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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

January 2025

	Minnesota	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	23,818	28,479	25,095	19.6%	-11.9%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	231	283	237	22.5%	-16.3%
21	Mining	126	177	126	40.5%	-28.8%
22	Utilities	118	224	140	89.8%	-37.5%
23	Construction	8,370	10,531	8,145	25.8%	-22.7%
31	Manufacturing	2,435	2,955	2,537	21.4%	-14.1%
42	Wholesale Trade	678	859	889	26.7%	3.5%
44	Retail Trade	1,712	1,921	1,874	12.2%	-2.4%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	807	1,065	1,135	32.0%	6.6%
51	Information	345	303	302	-12.2%	-0.3%
52	Finance and Insurance	435	454	376	4.4%	-17.2%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	284	277	281	-2.5%	1.4%
54	Professional and Technical Services	1,148	1,216	1,187	5.9%	-2.4%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	448	462	573	3.1%	24.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	1,758	1,920	1,740	9.2%	-9.4%
61	Educational Services	333	700	667	110.2%	-4.7%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	1,468	1,656	1,712	12.8%	3.4%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	303	380	352	25.4%	-7.4%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	1,337	1,471	1,300	10.0%	-11.6%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	660	778	728	17.9%	-6.4%
92	Public Administration	458	443	476	-3.3%	7.4%
99	Unclassified	364	404	318	11.0%	-21.3%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	1,057	1,229	1,217	16.3%	-1.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	508	530	507	4.3%	-4.3%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	376	437	457	16.2%	4.6%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	234	239	242	2.1%	1.3%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	69	41	68	-40.6%	65.9%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	144	180	174	25.0%	-3.3%
230000	Legal Occupations	71	66	60	-7.0%	-9.1%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	243	512	473	110.7%	-7.6%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	299	403	372	34.8%	-7.7%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	282	300	254	6.4%	-15.3%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	649	651	709	0.3%	8.9%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	121	124	130	2.5%	4.8%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	1,272	1,460	1,259	14.8%	-13.8%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	694	781	684	12.5%	-12.4%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	160	169	212	5.6%	25.4%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	1,328	1,391	1,389	4.7%	-0.1%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	1,277	1,311	1,205	2.7%	-8.1%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	288	376	330	30.6%	-12.2%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	8,775	10,956	8,410	24.9%	-23.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	624	704	666	12.8%	-5.4%
510000	Production Occupations	1,507	1,861	1,672	23.5%	-10.2%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	1,312	1,787	1,729	36.2%	-3.2%
550000	Military Specific Occupations	14	13	13	-7.1%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	2,514	2,958	2,863	17.7%	-3.2%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	1,697	2,089	1,807	23.1%	-13.5%
	12 years	10,333	12,852	11,398	24.4%	-11.3%
	13-15 years	8,004	9,269	7,772	15.8%	-16.2%
	Over 15 years	3,776	4,265	4,114	13.0%	-3.5%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	17,028	20,812	17,877	22.2%	-14.1%
	Female	6,788	7,666	7,215	12.9%	-5.9%
	Unspecified				0.0%	0.0%
Age
	Under age 22	1,288	1,676	1,528	30.1%	-8.8%
	Age 22 to 29	5,037	5,716	5,152	13.5%	-9.9%
	Age 30 to 39	6,216	7,134	6,240	14.8%	-12.5%
	Age 40 to 49	4,761	6,023	5,230	26.5%	-13.2%
	Age 50 to 59	3,953	4,809	4,084	21.7%	-15.1%
	Age 60 to 64	1,621	1,954	1,743	20.5%	-10.8%
	Age 65 and over	828	1,012	974	22.2%	-3.8%
	Info. not available	114	155	144	36.0%	-7.1%
Race
	White	17,864	21,591	18,472	20.9%	-14.4%
	Black or African American,	2,174	2,347	2,373	8.0%	1.1%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	330	398	355	20.6%	-10.8%
	Asian	652	747	757	14.6%	1.3%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	49	52	58	6.1%	11.5%
	Race Unknown	2,748	3,343	3,080	21.7%	-7.9%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	19,877	23,610	20,691	18.8%	-12.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	1,627	2,027	1,867	24.6%	-7.9%
	Ethnicity Unknown	2,314	2,842	2,537	22.8%	-10.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	343	541	408	57.7%	-24.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	403	421	368	4.5%	-12.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,526	1,814	1,568	18.9%	-13.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	678	891	730	31.4%	-18.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	749	1,055	905	40.9%	-14.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	631	657	516	4.1%	-21.5%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	159	180	182	13.2%	1.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,228	1,621	1,249	32.0%	-22.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,156	2,689	2,360	24.7%	-12.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	448	459	467	2.5%	1.7%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,143	1,360	1,137	19.0%	-16.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,912	2,300	2,008	20.3%	-12.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	11,260	13,061	11,965	16.0%	-8.4%

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

January 2025

Minnesota