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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

May 2025

	EDR 4 - West Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	514	920	808	79.0%	-12.2%

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	39	66	73	69.2%	10.6%
31	Manufacturing	74	72	74	-2.7%	2.8%
42	Wholesale Trade			27	0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	31	46	28	48.4%	-39.1%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	19	50	39	163.2%	-22.0%
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	15	21	20	40.0%	-4.8%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	10	16	20	60.0%	25.0%
61	Educational Services	119	459	341	285.7%	-25.7%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	89	67	81	-24.7%	20.9%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	47	46	40	-2.1%	-13.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	18	20	22	11.1%	10.0%
92	Public Administration			11	0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified		13	10	0.0%	-23.1%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	14	19	15	35.7%	-21.1%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	12	16	12	33.3%	-25.0%
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	150	392	305	161.3%	-22.2%
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	14	20	22	42.9%	10.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	52	97	84	86.5%	-13.4%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	11		14	0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	33	39	24	18.2%	-38.5%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	31	22	31	-29.0%	40.9%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	39	69	68	76.9%	-1.4%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		14		0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	34	52	55	52.9%	5.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	33	74	77	124.2%	4.1%
990000	Unknown	46	67	56	45.7%	-16.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	24	46	42	91.7%	-8.7%
	12 years	190	358	331	88.4%	-7.5%
	13-15 years	218	389	321	78.4%	-17.5%
	Over 15 years	82	127	113	54.9%	-11.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	192	269	281	40.1%	4.5%
	Female	322	651	526	102.2%	-19.2%
Age
	Under age 22	13	23	21	76.9%	-8.7%
	Age 22 to 29	82	99	105	20.7%	6.1%
	Age 30 to 39	136	220	195	61.8%	-11.4%
	Age 40 to 49	123	219	178	78.0%	-18.7%
	Age 50 to 59	81	181	154	123.5%	-14.9%
	Age 60 to 64	51	90	85	76.5%	-5.6%
	Age 65 and over	24	71	60	195.8%	-15.5%
	Info. not available		17	10	0.0%	-41.2%
Race
	White	447	807	712	80.5%	-11.8%
	Black or African American,	19	29	19	52.6%	-34.5%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	13	21	18	61.5%	-14.3%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	32	59	54	84.4%	-8.5%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	459	811	700	76.7%	-13.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	19	47	38	147.4%	-19.1%
	Ethnicity Unknown	36	62	70	72.2%	12.9%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	301	701	734	132.9%	4.7%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	309	490	435	58.6%	-11.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,083	1,286	1,649	18.7%	28.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	514	920	808	79.0%	-12.2%
	Becker County	104	197	171	89.4%	-13.2%
	Clay County	103	197	169	91.3%	-14.2%
	Douglas County	89	106	105	19.1%	-0.9%
	Grant County	20	26	35	30.0%	34.6%
	Otter Tail County	141	278	252	97.2%	-9.4%
	Pope County	25	48	19	92.0%	-60.4%
	Stevens County		36	29	0.0%	-19.4%
	Traverse County	10	16	12	60.0%	-25.0%
	Wilkin County	13	16	16	23.1%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	491	678	597	38.1%	-11.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	306	638	491	108.5%	-23.0%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	103	237	212	130.1%	-10.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	498	772	606	55.0%	-21.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,256	1,665	1,394	32.6%	-16.3%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	358	513	529	43.3%	3.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	721	1,056	892	46.5%	-15.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,191	1,648	1,407	38.4%	-14.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,094	9,034	8,438	11.6%	-6.6%

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

May 2025

EDR 4 - West Central