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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

May 2026

	EDR 10 - Southeast	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,648	1,407	1,216	-14.6%	-13.6%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	11			0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	229	186	149	-18.8%	-19.9%
31	Manufacturing	155	157	92	1.3%	-41.4%
42	Wholesale Trade	39	24	25	-38.5%	4.2%
44	Retail Trade	90	90	71	0.0%	-21.1%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	100	52	72	-48.0%	38.5%
51	Information	18	11		-38.9%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	18	17	20	-5.6%	17.6%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing		15		0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	45	48	40	6.7%	-16.7%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	12	23	16	91.7%	-30.4%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	64	61	53	-4.7%	-13.1%
61	Educational Services	438	285	277	-34.9%	-2.8%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	127	132	126	3.9%	-4.5%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation		15	10	0.0%	-33.3%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	150	144	146	-4.0%	1.4%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	91	92	73	1.1%	-20.7%
92	Public Administration	21	22	19	4.8%	-13.6%
99	Unclassified	19	15	10	-21.1%	-33.3%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	46	43	49	-6.5%	14.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	23	28	25	21.7%	-10.7%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	15	13	13	-13.3%	0.0%
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	13	14		7.7%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	420	290	272	-31.0%	-6.2%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ		10		0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	25	27	33	8.0%	22.2%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	46	55	61	19.6%	10.9%
330000	Protective Service Occupations		12		0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	186	160	156	-14.0%	-2.5%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	15	24	22	60.0%	-8.3%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	12		10	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	64	61	38	-4.7%	-37.7%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	80	74	65	-7.5%	-12.2%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	10			0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	262	224	157	-14.5%	-29.9%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	42	29	29	-31.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	109	124	61	13.8%	-50.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	135	61	67	-54.8%	9.8%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	126	127	118	0.8%	-7.1%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	98	98	67	0.0%	-31.6%
	12 years	724	609	527	-15.9%	-13.5%
	13-15 years	590	492	433	-16.6%	-12.0%
	Over 15 years	236	208	189	-11.9%	-9.1%
Sex
	Male	738	662	553	-10.3%	-16.5%
	Female	910	745	663	-18.1%	-11.0%
Age
	Under age 22	66	67	47	1.5%	-29.9%
	Age 22 to 29	255	244	189	-4.3%	-22.5%
	Age 30 to 39	395	330	269	-16.5%	-18.5%
	Age 40 to 49	337	314	296	-6.8%	-5.7%
	Age 50 to 59	315	246	221	-21.9%	-10.2%
	Age 60 to 64	155	113	105	-27.1%	-7.1%
	Age 65 and over	105	77	79	-26.7%	2.6%
	Info. not available	20	16	10	-20.0%	-37.5%
Race
	White	1,335	1,124	998	-15.8%	-11.2%
	Black or African American,	123	83	67	-32.5%	-19.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native		10		0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	39	23	25	-41.0%	8.7%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	140	158	120	12.9%	-24.1%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,422	1,162	1,001	-18.3%	-13.9%
	Hispanic or Latino	116	125	110	7.8%	-12.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	110	120	105	9.1%	-12.5%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	701	734	397	4.7%	-45.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	490	435	324	-11.2%	-25.5%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,286	1,649	942	28.2%	-42.9%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	920	808	706	-12.2%	-12.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	678	597	470	-11.9%	-21.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	638	491	460	-23.0%	-6.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	237	212	336	-10.5%	58.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	772	606	559	-21.5%	-7.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,665	1,394	1,276	-16.3%	-8.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	513	529	358	3.1%	-32.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,056	892	840	-15.5%	-5.8%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,648	1,407	1,216	-14.6%	-13.6%
	Dodge County	79	63	46	-20.3%	-27.0%
	Fillmore County	57	53	43	-7.0%	-18.9%
	Freeborn County	195	131	116	-32.8%	-11.5%
	Goodhue County	185	155	123	-16.2%	-20.6%
	Houston County	46	33	27	-28.3%	-18.2%
	Mower County	165	112	124	-32.1%	10.7%
	Olmsted County	393	344	297	-12.5%	-13.7%
	Rice County	241	177	161	-26.6%	-9.0%
	Steele County	96	114	95	18.8%	-16.7%
	Wabasha County	54	63	44	16.7%	-30.2%
	Winona County	137	162	140	18.2%	-13.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,034	8,438	7,834	-6.6%	-7.2%

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

May 2026

EDR 10 - Southeast