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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

January 2025

	EDR 4 - West Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	678	891	730	31.4%	-18.1%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	27	40	32	48.1%	-20.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	257	362	243	40.9%	-32.9%
31	Manufacturing	56	110	91	96.4%	-17.3%
42	Wholesale Trade	29	23	34	-20.7%	47.8%
44	Retail Trade	52	62	52	19.2%	-16.1%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	26	19	18	-26.9%	-5.3%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance				0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	18	20	27	11.1%	35.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	35	46	41	31.4%	-10.9%
61	Educational Services	11	14	20	27.3%	42.9%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	44	48	42	9.1%	-12.5%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	11	13	14	18.2%	7.7%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	34	45	43	32.4%	-4.4%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	19	25	17	31.6%	-32.0%
92	Public Administration	13	17	14	30.8%	-17.6%
99	Unclassified		16	10	0.0%	-37.5%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	21	26	31	23.8%	19.2%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations		10	11	0.0%	10.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations			10	0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	12	16	15	33.3%	-6.3%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	13	12		-7.7%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	10	17	19	70.0%	11.8%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	34	45	42	32.4%	-6.7%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	31	35	26	12.9%	-25.7%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	26	29	23	11.5%	-20.7%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	20	28	30	40.0%	7.1%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	30	32	39	6.7%	21.9%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	280	377	258	34.6%	-31.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	25	29	23	16.0%	-20.7%
510000	Production Occupations	41	73	51	78.0%	-30.1%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	45	57	52	26.7%	-8.8%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	62	82	70	32.3%	-14.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	56	84	61	50.0%	-27.4%
	12 years	324	448	348	38.3%	-22.3%
	13-15 years	228	285	245	25.0%	-14.0%
	Over 15 years	70	74	76	5.7%	2.7%
Sex
	Male	519	685	542	32.0%	-20.9%
	Female	159	206	188	29.6%	-8.7%
Age
	Under age 22	52	86	49	65.4%	-43.0%
	Age 22 to 29	119	170	175	42.9%	2.9%
	Age 30 to 39	159	188	163	18.2%	-13.3%
	Age 40 to 49	122	181	136	48.4%	-24.9%
	Age 50 to 59	117	120	106	2.6%	-11.7%
	Age 60 to 64	62	75	43	21.0%	-42.7%
	Age 65 and over	40	59	52	47.5%	-11.9%
	Info. not available		12		0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	596	777	651	30.4%	-16.2%
	Black or African American,	25	27	13	8.0%	-51.9%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	14	27	21	92.9%	-22.2%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	41	59	42	43.9%	-28.8%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	604	780	640	29.1%	-17.9%
	Hispanic or Latino	21	32	32	52.4%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	53	79	58	49.1%	-26.6%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	343	541	408	57.7%	-24.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	403	421	368	4.5%	-12.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,526	1,814	1,568	18.9%	-13.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	678	891	730	31.4%	-18.1%
	Becker County	135	187	125	38.5%	-33.2%
	Clay County	105	151	134	43.8%	-11.3%
	Douglas County	135	157	153	16.3%	-2.5%
	Grant County	20	27	30	35.0%	11.1%
	Otter Tail County	231	282	235	22.1%	-16.7%
	Pope County	27	42	30	55.6%	-28.6%
	Stevens County		18	14	0.0%	-22.2%
	Traverse County		16		0.0%	0.0%
	Wilkin County	10	11		10.0%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	749	1,055	905	40.9%	-14.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	631	657	516	4.1%	-21.5%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	159	180	182	13.2%	1.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,228	1,621	1,249	32.0%	-22.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,156	2,689	2,360	24.7%	-12.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	448	459	467	2.5%	1.7%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,143	1,360	1,137	19.0%	-16.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,912	2,300	2,008	20.3%	-12.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	11,260	13,061	11,965	16.0%	-8.4%

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

January 2025

EDR 4 - West Central