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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

June 2025

	EDR 4 - West Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	934	830	1,040	-11.1%	25.3%

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	34	35	42	2.9%	20.0%
31	Manufacturing	69	93	66	34.8%	-29.0%
42	Wholesale Trade	14	13	13	-7.1%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	53	32	44	-39.6%	37.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	43	36	60	-16.3%	66.7%
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	13	22	22	69.2%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services		27	14	0.0%	-48.1%
61	Educational Services	502	388	585	-22.7%	50.8%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	79	75	67	-5.1%	-10.7%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	44	38	41	-13.6%	7.9%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	21	16	26	-23.8%	62.5%
92	Public Administration	17	15	17	-11.8%	13.3%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	15		18	0.0%	0.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations		11		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	419	340	484	-18.9%	42.4%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations		12	10	0.0%	-16.7%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	24	16	23	-33.3%	43.8%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	100	99	128	-1.0%	29.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	11	10		-9.1%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	35	28	22	-20.0%	-21.4%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	43	37	47	-14.0%	27.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	10			0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	41	40	43	-2.4%	7.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		14		0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	46	62	40	34.8%	-35.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	80	61	90	-23.8%	47.5%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	72	64	76	-11.1%	18.8%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	28	37	24	32.1%	-35.1%
	12 years	318	285	375	-10.4%	31.6%
	13-15 years	457	381	481	-16.6%	26.2%
	Over 15 years	131	127	160	-3.1%	26.0%
Sex
	Male	243	241	271	-0.8%	12.4%
	Female	690	589	769	-14.6%	30.6%
Age
	Under age 22	22	29	18	31.8%	-37.9%
	Age 22 to 29	112	109	135	-2.7%	23.9%
	Age 30 to 39	214	160	193	-25.2%	20.6%
	Age 40 to 49	204	181	249	-11.3%	37.6%
	Age 50 to 59	185	191	199	3.2%	4.2%
	Age 60 to 64	101	83	129	-17.8%	55.4%
	Age 65 and over	70	65	94	-7.1%	44.6%
	Info. not available	26	12	23	-53.8%	91.7%
Race
	White	834	753	946	-9.7%	25.6%
	Black or African American,	24	16	15	-33.3%	-6.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	25	17	27	-32.0%	58.8%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	48	41	48	-14.6%	17.1%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	847	742	939	-12.4%	26.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	30	46	44	53.3%	-4.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	57	42	57	-26.3%	35.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	543	646	595	19.0%	-7.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	567	615	689	8.5%	12.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2,022	2,060	2,244	1.9%	8.9%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	934	830	1,040	-11.1%	25.3%
	Becker County	162	129	136	-20.4%	5.4%
	Clay County	162	148	249	-8.6%	68.2%
	Douglas County	172	167	205	-2.9%	22.8%
	Grant County	42	44	42	4.8%	-4.5%
	Otter Tail County	257	242	269	-5.8%	11.2%
	Pope County	55	49	61	-10.9%	24.5%
	Stevens County	43	21	29	-51.2%	38.1%
	Traverse County	19	15	18	-21.1%	20.0%
	Wilkin County	22	15	31	-31.8%	106.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,012	964	1,147	-4.7%	19.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	897	875	993	-2.5%	13.5%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	267	249	297	-6.7%	19.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,385	1,662	1,645	20.0%	-1.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,147	3,517	3,708	11.8%	5.4%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	1,157	984	964	-15.0%	-2.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,280	1,541	1,534	20.4%	-0.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,569	2,753	3,100	7.2%	12.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	16,217	18,971	21,127	17.0%	11.4%

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

June 2025

EDR 4 - West Central