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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

February 2026

	Minnesota	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	16,779	18,592	16,002	10.8%	-13.9%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	115	104	95	-9.6%	-8.7%
21	Mining	35	94	85	168.6%	-9.6%
22	Utilities	95	138	92	45.3%	-33.3%
23	Construction	4,798	5,861	4,551	22.2%	-22.4%
31	Manufacturing	1,837	1,786	1,512	-2.8%	-15.3%
42	Wholesale Trade	566	673	541	18.9%	-19.6%
44	Retail Trade	1,399	1,348	1,203	-3.6%	-10.8%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	711	767	663	7.9%	-13.6%
51	Information	250	233	228	-6.8%	-2.1%
52	Finance and Insurance	358	320	395	-10.6%	23.4%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	181	192	212	6.1%	10.4%
54	Professional and Technical Services	967	997	898	3.1%	-9.9%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	327	464	349	41.9%	-24.8%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	1,110	1,171	1,018	5.5%	-13.1%
61	Educational Services	367	412	341	12.3%	-17.2%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	1,435	1,480	1,649	3.1%	11.4%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	237	232	220	-2.1%	-5.2%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	989	923	939	-6.7%	1.7%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	466	508	453	9.0%	-10.8%
92	Public Administration	276	518	294	87.7%	-43.2%
99	Unclassified	260	371	264	42.7%	-28.8%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	964	1,075	983	11.5%	-8.6%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	474	503	439	6.1%	-12.7%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	339	392	381	15.6%	-2.8%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	216	194	140	-10.2%	-27.8%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	38	85	63	123.7%	-25.9%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	129	173	201	34.1%	16.2%
230000	Legal Occupations	61	36	59	-41.0%	63.9%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	245	293	246	19.6%	-16.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	318	313	271	-1.6%	-13.4%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	253	262	274	3.6%	4.6%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	541	563	666	4.1%	18.3%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	96	115	113	19.8%	-1.7%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	990	931	987	-6.0%	6.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	427	465	400	8.9%	-14.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	155	143	164	-7.7%	14.7%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	1,033	979	912	-5.2%	-6.8%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	980	1,023	846	4.4%	-17.3%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	138	198	122	43.5%	-38.4%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	4,906	6,073	4,670	23.8%	-23.1%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	573	525	522	-8.4%	-0.6%
510000	Production Occupations	1,125	1,120	890	-0.4%	-20.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	907	1,009	818	11.2%	-18.9%
550000	Military Specific Occupations	11	14		27.3%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	1,860	2,107	1,829	13.3%	-13.2%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	1,065	1,138	1,001	6.9%	-12.0%
	12 years	6,815	7,809	6,453	14.6%	-17.4%
	13-15 years	5,640	6,062	5,234	7.5%	-13.7%
	Over 15 years	3,256	3,578	3,310	9.9%	-7.5%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	11,369	12,996	10,711	14.3%	-17.6%
	Female	5,409	5,595	5,291	3.4%	-5.4%
	Unspecified				0.0%	0.0%
Age
	Under age 22	825	938	846	13.7%	-9.8%
	Age 22 to 29	3,366	3,669	3,167	9.0%	-13.7%
	Age 30 to 39	4,382	4,718	3,932	7.7%	-16.7%
	Age 40 to 49	3,521	4,065	3,498	15.5%	-13.9%
	Age 50 to 59	2,826	3,190	2,725	12.9%	-14.6%
	Age 60 to 64	1,207	1,265	1,082	4.8%	-14.5%
	Age 65 and over	569	660	668	16.0%	1.2%
	Info. not available	83	87	84	4.8%	-3.4%
Race
	White	12,104	13,704	11,494	13.2%	-16.1%
	Black or African American,	1,784	1,781	1,737	-0.2%	-2.5%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	250	256	225	2.4%	-12.1%
	Asian	572	565	586	-1.2%	3.7%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	43	31	32	-27.9%	3.2%
	Race Unknown	2,026	2,255	1,927	11.3%	-14.5%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	13,898	15,458	13,396	11.2%	-13.3%
	Hispanic or Latino	1,240	1,260	1,130	1.6%	-10.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	1,641	1,874	1,476	14.2%	-21.2%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	221	295	186	33.5%	-36.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	253	281	217	11.1%	-22.8%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,154	1,228	1,049	6.4%	-14.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	398	453	379	13.8%	-16.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	470	612	472	30.2%	-22.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	313	372	289	18.8%	-22.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	84	125	77	48.8%	-38.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	779	967	691	24.1%	-28.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,453	1,698	1,372	16.9%	-19.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	206	213	155	3.4%	-27.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	679	818	663	20.5%	-18.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,153	1,349	1,187	17.0%	-12.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,857	9,329	8,538	5.3%	-8.5%

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

February 2026

Minnesota