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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

February 2025

	Minnesota	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	17,828	16,779	18,592	-5.9%	10.8%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	98	115	104	17.3%	-9.6%
21	Mining	78	35	94	-55.1%	168.6%
22	Utilities	84	95	138	13.1%	45.3%
23	Construction	6,033	4,798	5,861	-20.5%	22.2%
31	Manufacturing	1,724	1,837	1,786	6.6%	-2.8%
42	Wholesale Trade	576	566	673	-1.7%	18.9%
44	Retail Trade	1,188	1,399	1,348	17.8%	-3.6%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	614	711	767	15.8%	7.9%
51	Information	315	250	233	-20.6%	-6.8%
52	Finance and Insurance	345	358	320	3.8%	-10.6%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	218	181	192	-17.0%	6.1%
54	Professional and Technical Services	956	967	997	1.2%	3.1%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	638	327	464	-48.7%	41.9%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	1,296	1,110	1,171	-14.4%	5.5%
61	Educational Services	292	367	412	25.7%	12.3%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	1,162	1,435	1,480	23.5%	3.1%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	214	237	232	10.7%	-2.1%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	911	989	923	8.6%	-6.7%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	476	466	508	-2.1%	9.0%
92	Public Administration	303	276	518	-8.9%	87.7%
99	Unclassified	307	260	371	-15.3%	42.7%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	879	964	1,075	9.7%	11.5%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	441	474	503	7.5%	6.1%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	328	339	392	3.4%	15.6%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	192	216	194	12.5%	-10.2%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	53	38	85	-28.3%	123.7%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	113	129	173	14.2%	34.1%
230000	Legal Occupations	64	61	36	-4.7%	-41.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	199	245	293	23.1%	19.6%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	284	318	313	12.0%	-1.6%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	232	253	262	9.1%	3.6%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	497	541	563	8.9%	4.1%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	79	96	115	21.5%	19.8%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	924	990	931	7.1%	-6.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	408	427	465	4.7%	8.9%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	116	155	143	33.6%	-7.7%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	954	1,033	979	8.3%	-5.2%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	904	980	1,023	8.4%	4.4%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	135	138	198	2.2%	43.5%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	6,325	4,906	6,073	-22.4%	23.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	518	573	525	10.6%	-8.4%
510000	Production Occupations	1,298	1,125	1,120	-13.3%	-0.4%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	963	907	1,009	-5.8%	11.2%
550000	Military Specific Occupations		11	14	0.0%	27.3%
990000	Unknown	1,915	1,860	2,107	-2.9%	13.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	1,102	1,065	1,138	-3.4%	6.9%
	12 years	7,505	6,815	7,809	-9.2%	14.6%
	13-15 years	6,205	5,640	6,062	-9.1%	7.5%
	Over 15 years	3,015	3,256	3,578	8.0%	9.9%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	12,596	11,369	12,996	-9.7%	14.3%
	Female	5,232	5,409	5,595	3.4%	3.4%
	Unspecified				0.0%	0.0%
Age
	Under age 22	792	825	938	4.2%	13.7%
	Age 22 to 29	3,577	3,366	3,669	-5.9%	9.0%
	Age 30 to 39	4,761	4,382	4,718	-8.0%	7.7%
	Age 40 to 49	3,822	3,521	4,065	-7.9%	15.5%
	Age 50 to 59	3,212	2,826	3,190	-12.0%	12.9%
	Age 60 to 64	1,138	1,207	1,265	6.1%	4.8%
	Age 65 and over	464	569	660	22.6%	16.0%
	Info. not available	62	83	87	33.9%	4.8%
Race
	White	13,400	12,104	13,704	-9.7%	13.2%
	Black or African American,	1,619	1,784	1,781	10.2%	-0.2%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	244	250	256	2.5%	2.4%
	Asian	561	572	565	2.0%	-1.2%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	44	43	31	-2.3%	-27.9%
	Race Unknown	1,960	2,026	2,255	3.4%	11.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	14,878	13,898	15,458	-6.6%	11.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	1,151	1,240	1,260	7.7%	1.6%
	Ethnicity Unknown	1,799	1,641	1,874	-8.8%	14.2%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	165	221	295	33.9%	33.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	220	253	281	15.0%	11.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,150	1,154	1,228	0.3%	6.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	403	398	453	-1.2%	13.8%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	501	470	612	-6.2%	30.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	644	313	372	-51.4%	18.8%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	95	84	125	-11.6%	48.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	885	779	967	-12.0%	24.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,678	1,453	1,698	-13.4%	16.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	258	206	213	-20.2%	3.4%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	738	679	818	-8.0%	20.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,359	1,153	1,349	-15.2%	17.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,795	8,857	9,329	0.7%	5.3%

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 2025

Minnesota