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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2025

	EDR 4 - West Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	564	338	404	-40.1%	19.5%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	100	57	83	-43.0%	45.6%
31	Manufacturing	134	48	76	-64.2%	58.3%
42	Wholesale Trade	24	15	16	-37.5%	6.7%
44	Retail Trade	38	28	38	-26.3%	35.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	18	18	20	0.0%	11.1%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	16	10		-37.5%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	24	13	24	-45.8%	84.6%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	28	10	15	-64.3%	50.0%
61	Educational Services	18	12	10	-33.3%	-16.7%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	66	45	39	-31.8%	-13.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	35	41	25	17.1%	-39.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	18			0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	15	12		-20.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified			18	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	87	18	11	-79.3%	-38.9%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	10		15	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	12	11		-8.3%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	15		12	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	13	12	20	-7.7%	66.7%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	35	33	20	-5.7%	-39.4%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.			12	0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	42	23	27	-45.2%	17.4%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	42	21	25	-50.0%	19.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	130	65	70	-50.0%	7.7%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations			15	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	64	25	62	-60.9%	148.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	28	29	33	3.6%	13.8%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	40	40	49	0.0%	22.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	37	21	30	-43.2%	42.9%
	12 years	242	151	176	-37.6%	16.6%
	13-15 years	242	117	145	-51.7%	23.9%
	Over 15 years	43	49	52	14.0%	6.1%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	343	207	233	-39.7%	12.6%
	Female	221	131	171	-40.7%	30.5%
Age
	Under age 22	23	15	18	-34.8%	20.0%
	Age 22 to 29	86	52	67	-39.5%	28.8%
	Age 30 to 39	173	89	106	-48.6%	19.1%
	Age 40 to 49	111	83	83	-25.2%	0.0%
	Age 50 to 59	94	67	71	-28.7%	6.0%
	Age 60 to 64	44	16	34	-63.6%	112.5%
	Age 65 and over	27	13	23	-51.9%	76.9%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	487	280	330	-42.5%	17.9%
	Black or African American,		24	14	0.0%	-41.7%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	13		16	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	52	25	37	-51.9%	48.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	494	296	343	-40.1%	15.9%
	Hispanic or Latino	22	15	23	-31.8%	53.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	48	27	38	-43.8%	40.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	262	249	257	-5.0%	3.2%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	274	198	213	-27.7%	7.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,157	1,112	1,004	-3.9%	-9.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	564	338	404	-40.1%	19.5%
	Becker County	111	56	80	-49.5%	42.9%
	Clay County	131	67	81	-48.9%	20.9%
	Douglas County	100	49	64	-51.0%	30.6%
	Grant County		12	15	0.0%	25.0%
	Otter Tail County	155	100	127	-35.5%	27.0%
	Pope County	26	24	17	-7.7%	-29.2%
	Stevens County	14	16	10	14.3%	-37.5%
	Traverse County				0.0%	0.0%
	Wilkin County	21	10		-52.4%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	489	459	344	-6.1%	-25.1%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	355	341	275	-3.9%	-19.4%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	171	90	86	-47.4%	-4.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	651	701	602	7.7%	-14.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,314	1,302	1,170	-0.9%	-10.1%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	254	191	193	-24.8%	1.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	600	639	559	6.5%	-12.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,091	1,133	1,100	3.8%	-2.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,353	8,539	8,586	2.2%	0.6%

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

April 2025

EDR 4 - West Central