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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

November 2025

	EDR 4 - West Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,358	1,341	1,063	-1.3%	-20.7%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	50	27	30	-46.0%	11.1%
21	Mining	27	36	14	33.3%	-61.1%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	605	613	499	1.3%	-18.6%
31	Manufacturing	150	133	101	-11.3%	-24.1%
42	Wholesale Trade	26	34	18	30.8%	-47.1%
44	Retail Trade	81	44	61	-45.7%	38.6%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	30	34	15	13.3%	-55.9%
51	Information			10	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance		10		0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	52	57	38	9.6%	-33.3%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	71	79	59	11.3%	-25.3%
61	Educational Services	17		12	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	50	43	36	-14.0%	-16.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	30	34	35	13.3%	2.9%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	68	80	55	17.6%	-31.3%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	36	40	28	11.1%	-30.0%
92	Public Administration	27	37	26	37.0%	-29.7%
99	Unclassified	11	13		18.2%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	37	45	37	21.6%	-17.8%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	13			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	15			0.0%	0.0%
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	15	11	14	-26.7%	27.3%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	59	65	56	10.2%	-13.8%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	65	79	57	21.5%	-27.8%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	11			0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	40	28	34	-30.0%	21.4%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	33	34	32	3.0%	-5.9%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	50	43	28	-14.0%	-34.9%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	587	594	484	1.2%	-18.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	30	41	29	36.7%	-29.3%
510000	Production Occupations	75	60	47	-20.0%	-21.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	141	142	96	0.7%	-32.4%
990000	Unknown	155	144	113	-7.1%	-21.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	151	162	99	7.3%	-38.9%
	12 years	690	675	550	-2.2%	-18.5%
	13-15 years	407	407	320	0.0%	-21.4%
	Over 15 years	109	97	94	-11.0%	-3.1%
Sex
	Male	1,078	1,111	849	3.1%	-23.6%
	Female	280	230	214	-17.9%	-7.0%
Age
	Under age 22	95	100	74	5.3%	-26.0%
	Age 22 to 29	230	239	187	3.9%	-21.8%
	Age 30 to 39	274	258	209	-5.8%	-19.0%
	Age 40 to 49	260	268	201	3.1%	-25.0%
	Age 50 to 59	240	246	174	2.5%	-29.3%
	Age 60 to 64	137	118	98	-13.9%	-16.9%
	Age 65 and over	102	92	98	-9.8%	6.5%
	Info. not available	20	20	22	0.0%	10.0%
Race
	White	1,196	1,204	932	0.7%	-22.6%
	Black or African American,	20	22	10	10.0%	-54.5%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	44	29	36	-34.1%	24.1%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	96	78	79	-18.8%	1.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,169	1,184	912	1.3%	-23.0%
	Hispanic or Latino	73	64	52	-12.3%	-18.8%
	Ethnicity Unknown	116	93	99	-19.8%	6.5%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	621	965	487	55.4%	-49.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	763	769	607	0.8%	-21.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2,410	2,154	2,001	-10.6%	-7.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,358	1,341	1,063	-1.3%	-20.7%
	Becker County	280	271	213	-3.2%	-21.4%
	Clay County	181	201	165	11.0%	-17.9%
	Douglas County	231	212	163	-8.2%	-23.1%
	Grant County	60	58	37	-3.3%	-36.2%
	Otter Tail County	423	436	375	3.1%	-14.0%
	Pope County	81	60	40	-25.9%	-33.3%
	Stevens County	66	65	38	-1.5%	-41.5%
	Traverse County	18	16		-11.1%	0.0%
	Wilkin County	18	22	26	22.2%	18.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,668	1,631	1,483	-2.2%	-9.1%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	984	810	695	-17.7%	-14.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	218	272	188	24.8%	-30.9%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,868	1,796	1,671	-3.9%	-7.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,999	2,819	2,659	-6.0%	-5.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	454	474	378	4.4%	-20.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,423	1,431	1,170	0.6%	-18.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,297	2,275	1,933	-1.0%	-15.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	12,293	11,094	10,888	-9.8%	-1.9%

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

November 2025

EDR 4 - West Central