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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

July 2025

	EDR 4 - West Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	597	549	471	-8.0%	-14.2%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	11			0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	45	46	53	2.2%	15.2%
31	Manufacturing	194	157	109	-19.1%	-30.6%
42	Wholesale Trade		19	15	0.0%	-21.1%
44	Retail Trade	47	45	35	-4.3%	-22.2%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	18	18	18	0.0%	0.0%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance			13	0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	11	13	13	18.2%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	19	17	14	-10.5%	-17.6%
61	Educational Services	101	73	79	-27.7%	8.2%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	49	69	54	40.8%	-21.7%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	28	24	20	-14.3%	-16.7%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	23	14	14	-39.1%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	10	13	11	30.0%	-15.4%
99	Unclassified	12	14		16.7%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	18	16	14	-11.1%	-12.5%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	12			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	109	79	80	-27.5%	1.3%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	10	16		60.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	12	14	18	16.7%	28.6%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	47	31	31	-34.0%	0.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.		10	11	0.0%	10.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	20	30	27	50.0%	-10.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	26	31	23	19.2%	-25.8%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	49	47	54	-4.1%	14.9%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		11	12	0.0%	9.1%
510000	Production Occupations	134	114	64	-14.9%	-43.9%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	36	34	33	-5.6%	-2.9%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	77	76	60	-1.3%	-21.1%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	36	32	35	-11.1%	9.4%
	12 years	243	233	176	-4.1%	-24.5%
	13-15 years	233	221	189	-5.2%	-14.5%
	Over 15 years	85	63	71	-25.9%	12.7%
Sex
	Male	280	267	230	-4.6%	-13.9%
	Female	317	282	241	-11.0%	-14.5%
Age
	Under age 22	26	22	12	-15.4%	-45.5%
	Age 22 to 29	78	86	63	10.3%	-26.7%
	Age 30 to 39	121	119	93	-1.7%	-21.8%
	Age 40 to 49	130	131	125	0.8%	-4.6%
	Age 50 to 59	128	104	108	-18.8%	3.8%
	Age 60 to 64	73	51	38	-30.1%	-25.5%
	Age 65 and over	37	30	29	-18.9%	-3.3%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	535	480	411	-10.3%	-14.4%
	Black or African American,		14	16	0.0%	14.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	10	14		40.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	40	40	35	0.0%	-12.5%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	525	476	409	-9.3%	-14.1%
	Hispanic or Latino	19	28	24	47.4%	-14.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	53	45	38	-15.1%	-15.6%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	240	656	362	173.3%	-44.8%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	325	375	350	15.4%	-6.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,058	1,004	954	-5.1%	-5.0%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	597	549	471	-8.0%	-14.2%
	Becker County	108	126	77	16.7%	-38.9%
	Clay County	64	91	85	42.2%	-6.6%
	Douglas County	112	78	92	-30.4%	17.9%
	Grant County	15	13	16	-13.3%	23.1%
	Otter Tail County	248	193	142	-22.2%	-26.4%
	Pope County	27	23	28	-14.8%	21.7%
	Stevens County	11		22	0.0%	0.0%
	Traverse County				0.0%	0.0%
	Wilkin County				0.0%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	558	524	439	-6.1%	-16.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	356	345	392	-3.1%	13.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	162	128	258	-21.0%	101.6%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	686	808	660	17.8%	-18.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,432	1,582	1,450	10.5%	-8.3%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	500	513	333	2.6%	-35.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	689	817	673	18.6%	-17.6%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,315	1,528	1,188	16.2%	-22.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,274	10,974	10,517	6.8%	-4.2%

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

July 2025

EDR 4 - West Central