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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

May 2025

	Minnesota	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	15,867	20,332	18,933	28.1%	-6.9%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	67	74	79	10.4%	6.8%
21	Mining	27	17	414	-37.0%	2,335.3%
22	Utilities	78	74	70	-5.1%	-5.4%
23	Construction	2,333	3,200	2,823	37.2%	-11.8%
31	Manufacturing	1,622	1,910	1,730	17.8%	-9.4%
42	Wholesale Trade	480	540	643	12.5%	19.1%
44	Retail Trade	1,275	1,296	1,219	1.6%	-5.9%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	780	1,109	879	42.2%	-20.7%
51	Information	252	272	237	7.9%	-12.9%
52	Finance and Insurance	395	409	348	3.5%	-14.9%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	182	166	181	-8.8%	9.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	1,223	1,130	1,072	-7.6%	-5.1%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	366	307	390	-16.1%	27.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	934	938	866	0.4%	-7.7%
61	Educational Services	1,827	4,439	3,424	143.0%	-22.9%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	1,580	1,700	1,778	7.6%	4.6%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	174	221	221	27.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	1,186	1,296	1,255	9.3%	-3.2%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	645	658	733	2.0%	11.4%
92	Public Administration	229	274	314	19.7%	14.6%
99	Unclassified	212	302	257	42.5%	-14.9%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	995	974	966	-2.1%	-0.8%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	637	581	604	-8.8%	4.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	482	405	394	-16.0%	-2.7%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	164	181	156	10.4%	-13.8%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	39	49	77	25.6%	57.1%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	138	168	227	21.7%	35.1%
230000	Legal Occupations	76	60	64	-21.1%	6.7%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	1,758	3,684	2,920	109.6%	-20.7%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	295	294	340	-0.3%	15.6%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	289	283	268	-2.1%	-5.3%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	620	680	656	9.7%	-3.5%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	79	113	110	43.0%	-2.7%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	1,255	1,819	1,623	44.9%	-10.8%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	236	280	253	18.6%	-9.6%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	188	172	167	-8.5%	-2.9%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	962	984	996	2.3%	1.2%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	1,086	1,117	1,058	2.9%	-5.3%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	81	96	94	18.5%	-2.1%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	2,561	3,399	3,109	32.7%	-8.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	330	406	502	23.0%	23.6%
510000	Production Occupations	1,111	1,275	1,255	14.8%	-1.6%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	711	1,308	1,098	84.0%	-16.1%
550000	Military Specific Occupations		10		0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	1,768	1,994	1,988	12.8%	-0.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	854	1,053	938	23.3%	-10.9%
	12 years	5,705	7,951	7,190	39.4%	-9.6%
	13-15 years	5,621	7,235	6,815	28.7%	-5.8%
	Over 15 years	3,685	4,089	3,988	11.0%	-2.5%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	8,292	10,154	9,777	22.5%	-3.7%
	Female	7,574	10,177	9,152	34.4%	-10.1%
	Unspecified				0.0%	0.0%
Age
	Under age 22	609	681	666	11.8%	-2.2%
	Age 22 to 29	2,916	3,433	3,237	17.7%	-5.7%
	Age 30 to 39	4,002	5,056	4,677	26.3%	-7.5%
	Age 40 to 49	3,354	4,248	4,131	26.7%	-2.8%
	Age 50 to 59	2,924	3,931	3,499	34.4%	-11.0%
	Age 60 to 64	1,316	1,769	1,589	34.4%	-10.2%
	Age 65 and over	652	1,042	992	59.8%	-4.8%
	Info. not available	94	172	142	83.0%	-17.4%
Race
	White	11,372	14,993	13,855	31.8%	-7.6%
	Black or African American,	1,898	2,147	1,967	13.1%	-8.4%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	218	315	331	44.5%	5.1%
	Asian	577	632	565	9.5%	-10.6%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	43	48	43	11.6%	-10.4%
	Race Unknown	1,759	2,196	2,172	24.8%	-1.1%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	13,455	17,226	15,978	28.0%	-7.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	931	1,253	1,223	34.6%	-2.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	1,481	1,853	1,732	25.1%	-6.5%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	301	701	734	132.9%	4.7%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	309	490	435	58.6%	-11.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,083	1,286	1,649	18.7%	28.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	514	920	808	79.0%	-12.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	491	678	597	38.1%	-11.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	306	638	491	108.5%	-23.0%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	103	237	212	130.1%	-10.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	498	772	606	55.0%	-21.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,256	1,665	1,394	32.6%	-16.3%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	358	513	529	43.3%	3.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	721	1,056	892	46.5%	-15.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,191	1,648	1,407	38.4%	-14.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,094	9,034	8,438	11.6%	-6.6%

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

May 2025

Minnesota