Labor Market Information Data Home UIS Home

Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

December 2025

	Minnesota	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	31,453	37,696	38,659	19.8%	2.6%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	413	425	474	2.9%	11.5%
21	Mining	376	419	484	11.4%	15.5%
22	Utilities	230	312	337	35.7%	8.0%
23	Construction	12,666	15,905	16,849	25.6%	5.9%
31	Manufacturing	3,246	3,950	3,254	21.7%	-17.6%
42	Wholesale Trade	734	1,035	954	41.0%	-7.8%
44	Retail Trade	1,600	1,618	1,711	1.1%	5.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	1,109	1,640	1,825	47.9%	11.3%
51	Information	280	277	305	-1.1%	10.1%
52	Finance and Insurance	366	323	402	-11.7%	24.5%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	318	272	298	-14.5%	9.6%
54	Professional and Technical Services	1,169	1,273	1,426	8.9%	12.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	580	734	600	26.6%	-18.3%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	2,516	2,743	2,825	9.0%	3.0%
61	Educational Services	734	1,042	889	42.0%	-14.7%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	1,653	1,561	1,873	-5.6%	20.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	328	413	387	25.9%	-6.3%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	1,434	1,691	1,678	17.9%	-0.8%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	819	955	1,004	16.6%	5.1%
92	Public Administration	512	632	658	23.4%	4.1%
99	Unclassified	368	475	425	29.1%	-10.5%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	1,021	1,057	1,225	3.5%	15.9%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	532	452	483	-15.0%	6.9%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	318	346	387	8.8%	11.8%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	204	215	215	5.4%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	60	43	65	-28.3%	51.2%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	142	150	205	5.6%	36.7%
230000	Legal Occupations	67	44	66	-34.3%	50.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	610	826	798	35.4%	-3.4%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	272	313	318	15.1%	1.6%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	305	226	294	-25.9%	30.1%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	645	624	691	-3.3%	10.7%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	129	142	148	10.1%	4.2%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	1,401	1,738	1,726	24.1%	-0.7%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	1,183	1,309	1,371	10.7%	4.7%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	183	166	207	-9.3%	24.7%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	1,130	1,101	1,161	-2.6%	5.4%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	1,098	1,159	1,218	5.6%	5.1%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	560	638	665	13.9%	4.2%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	13,139	16,473	17,213	25.4%	4.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	713	890	831	24.8%	-6.6%
510000	Production Occupations	2,057	2,511	1,938	22.1%	-22.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	2,314	3,224	3,433	39.3%	6.5%
550000	Military Specific Occupations	30	14	11	-53.3%	-21.4%
990000	Unknown	3,340	4,035	3,990	20.8%	-1.1%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	2,603	3,023	2,982	16.1%	-1.4%
	12 years	14,965	18,676	19,130	24.8%	2.4%
	13-15 years	9,689	11,716	11,863	20.9%	1.3%
	Over 15 years	4,191	4,275	4,674	2.0%	9.3%
	Info. not available			10	0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	24,003	29,131	30,020	21.4%	3.1%
	Female	7,449	8,564	8,638	15.0%	0.9%
	Unspecified				0.0%	0.0%
Age
	Under age 22	1,833	2,152	2,329	17.4%	8.2%
	Age 22 to 29	6,389	7,362	7,874	15.2%	7.0%
	Age 30 to 39	7,502	9,233	9,375	23.1%	1.5%
	Age 40 to 49	6,415	7,979	8,159	24.4%	2.3%
	Age 50 to 59	5,441	6,372	6,368	17.1%	-0.1%
	Age 60 to 64	2,346	2,746	2,613	17.1%	-4.8%
	Age 65 and over	1,311	1,618	1,672	23.4%	3.3%
	Info. not available	216	234	269	8.3%	15.0%
Race
	White	24,587	29,660	30,191	20.6%	1.8%
	Black or African American,	2,140	2,449	2,648	14.4%	8.1%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	435	530	519	21.8%	-2.1%
	Asian	617	734	818	19.0%	11.4%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	66	72	65	9.1%	-9.7%
	Race Unknown	3,608	4,251	4,417	17.8%	3.9%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	25,928	31,061	31,889	19.8%	2.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	2,420	2,976	3,165	23.0%	6.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	3,105	3,659	3,605	17.8%	-1.5%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	1,030	1,098	807	6.6%	-26.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	659	760	727	15.3%	-4.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,850	2,414	2,323	30.5%	-3.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,229	1,585	1,536	29.0%	-3.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,396	1,721	1,689	23.3%	-1.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	814	1,059	1,081	30.1%	2.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	233	449	423	92.7%	-5.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,816	2,341	2,381	28.9%	1.7%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,074	3,832	4,009	24.7%	4.6%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	880	1,186	760	34.8%	-35.9%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,561	1,911	1,973	22.4%	3.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,631	3,101	3,414	17.9%	10.1%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	12,651	14,104	15,422	11.5%	9.3%

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

December 2025

Minnesota