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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

September 2025

	EDR 4 - West Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	285	474	382	66.3%	-19.4%

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	48	44	62	-8.3%	40.9%
31	Manufacturing	49	199	54	306.1%	-72.9%
42	Wholesale Trade		13	23	0.0%	76.9%
44	Retail Trade	30	36	36	20.0%	0.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing		12	10	0.0%	-16.7%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	11			0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services		10	24	0.0%	140.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	15	17	14	13.3%	-17.6%
61	Educational Services	19	19	21	0.0%	10.5%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	27	42	37	55.6%	-11.9%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	21	32	47	52.4%	46.9%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	13	11		-15.4%	0.0%
92	Public Administration		16	10	0.0%	-37.5%
99	Unclassified	12			0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	24	22	19	-8.3%	-13.6%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations		12		0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations			10	0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering 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	15	13	13	-13.3%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	11	13	10	18.2%	-23.1%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations		11	14	0.0%	27.3%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	14	33	53	135.7%	60.6%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.		12	14	0.0%	16.7%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	20	29	26	45.0%	-10.3%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	16	25	20	56.3%	-20.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	40	45	60	12.5%	33.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	10	20	11	100.0%	-45.0%
510000	Production Occupations	30	132	32	340.0%	-75.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	18	21	24	16.7%	14.3%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	46	57	37	23.9%	-35.1%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	24	46	25	91.7%	-45.7%
	12 years	107	207	159	93.5%	-23.2%
	13-15 years	113	164	144	45.1%	-12.2%
	Over 15 years	41	57	54	39.0%	-5.3%
Sex
	Male	153	270	230	76.5%	-14.8%
	Female	132	204	152	54.5%	-25.5%
Age
	Under age 22		26	16	0.0%	-38.5%
	Age 22 to 29	44	70	51	59.1%	-27.1%
	Age 30 to 39	73	116	85	58.9%	-26.7%
	Age 40 to 49	61	106	86	73.8%	-18.9%
	Age 50 to 59	62	91	73	46.8%	-19.8%
	Age 60 to 64	25	37	34	48.0%	-8.1%
	Age 65 and over	12	25	29	108.3%	16.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	241	388	318	61.0%	-18.0%
	Black or African American,	16	18	20	12.5%	11.1%
	American Indian or Alaska Native		17	10	0.0%	-41.2%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	23	46	32	100.0%	-30.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	255	407	336	59.6%	-17.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	10	34	16	240.0%	-52.9%
	Ethnicity Unknown	20	33	30	65.0%	-9.1%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	162	216	113	33.3%	-47.7%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	169	213	164	26.0%	-23.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	782	911	853	16.5%	-6.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	285	474	382	66.3%	-19.4%
	Becker County	53	129	54	143.4%	-58.1%
	Clay County	45	60	70	33.3%	16.7%
	Douglas County	63	71	71	12.7%	0.0%
	Grant County			15	0.0%	0.0%
	Otter Tail County	87	144	115	65.5%	-20.1%
	Pope County	13	19	26	46.2%	36.8%
	Stevens County	10	31	23	210.0%	-25.8%
	Traverse County				0.0%	0.0%
	Wilkin County				0.0%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	396	421	373	6.3%	-11.4%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	242	337	261	39.3%	-22.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	71	235	208	231.0%	-11.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	513	566	522	10.3%	-7.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	974	1,235	1,027	26.8%	-16.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	287	410	383	42.9%	-6.6%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	526	556	520	5.7%	-6.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	960	976	948	1.7%	-2.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,828	7,733	8,154	13.3%	5.4%

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

September 2025

EDR 4 - West Central