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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

June 2025

	Minnesota	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	32,649	36,405	39,819	11.5%	9.4%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	96	98	89	2.1%	-9.2%
21	Mining	14	23	79	64.3%	243.5%
22	Utilities	85	97	99	14.1%	2.1%
23	Construction	2,028	2,822	2,396	39.2%	-15.1%
31	Manufacturing	1,988	2,200	2,060	10.7%	-6.4%
42	Wholesale Trade	539	590	629	9.5%	6.6%
44	Retail Trade	1,549	1,489	1,563	-3.9%	5.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	2,744	3,493	4,005	27.3%	14.7%
51	Information	259	277	287	6.9%	3.6%
52	Finance and Insurance	392	374	371	-4.6%	-0.8%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	225	191	234	-15.1%	22.5%
54	Professional and Technical Services	1,104	915	1,030	-17.1%	12.6%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	428	417	607	-2.6%	45.6%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	1,133	1,188	1,285	4.9%	8.2%
61	Educational Services	14,473	16,251	18,673	12.3%	14.9%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	2,241	2,458	2,637	9.7%	7.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	286	287	350	0.3%	22.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	1,645	1,701	1,768	3.4%	3.9%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	764	792	873	3.7%	10.2%
92	Public Administration	379	406	484	7.1%	19.2%
99	Unclassified	277	336	300	21.3%	-10.7%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	995	992	1,111	-0.3%	12.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	553	464	516	-16.1%	11.2%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	460	373	439	-18.9%	17.7%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	189	179	170	-5.3%	-5.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	49	43	73	-12.2%	69.8%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	200	257	324	28.5%	26.1%
230000	Legal Occupations	67	63	84	-6.0%	33.3%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	11,833	13,018	14,905	10.0%	14.5%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	308	312	387	1.3%	24.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	429	525	575	22.4%	9.5%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	712	787	897	10.5%	14.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	114	127	184	11.4%	44.9%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	3,431	3,909	4,308	13.9%	10.2%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	290	277	242	-4.5%	-12.6%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	209	197	243	-5.7%	23.4%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	1,073	1,063	1,068	-0.9%	0.5%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	2,110	2,054	2,150	-2.7%	4.7%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	120	104	84	-13.3%	-19.2%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	2,119	2,950	2,531	39.2%	-14.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	316	405	474	28.2%	17.0%
510000	Production Occupations	1,380	1,501	1,450	8.8%	-3.4%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	3,088	4,055	4,554	31.3%	12.3%
550000	Military Specific Occupations			10	0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	2,597	2,744	3,040	5.7%	10.8%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	1,213	1,414	1,352	16.6%	-4.4%
	12 years	10,638	12,419	13,566	16.7%	9.2%
	13-15 years	13,066	14,216	15,228	8.8%	7.1%
	Over 15 years	7,731	8,352	9,666	8.0%	15.7%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	10,822	12,847	13,540	18.7%	5.4%
	Female	21,826	23,557	26,279	7.9%	11.6%
	Unspecified				0.0%	0.0%
Age
	Under age 22	829	991	1,018	19.5%	2.7%
	Age 22 to 29	4,318	4,887	5,368	13.2%	9.8%
	Age 30 to 39	6,897	7,790	8,381	12.9%	7.6%
	Age 40 to 49	7,041	7,984	8,852	13.4%	10.9%
	Age 50 to 59	7,318	7,694	8,301	5.1%	7.9%
	Age 60 to 64	3,661	3,942	4,271	7.7%	8.3%
	Age 65 and over	2,233	2,708	3,099	21.3%	14.4%
	Info. not available	352	409	529	16.2%	29.3%
Race
	White	24,767	27,328	29,535	10.3%	8.1%
	Black or African American,	3,144	3,755	4,354	19.4%	16.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	419	429	487	2.4%	13.5%
	Asian	1,021	1,170	1,308	14.6%	11.8%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	57	72	81	26.3%	12.5%
	Race Unknown	3,239	3,649	4,050	12.7%	11.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	27,912	31,103	34,108	11.4%	9.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	1,867	2,230	2,397	19.4%	7.5%
	Ethnicity Unknown	2,870	3,072	3,314	7.0%	7.9%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	543	646	595	19.0%	-7.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	567	615	689	8.5%	12.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2,022	2,060	2,244	1.9%	8.9%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	934	830	1,040	-11.1%	25.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,012	964	1,147	-4.7%	19.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	897	875	993	-2.5%	13.5%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	267	249	297	-6.7%	19.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,385	1,662	1,645	20.0%	-1.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,147	3,517	3,708	11.8%	5.4%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	1,157	984	964	-15.0%	-2.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,280	1,541	1,534	20.4%	-0.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,569	2,753	3,100	7.2%	12.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	16,217	18,971	21,127	17.0%	11.4%

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

June 2025

Minnesota