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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 2025

	EDR 4 - West Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	403	398	453	-1.2%	13.8%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	11	11		0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	149	99	151	-33.6%	52.5%
31	Manufacturing	39	49	61	25.6%	24.5%
42	Wholesale Trade		17	20	0.0%	17.6%
44	Retail Trade	38	38	31	0.0%	-18.4%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	12	24	14	100.0%	-41.7%
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		19	14	0.0%	-26.3%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	21	19	19	-9.5%	0.0%
61	Educational Services			10	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	30	33	31	10.0%	-6.1%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	27	34	29	25.9%	-14.7%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin		14	11	0.0%	-21.4%
92	Public Administration	10		17	0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	13		10	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations		16	30	0.0%	87.5%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				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				0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	13	15	13	15.4%	-13.3%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	29	32	29	10.3%	-9.4%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.			14	0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	20	28	18	40.0%	-35.7%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	19	33	27	73.7%	-18.2%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	15	10	16	-33.3%	60.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	157	112	154	-28.7%	37.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	10	13	14	30.0%	7.7%
510000	Production Occupations	29	29	37	0.0%	27.6%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	29	28	22	-3.4%	-21.4%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	39	41	44	5.1%	7.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	32	44	34	37.5%	-22.7%
	12 years	181	187	210	3.3%	12.3%
	13-15 years	163	122	149	-25.2%	22.1%
	Over 15 years	27	45	60	66.7%	33.3%
Sex
	Male	286	265	312	-7.3%	17.7%
	Female	117	133	141	13.7%	6.0%
Age
	Under age 22	28	20	29	-28.6%	45.0%
	Age 22 to 29	83	66	89	-20.5%	34.8%
	Age 30 to 39	95	111	101	16.8%	-9.0%
	Age 40 to 49	87	84	117	-3.4%	39.3%
	Age 50 to 59	64	64	65	0.0%	1.6%
	Age 60 to 64	25	33	31	32.0%	-6.1%
	Age 65 and over	18	14	21	-22.2%	50.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	347	330	389	-4.9%	17.9%
	Black or African American,	16	19	12	18.8%	-36.8%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	11	14	13	27.3%	-7.1%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	26	33	34	26.9%	3.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	352	343	393	-2.6%	14.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	16	24	22	50.0%	-8.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	35	31	38	-11.4%	22.6%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	165	221	295	33.9%	33.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	220	253	281	15.0%	11.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,150	1,154	1,228	0.3%	6.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	403	398	453	-1.2%	13.8%
	Becker County	79	75	89	-5.1%	18.7%
	Clay County	69	72	69	4.3%	-4.2%
	Douglas County	90	73	87	-18.9%	19.2%
	Grant County	14	17	11	21.4%	-35.3%
	Otter Tail County	117	122	150	4.3%	23.0%
	Pope County	20	16	18	-20.0%	12.5%
	Stevens County		11	13	0.0%	18.2%
	Traverse County				0.0%	0.0%
	Wilkin County			13	0.0%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	501	470	612	-6.2%	30.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	644	313	372	-51.4%	18.8%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	95	84	125	-11.6%	48.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	885	779	967	-12.0%	24.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,678	1,453	1,698	-13.4%	16.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	258	206	213	-20.2%	3.4%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	738	679	818	-8.0%	20.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,359	1,153	1,349	-15.2%	17.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,795	8,857	9,329	0.7%	5.3%

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

February 2025

EDR 4 - West Central