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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

October 2025

	EDR 4 - West Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	503	590	482	17.3%	-18.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting		17	14	0.0%	-17.6%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	136	140	102	2.9%	-27.1%
31	Manufacturing	79	154	60	94.9%	-61.0%
42	Wholesale Trade	16	13	15	-18.8%	15.4%
44	Retail Trade	56	40	39	-28.6%	-2.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing				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	23	23	24	0.0%	4.3%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises			10	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	27	16	25	-40.7%	56.3%
61	Educational Services		20	15	0.0%	-25.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	32	34	41	6.3%	20.6%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	17	14	12	-17.6%	-14.3%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	46	45	39	-2.2%	-13.3%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	14	19	13	35.7%	-31.6%
92	Public Administration	12	16	34	33.3%	112.5%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	21	19	28	-9.5%	47.4%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	16	11	10	-31.3%	-9.1%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations		14		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	10	23	11	130.0%	-52.2%
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	12	15	16	25.0%	6.7%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	36	41	22	13.9%	-46.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	22	31	28	40.9%	-9.7%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	31	23	28	-25.8%	21.7%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	20	34	42	70.0%	23.5%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	13	13	21	0.0%	61.5%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	119	112	97	-5.9%	-13.4%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	14	18	16	28.6%	-11.1%
510000	Production Occupations	64	101	30	57.8%	-70.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	23	41	23	78.3%	-43.9%
990000	Unknown	72	69	69	-4.2%	0.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	56	58	45	3.6%	-22.4%
	12 years	220	276	203	25.5%	-26.4%
	13-15 years	164	195	150	18.9%	-23.1%
	Over 15 years	63	61	83	-3.2%	36.1%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	317	387	289	22.1%	-25.3%
	Female	186	203	192	9.1%	-5.4%
	Unspecified				0.0%	0.0%
Age
	Under age 22	24	42	22	75.0%	-47.6%
	Age 22 to 29	74	91	84	23.0%	-7.7%
	Age 30 to 39	133	110	112	-17.3%	1.8%
	Age 40 to 49	83	136	98	63.9%	-27.9%
	Age 50 to 59	92	100	82	8.7%	-18.0%
	Age 60 to 64	63	62	39	-1.6%	-37.1%
	Age 65 and over	33	42	39	27.3%	-7.1%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	421	500	413	18.8%	-17.4%
	Black or African American,	21	14	15	-33.3%	7.1%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	14	16		14.3%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	45	58	41	28.9%	-29.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	432	484	407	12.0%	-15.9%
	Hispanic or Latino	34	46	22	35.3%	-52.2%
	Ethnicity Unknown	37	60	53	62.2%	-11.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	302	273	375	-9.6%	37.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	332	334	310	0.6%	-7.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,330	1,114	1,080	-16.2%	-3.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	503	590	482	17.3%	-18.3%
	Becker County	87	128	87	47.1%	-32.0%
	Clay County	54	74	81	37.0%	9.5%
	Douglas County	100	113	98	13.0%	-13.3%
	Grant County	15	14	11	-6.7%	-21.4%
	Otter Tail County	191	207	154	8.4%	-25.6%
	Pope County	29	30	22	3.4%	-26.7%
	Stevens County	18	15	18	-16.7%	20.0%
	Traverse County				0.0%	0.0%
	Wilkin County				0.0%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	666	679	708	2.0%	4.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	306	340	337	11.1%	-0.9%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	90	94	77	4.4%	-18.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	833	801	777	-3.8%	-3.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,421	1,480	1,410	4.2%	-4.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	226	222	272	-1.8%	22.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	643	632	592	-1.7%	-6.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,229	1,112	1,187	-9.5%	6.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,189	8,479	9,352	3.5%	10.3%

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

October 2025

EDR 4 - West Central