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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

June 2026

	Minnesota	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	36,405	39,819	38,450	9.4%	-3.4%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	98	89	87	-9.2%	-2.2%
21	Mining	23	79	27	243.5%	-65.8%
22	Utilities	97	99	113	2.1%	14.1%
23	Construction	2,822	2,396	2,330	-15.1%	-2.8%
31	Manufacturing	2,200	2,060	1,464	-6.4%	-28.9%
42	Wholesale Trade	590	629	626	6.6%	-0.5%
44	Retail Trade	1,489	1,563	1,292	5.0%	-17.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	3,493	4,005	4,024	14.7%	0.5%
51	Information	277	287	246	3.6%	-14.3%
52	Finance and Insurance	374	371	343	-0.8%	-7.5%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	191	234	204	22.5%	-12.8%
54	Professional and Technical Services	915	1,030	1,035	12.6%	0.5%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	417	607	409	45.6%	-32.6%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	1,188	1,285	1,207	8.2%	-6.1%
61	Educational Services	16,251	18,673	18,581	14.9%	-0.5%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	2,458	2,637	2,938	7.3%	11.4%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	287	350	336	22.0%	-4.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	1,701	1,768	1,740	3.9%	-1.6%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	792	873	780	10.2%	-10.7%
92	Public Administration	406	484	427	19.2%	-11.8%
99	Unclassified	336	300	241	-10.7%	-19.7%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	992	1,111	1,035	12.0%	-6.8%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	464	516	596	11.2%	15.5%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	373	439	423	17.7%	-3.6%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	179	170	141	-5.0%	-17.1%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	43	73	60	69.8%	-17.8%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	257	324	327	26.1%	0.9%
230000	Legal Occupations	63	84	63	33.3%	-25.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	13,018	14,905	14,720	14.5%	-1.2%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	312	387	296	24.0%	-23.5%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	525	575	628	9.5%	9.2%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	787	897	1,027	14.0%	14.5%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	127	184	162	44.9%	-12.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	3,909	4,308	4,205	10.2%	-2.4%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	277	242	269	-12.6%	11.2%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	197	243	240	23.4%	-1.2%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	1,063	1,068	929	0.5%	-13.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	2,054	2,150	2,086	4.7%	-3.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	104	84	92	-19.2%	9.5%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	2,950	2,531	2,409	-14.2%	-4.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	405	474	358	17.0%	-24.5%
510000	Production Occupations	1,501	1,450	984	-3.4%	-32.1%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	4,055	4,554	4,474	12.3%	-1.8%
550000	Military Specific Occupations		10		0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	2,744	3,040	2,918	10.8%	-4.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	1,414	1,352	1,260	-4.4%	-6.8%
	12 years	12,419	13,566	13,050	9.2%	-3.8%
	13-15 years	14,216	15,228	14,611	7.1%	-4.1%
	Over 15 years	8,352	9,666	9,528	15.7%	-1.4%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	12,847	13,540	12,741	5.4%	-5.9%
	Female	23,557	26,279	25,708	11.6%	-2.2%
	Unspecified				0.0%	0.0%
Age
	Under age 22	991	1,018	974	2.7%	-4.3%
	Age 22 to 29	4,887	5,368	5,297	9.8%	-1.3%
	Age 30 to 39	7,790	8,381	7,856	7.6%	-6.3%
	Age 40 to 49	7,984	8,852	8,841	10.9%	-0.1%
	Age 50 to 59	7,694	8,301	7,807	7.9%	-6.0%
	Age 60 to 64	3,942	4,271	3,873	8.3%	-9.3%
	Age 65 and over	2,708	3,099	3,157	14.4%	1.9%
	Info. not available	409	529	645	29.3%	21.9%
Race
	White	27,328	29,535	27,894	8.1%	-5.6%
	Black or African American,	3,755	4,354	4,552	16.0%	4.5%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	429	487	502	13.5%	3.1%
	Asian	1,170	1,308	1,393	11.8%	6.5%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	72	81	67	12.5%	-17.3%
	Race Unknown	3,649	4,050	4,039	11.0%	-0.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	31,103	34,108	32,897	9.7%	-3.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	2,230	2,397	2,367	7.5%	-1.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	3,072	3,314	3,186	7.9%	-3.9%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	646	595	514	-7.9%	-13.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	615	689	638	12.0%	-7.4%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2,060	2,244	2,267	8.9%	1.0%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	830	1,040	955	25.3%	-8.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	964	1,147	984	19.0%	-14.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	875	993	954	13.5%	-3.9%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	249	297	381	19.3%	28.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,662	1,645	1,637	-1.0%	-0.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,517	3,708	3,500	5.4%	-5.6%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	984	964	713	-2.0%	-26.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,541	1,534	1,351	-0.5%	-11.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,753	3,100	2,896	12.6%	-6.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	18,971	21,127	20,970	11.4%	-0.7%

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 2026

Minnesota