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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

July 2025

	Minnesota	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	18,812	20,465	18,628	8.8%	-9.0%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	100	84	103	-16.0%	22.6%
21	Mining	16	67	22	318.8%	-67.2%
22	Utilities	170	128	101	-24.7%	-21.1%
23	Construction	2,573	2,898	2,314	12.6%	-20.2%
31	Manufacturing	1,951	2,701	2,182	38.4%	-19.2%
42	Wholesale Trade	524	668	685	27.5%	2.5%
44	Retail Trade	1,262	1,525	1,258	20.8%	-17.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	1,373	1,261	1,197	-8.2%	-5.1%
51	Information	220	266	268	20.9%	0.8%
52	Finance and Insurance	392	358	341	-8.7%	-4.7%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	183	183	194	0.0%	6.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	1,087	940	967	-13.5%	2.9%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	544	525	460	-3.5%	-12.4%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	1,025	1,006	864	-1.9%	-14.1%
61	Educational Services	3,167	3,238	3,118	2.2%	-3.7%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	1,812	2,024	1,985	11.7%	-1.9%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	232	262	236	12.9%	-9.9%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	1,026	1,095	1,113	6.7%	1.6%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	532	553	554	3.9%	0.2%
92	Public Administration	350	371	389	6.0%	4.9%
99	Unclassified	273	312	277	14.3%	-11.2%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	1,024	1,009	992	-1.5%	-1.7%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	554	526	535	-5.1%	1.7%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	401	405	422	1.0%	4.2%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	195	295	172	51.3%	-41.7%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	42	59	72	40.5%	22.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	205	257	233	25.4%	-9.3%
230000	Legal Occupations	73	68	70	-6.8%	2.9%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	2,785	2,803	2,643	0.6%	-5.7%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	282	296	341	5.0%	15.2%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	307	292	297	-4.9%	1.7%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	642	691	741	7.6%	7.2%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	135	107	141	-20.7%	31.8%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	1,411	1,466	1,351	3.9%	-7.8%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	251	261	250	4.0%	-4.2%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	169	196	189	16.0%	-3.6%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	1,055	1,062	1,022	0.7%	-3.8%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	1,203	1,238	1,166	2.9%	-5.8%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	99	100	93	1.0%	-7.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	2,797	3,148	2,482	12.5%	-21.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	319	450	452	41.1%	0.4%
510000	Production Occupations	1,371	2,008	1,464	46.5%	-27.1%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	1,538	1,506	1,446	-2.1%	-4.0%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	1,948	2,213	2,045	13.6%	-7.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	1,004	1,100	956	9.6%	-13.1%
	12 years	6,674	7,728	6,885	15.8%	-10.9%
	13-15 years	6,727	7,109	6,290	5.7%	-11.5%
	Over 15 years	4,405	4,526	4,490	2.7%	-0.8%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	9,533	10,900	9,629	14.3%	-11.7%
	Female	9,278	9,564	8,998	3.1%	-5.9%
Age
	Under age 22	659	761	706	15.5%	-7.2%
	Age 22 to 29	3,050	3,446	3,179	13.0%	-7.7%
	Age 30 to 39	4,485	4,920	4,489	9.7%	-8.8%
	Age 40 to 49	4,089	4,551	4,138	11.3%	-9.1%
	Age 50 to 59	3,814	3,972	3,500	4.1%	-11.9%
	Age 60 to 64	1,628	1,659	1,480	1.9%	-10.8%
	Age 65 and over	942	1,014	979	7.6%	-3.5%
	Info. not available	145	142	157	-2.1%	10.6%
Race
	White	13,456	14,306	12,774	6.3%	-10.7%
	Black or African American,	2,352	2,614	2,567	11.1%	-1.8%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	272	300	266	10.3%	-11.3%
	Asian	632	763	774	20.7%	1.4%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	44	41	30	-6.8%	-26.8%
	Race Unknown	2,056	2,441	2,216	18.7%	-9.2%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	15,869	17,161	15,663	8.1%	-8.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	1,151	1,373	1,352	19.3%	-1.5%
	Ethnicity Unknown	1,792	1,931	1,613	7.8%	-16.5%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	240	656	362	173.3%	-44.8%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	325	375	350	15.4%	-6.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,058	1,004	954	-5.1%	-5.0%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	597	549	471	-8.0%	-14.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	558	524	439	-6.1%	-16.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	356	345	392	-3.1%	13.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	162	128	258	-21.0%	101.6%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	686	808	660	17.8%	-18.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,432	1,582	1,450	10.5%	-8.3%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	500	513	333	2.6%	-35.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	689	817	673	18.6%	-17.6%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,315	1,528	1,188	16.2%	-22.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,274	10,974	10,517	6.8%	-4.2%

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

July 2025

Minnesota