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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

September 2026

	EDR 10 - Southeast	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	976	948	864	-2.9%	-8.9%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	269	239	233	-11.2%	-2.5%
31	Manufacturing	150	116	110	-22.7%	-5.2%
42	Wholesale Trade	28	22	21	-21.4%	-4.5%
44	Retail Trade	70	94	78	34.3%	-17.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	26	44	43	69.2%	-2.3%
51	Information	49	13		-73.5%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance			13	0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	37	35	29	-5.4%	-17.1%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	15	16	0.0%	6.7%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	42	41	42	-2.4%	2.4%
61	Educational Services	25	27	26	8.0%	-3.7%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	99	135	128	36.4%	-5.2%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation		12	15	0.0%	25.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	66	68	42	3.0%	-38.2%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	36	26	23	-27.8%	-11.5%
92	Public Administration	19	21	18	10.5%	-14.3%
99	Unclassified	11	10		-9.1%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	47	47	42	0.0%	-10.6%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	20	28	20	40.0%	-28.6%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	12	18	18	50.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations		11		0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations		11	10	0.0%	-9.1%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	20	21	21	5.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	25	18	24	-28.0%	33.3%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	45	48	59	6.7%	22.9%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	55	55	45	0.0%	-18.2%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	18	15	17	-16.7%	13.3%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations		15		0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	45	54	47	20.0%	-13.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	72	63	52	-12.5%	-17.5%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations		11	14	0.0%	27.3%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	289	233	227	-19.4%	-2.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	30	40	39	33.3%	-2.5%
510000	Production Occupations	110	77	72	-30.0%	-6.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	42	54	42	28.6%	-22.2%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	100	111	85	11.0%	-23.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	63	68	56	7.9%	-17.6%
	12 years	451	408	376	-9.5%	-7.8%
	13-15 years	318	313	297	-1.6%	-5.1%
	Over 15 years	144	159	135	10.4%	-15.1%
Sex
	Male	636	602	555	-5.3%	-7.8%
	Female	340	346	309	1.8%	-10.7%
Age
	Under age 22	52	44	50	-15.4%	13.6%
	Age 22 to 29	186	188	146	1.1%	-22.3%
	Age 30 to 39	256	232	210	-9.4%	-9.5%
	Age 40 to 49	208	182	206	-12.5%	13.2%
	Age 50 to 59	164	182	156	11.0%	-14.3%
	Age 60 to 64	70	68	48	-2.9%	-29.4%
	Age 65 and over	38	45	42	18.4%	-6.7%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	767	759	682	-1.0%	-10.1%
	Black or African American,	80	72	69	-10.0%	-4.2%
	American Indian or Alaska Native			12	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	19	21	19	10.5%	-9.5%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	100	89	81	-11.0%	-9.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	821	791	716	-3.7%	-9.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	66	75	83	13.6%	10.7%
	Ethnicity Unknown	89	82	65	-7.9%	-20.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	216	113	92	-47.7%	-18.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	213	164	144	-23.0%	-12.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	911	853	724	-6.4%	-15.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	474	382	286	-19.4%	-25.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	421	373	303	-11.4%	-18.8%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	337	261	207	-22.6%	-20.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	235	208	53	-11.5%	-74.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	566	522	505	-7.8%	-3.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,235	1,027	1,012	-16.8%	-1.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	410	383	289	-6.6%	-24.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	556	520	427	-6.5%	-17.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	976	948	864	-2.9%	-8.9%
	Dodge County	45	43	36	-4.4%	-16.3%
	Fillmore County	39	32	24	-17.9%	-25.0%
	Freeborn County	56	59	57	5.4%	-3.4%
	Goodhue County	80	85	101	6.3%	18.8%
	Houston County	30	19	23	-36.7%	21.1%
	Mower County	75	74	70	-1.3%	-5.4%
	Olmsted County	322	268	236	-16.8%	-11.9%
	Rice County	142	136	131	-4.2%	-3.7%
	Steele County	69	94	71	36.2%	-24.5%
	Wabasha County	35	46	27	31.4%	-41.3%
	Winona County	83	92	88	10.8%	-4.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	7,733	8,154	7,168	5.4%	-12.1%

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

September 2026

EDR 10 - Southeast