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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

September 2025

	Minnesota	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	12,693	14,880	14,382	17.2%	-3.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	64	49	69	-23.4%	40.8%
21	Mining	15	21	22	40.0%	4.8%
22	Utilities	72	83	74	15.3%	-10.8%
23	Construction	2,848	3,207	2,775	12.6%	-13.5%
31	Manufacturing	1,506	2,301	1,706	52.8%	-25.9%
42	Wholesale Trade	450	586	620	30.2%	5.8%
44	Retail Trade	1,011	1,129	1,178	11.7%	4.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	464	530	583	14.2%	10.0%
51	Information	247	283	262	14.6%	-7.4%
52	Finance and Insurance	394	342	366	-13.2%	7.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	206	161	186	-21.8%	15.5%
54	Professional and Technical Services	796	891	895	11.9%	0.4%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	352	376	412	6.8%	9.6%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	789	954	810	20.9%	-15.1%
61	Educational Services	467	502	559	7.5%	11.4%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	1,288	1,445	1,761	12.2%	21.9%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	167	184	215	10.2%	16.8%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	719	862	889	19.9%	3.1%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	408	487	483	19.4%	-0.8%
92	Public Administration	243	302	331	24.3%	9.6%
99	Unclassified	187	185	185	-1.1%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	859	980	1,032	14.1%	5.3%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	465	471	506	1.3%	7.4%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	362	368	423	1.7%	14.9%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	177	191	171	7.9%	-10.5%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	32	65	85	103.1%	30.8%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	130	158	219	21.5%	38.6%
230000	Legal Occupations	60	71	64	18.3%	-9.9%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	387	398	428	2.8%	7.5%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	231	250	225	8.2%	-10.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	229	254	232	10.9%	-8.7%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	512	576	731	12.5%	26.9%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	91	105	118	15.4%	12.4%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	716	838	889	17.0%	6.1%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	238	250	272	5.0%	8.8%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	153	159	206	3.9%	29.6%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	866	970	948	12.0%	-2.3%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	865	892	933	3.1%	4.6%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	85	95	98	11.8%	3.2%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	2,808	3,264	2,808	16.2%	-14.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	309	460	401	48.9%	-12.8%
510000	Production Occupations	1,045	1,571	1,149	50.3%	-26.9%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	565	609	673	7.8%	10.5%
550000	Military Specific Occupations	11			0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	1,496	1,877	1,762	25.5%	-6.1%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	764	918	802	20.2%	-12.6%
	12 years	4,750	5,869	5,472	23.6%	-6.8%
	13-15 years	4,322	4,904	4,685	13.5%	-4.5%
	Over 15 years	2,854	3,186	3,421	11.6%	7.4%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	7,758	9,458	8,649	21.9%	-8.6%
	Female	4,935	5,422	5,732	9.9%	5.7%
	Unspecified				0.0%	0.0%
Age
	Under age 22	517	653	604	26.3%	-7.5%
	Age 22 to 29	2,360	2,766	2,766	17.2%	0.0%
	Age 30 to 39	3,322	3,964	3,556	19.3%	-10.3%
	Age 40 to 49	2,745	3,154	3,085	14.9%	-2.2%
	Age 50 to 59	2,334	2,563	2,602	9.8%	1.5%
	Age 60 to 64	893	1,120	1,051	25.4%	-6.2%
	Age 65 and over	457	586	620	28.2%	5.8%
	Info. not available	65	74	98	13.8%	32.4%
Race
	White	8,868	10,398	9,863	17.3%	-5.1%
	Black or African American,	1,563	1,774	1,867	13.5%	5.2%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	181	224	206	23.8%	-8.0%
	Asian	458	554	607	21.0%	9.6%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	30	44	36	46.7%	-18.2%
	Race Unknown	1,593	1,885	1,802	18.3%	-4.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	10,633	12,344	11,993	16.1%	-2.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	869	1,135	1,010	30.6%	-11.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	1,191	1,401	1,379	17.6%	-1.6%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	162	216	113	33.3%	-47.7%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	169	213	164	26.0%	-23.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	782	911	853	16.5%	-6.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	285	474	382	66.3%	-19.4%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	396	421	373	6.3%	-11.4%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	242	337	261	39.3%	-22.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	71	235	208	231.0%	-11.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	513	566	522	10.3%	-7.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	974	1,235	1,027	26.8%	-16.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	287	410	383	42.9%	-6.6%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	526	556	520	5.7%	-6.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	960	976	948	1.7%	-2.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,828	7,733	8,154	13.3%	5.4%

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

September 2025

Minnesota