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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 2025

	EDR 4 - West Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	374	353	301	-5.6%	-14.7%

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	41	37	34	-9.8%	-8.1%
31	Manufacturing	57	84	49	47.4%	-41.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	10	19	11	90.0%	-42.1%
44	Retail Trade	36	30	26	-16.7%	-13.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing			15	0.0%	0.0%
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		11	13	0.0%	18.2%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	21	18		-14.3%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	42	28	31	-33.3%	10.7%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	55	40	34	-27.3%	-15.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	26	19	22	-26.9%	15.8%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	14	16	15	14.3%	-6.3%
92	Public Administration	11		11	0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	21	17	15	-19.0%	-11.8%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	10			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	45	38	33	-15.6%	-13.2%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	10			0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	25		13	0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	23	20	22	-13.0%	10.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	11			0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	27	21	22	-22.2%	4.8%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	19	23	15	21.1%	-34.8%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	49	49	36	0.0%	-26.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	16	17	13	6.3%	-23.5%
510000	Production Occupations	32	48	14	50.0%	-70.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	19	17	25	-10.5%	47.1%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	42	53	41	26.2%	-22.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	28	29	17	3.6%	-41.4%
	12 years	153	137	116	-10.5%	-15.3%
	13-15 years	140	130	108	-7.1%	-16.9%
	Over 15 years	53	57	60	7.5%	5.3%
Sex
	Male	179	194	156	8.4%	-19.6%
	Female	195	159	145	-18.5%	-8.8%
Age
	Under age 22	24	19	17	-20.8%	-10.5%
	Age 22 to 29	65	62	29	-4.6%	-53.2%
	Age 30 to 39	82	72	76	-12.2%	5.6%
	Age 40 to 49	77	80	69	3.9%	-13.8%
	Age 50 to 59	76	69	55	-9.2%	-20.3%
	Age 60 to 64	33	27	33	-18.2%	22.2%
	Age 65 and over	14	24	19	71.4%	-20.8%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	315	294	243	-6.7%	-17.3%
	Black or African American,	18	17	15	-5.6%	-11.8%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	11		13	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	26	33	25	26.9%	-24.2%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	331	291	265	-12.1%	-8.9%
	Hispanic or Latino	19	36	21	89.5%	-41.7%
	Ethnicity Unknown	24	26	15	8.3%	-42.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	162	230	201	42.0%	-12.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	204	234	188	14.7%	-19.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	932	710	690	-23.8%	-2.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	374	353	301	-5.6%	-14.7%
	Becker County	56	70	60	25.0%	-14.3%
	Clay County	62	59	63	-4.8%	6.8%
	Douglas County	87	55	58	-36.8%	5.5%
	Grant County	13			0.0%	0.0%
	Otter Tail County	122	119	78	-2.5%	-34.5%
	Pope County	16	17	13	6.3%	-23.5%
	Stevens County		10	15	0.0%	50.0%
	Traverse County				0.0%	0.0%
	Wilkin County		13		0.0%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	376	391	344	4.0%	-12.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	274	267	233	-2.6%	-12.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	81	45	89	-44.4%	97.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	516	595	494	15.3%	-17.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,206	1,186	1,045	-1.7%	-11.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	366	270	180	-26.2%	-33.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	512	563	450	10.0%	-20.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,181	1,226	920	3.8%	-25.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,749	8,706	8,227	-0.5%	-5.5%

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

August 2025

EDR 4 - West Central