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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 2026

	EDR 10 - Southeast	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,226	920	923	-25.0%	0.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	11		11	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	251	168	173	-33.1%	3.0%
31	Manufacturing	163	96	124	-41.1%	29.2%
42	Wholesale Trade	34	37	23	8.8%	-37.8%
44	Retail Trade	88	78	87	-11.4%	11.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	52	28	34	-46.2%	21.4%
51	Information	67			0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	17	16	12	-5.9%	-25.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	14	16	13	14.3%	-18.8%
54	Professional and Technical Services	55	49	43	-10.9%	-12.2%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	22	18	21	-18.2%	16.7%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	46	39	39	-15.2%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	77	76	79	-1.3%	3.9%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	139	128	112	-7.9%	-12.5%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	11	10	10	-9.1%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	90	85	65	-5.6%	-23.5%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	42	26	31	-38.1%	19.2%
92	Public Administration	20	12	15	-40.0%	25.0%
99	Unclassified	18	15	13	-16.7%	-13.3%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	58	60	38	3.4%	-36.7%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	25	17	20	-32.0%	17.6%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	23	19	20	-17.4%	5.3%
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	10	11	12	10.0%	9.1%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	68	66	78	-2.9%	18.2%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ			11	0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	21	13	20	-38.1%	53.8%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	62	43	44	-30.6%	2.3%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	87	79	65	-9.2%	-17.7%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	17	19	12	11.8%	-36.8%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations		11	15	0.0%	36.4%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	62	81	43	30.6%	-46.9%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	105	59	54	-43.8%	-8.5%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	14	15	10	7.1%	-33.3%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	274	168	189	-38.7%	12.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	43	21	31	-51.2%	47.6%
510000	Production Occupations	126	85	100	-32.5%	17.6%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	71	38	56	-46.5%	47.4%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	127	87	89	-31.5%	2.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	85	55	54	-35.3%	-1.8%
	12 years	533	397	410	-25.5%	3.3%
	13-15 years	449	321	299	-28.5%	-6.9%
	Over 15 years	159	147	160	-7.5%	8.8%
Sex
	Male	720	513	531	-28.8%	3.5%
	Female	506	407	392	-19.6%	-3.7%
Age
	Under age 22	75	48	48	-36.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	203	183	138	-9.9%	-24.6%
	Age 30 to 39	307	218	212	-29.0%	-2.8%
	Age 40 to 49	279	200	245	-28.3%	22.5%
	Age 50 to 59	201	170	168	-15.4%	-1.2%
	Age 60 to 64	87	64	68	-26.4%	6.3%
	Age 65 and over	59	35	39	-40.7%	11.4%
	Info. not available	15			0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	970	727	724	-25.1%	-0.4%
	Black or African American,	97	60	63	-38.1%	5.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	11		12	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	31	17	22	-45.2%	29.4%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	115	108	101	-6.1%	-6.5%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,039	752	776	-27.6%	3.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	88	93	80	5.7%	-14.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	99	75	67	-24.2%	-10.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	230	201	156	-12.6%	-22.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	234	188	154	-19.7%	-18.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	710	690	719	-2.8%	4.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	353	301	297	-14.7%	-1.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	391	344	319	-12.0%	-7.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	267	233	262	-12.7%	12.4%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	45	89	154	97.8%	73.0%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	595	494	485	-17.0%	-1.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,186	1,045	1,037	-11.9%	-0.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	270	180	294	-33.3%	63.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	563	450	482	-20.1%	7.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,226	920	923	-25.0%	0.3%
	Dodge County	54	43	40	-20.4%	-7.0%
	Fillmore County	48	39	28	-18.8%	-28.2%
	Freeborn County	60	49	51	-18.3%	4.1%
	Goodhue County	135	109	91	-19.3%	-16.5%
	Houston County	51	22	20	-56.9%	-9.1%
	Mower County	79	71	72	-10.1%	1.4%
	Olmsted County	394	255	262	-35.3%	2.7%
	Rice County	151	135	160	-10.6%	18.5%
	Steele County	99	62	91	-37.4%	46.8%
	Wabasha County	45	39	25	-13.3%	-35.9%
	Winona County	110	96	83	-12.7%	-13.5%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,706	8,227	8,072	-5.5%	-1.9%

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

August 2026

EDR 10 - Southeast