	23.3%	13.2%
	Info. not available		10		0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	913	818	817	-10.4%	-0.1%
	Black or African American,	67	109	59	62.7%	-45.9%
	American Indian or Alaska Native		10		0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	23	26	17	13.0%	-34.6%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	119	131	98	10.1%	-25.2%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	957	894	821	-6.6%	-8.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	83	104	86	25.3%	-17.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	93	102	88	9.7%	-13.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	249	257	158	3.2%	-38.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	198	213	220	7.6%	3.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,112	1,004	893	-9.7%	-11.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	338	404	326	19.5%	-19.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	459	344	382	-25.1%	11.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	341	275	292	-19.4%	6.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	90	86	72	-4.4%	-16.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	701	602	588	-14.1%	-2.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,302	1,170	1,213	-10.1%	3.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	191	193	148	1.0%	-23.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	639	559	510	-12.5%	-8.8%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,133	1,100	995	-2.9%	-9.5%
	Dodge County	49	43	45	-12.2%	4.7%
	Fillmore County	49	36	40	-26.5%	11.1%
	Freeborn County	73	66	63	-9.6%	-4.5%
	Goodhue County	139	114	129	-18.0%	13.2%
	Houston County	35	24	24	-31.4%	0.0%
	Mower County	100	79	62	-21.0%	-21.5%
	Olmsted County	325	347	277	6.8%	-20.2%
	Rice County	135	151	138	11.9%	-8.6%
	Steele County	99	118	80	19.2%	-32.2%
	Wabasha County	59	46	56	-22.0%	21.7%
	Winona County	70	76	81	8.6%	6.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,539	8,586	8,222	0.6%	-4.2%

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

April 2026

EDR 10 - Southeast