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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

July 2026

	EDR 10 - Southeast	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,528	1,188	1,216	-22.3%	2.4%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting			15	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities		11		0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	231	164	189	-29.0%	15.2%
31	Manufacturing	335	128	150	-61.8%	17.2%
42	Wholesale Trade	27	27	39	0.0%	44.4%
44	Retail Trade	123	90	102	-26.8%	13.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	68	53	65	-22.1%	22.6%
51	Information	16		14	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	14	14	10	0.0%	-28.6%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	13			0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	51	31	36	-39.2%	16.1%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	11	19	14	72.7%	-26.3%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	69	52	62	-24.6%	19.2%
61	Educational Services	199	187	164	-6.0%	-12.3%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	150	158	159	5.3%	0.6%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	10	15	10	50.0%	-33.3%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	95	117	102	23.2%	-12.8%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	43	53	38	23.3%	-28.3%
92	Public Administration	30	32	23	6.7%	-28.1%
99	Unclassified	21	14	12	-33.3%	-14.3%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	53	46	53	-13.2%	15.2%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	23	23	15	0.0%	-34.8%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	21	14	16	-33.3%	14.3%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	12			0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	16	15	14	-6.3%	-6.7%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	174	174	155	0.0%	-10.9%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	11			0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	32	22	27	-31.3%	22.7%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	48	53	57	10.4%	7.5%
330000	Protective Service Occupations		11		0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	117	124	128	6.0%	3.2%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	20	16	27	-20.0%	68.8%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	13	11	11	-15.4%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	49	55	75	12.2%	36.4%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	81	86	61	6.2%	-29.1%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	15		16	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	272	180	202	-33.8%	12.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	44	38	27	-13.6%	-28.9%
510000	Production Occupations	240	110	110	-54.2%	0.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	104	68	88	-34.6%	29.4%
990000	Unknown	168	116	113	-31.0%	-2.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	96	79	74	-17.7%	-6.3%
	12 years	678	491	527	-27.6%	7.3%
	13-15 years	537	418	427	-22.2%	2.2%
	Over 15 years	217	199	188	-8.3%	-5.5%
Sex
	Male	914	600	625	-34.4%	4.2%
	Female	614	588	591	-4.2%	0.5%
Age
	Under age 22	55	51	52	-7.3%	2.0%
	Age 22 to 29	242	190	198	-21.5%	4.2%
	Age 30 to 39	338	306	292	-9.5%	-4.6%
	Age 40 to 49	356	277	297	-22.2%	7.2%
	Age 50 to 59	293	201	202	-31.4%	0.5%
	Age 60 to 64	149	95	105	-36.2%	10.5%
	Age 65 and over	78	60	58	-23.1%	-3.3%
	Info. not available	17		12	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,214	940	977	-22.6%	3.9%
	Black or African American,	109	88	100	-19.3%	13.6%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	12			0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	49	36	20	-26.5%	-44.4%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	144	114	107	-20.8%	-6.1%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,257	1,004	1,020	-20.1%	1.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	120	101	103	-15.8%	2.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	151	83	93	-45.0%	12.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	656	362	168	-44.8%	-53.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	375	350	239	-6.7%	-31.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,004	954	969	-5.0%	1.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	549	471	388	-14.2%	-17.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	524	439	415	-16.2%	-5.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	345	392	307	13.6%	-21.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	128	258	148	101.6%	-42.6%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	808	660	614	-18.3%	-7.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,582	1,450	1,341	-8.3%	-7.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	513	333	420	-35.1%	26.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	817	673	594	-17.6%	-11.7%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,528	1,188	1,216	-22.3%	2.4%
	Dodge County	90	50	59	-44.4%	18.0%
	Fillmore County	67	41	27	-38.8%	-34.1%
	Freeborn County	76	78	97	2.6%	24.4%
	Goodhue County	139	127	135	-8.6%	6.3%
	Houston County	40	19	22	-52.5%	15.8%
	Mower County	101	93	93	-7.9%	0.0%
	Olmsted County	501	329	344	-34.3%	4.6%
	Rice County	169	184	169	8.9%	-8.2%
	Steele County	136	109	99	-19.9%	-9.2%
	Wabasha County	83	38	51	-54.2%	34.2%
	Winona County	126	120	120	-4.8%	0.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,974	10,517	10,295	-4.2%	-2.1%

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

July 2026

EDR 10 - Southeast