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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

December 2025

	EDR 4 - West Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,229	1,585	1,536	29.0%	-3.1%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	36	33	39	-8.3%	18.2%
21	Mining	35	21	41	-40.0%	95.2%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	550	700	734	27.3%	4.9%
31	Manufacturing	154	241	208	56.5%	-13.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	35	63	61	80.0%	-3.2%
44	Retail Trade	57	59	53	3.5%	-10.2%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	38	53	35	39.5%	-34.0%
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	51	42	49	-17.6%	16.7%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	50	74	66	48.0%	-10.8%
61	Educational Services	19	46	24	142.1%	-47.8%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	58	65	63	12.1%	-3.1%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation		17	17	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	48	57	39	18.8%	-31.6%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	28	34	38	21.4%	11.8%
92	Public Administration	17	22	23	29.4%	4.5%
99	Unclassified	18	22	16	22.2%	-27.3%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	28	31	35	10.7%	12.9%
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			12	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	34	49	38	44.1%	-22.4%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	12			0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	13	22	20	69.2%	-9.1%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	45	67	43	48.9%	-35.8%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	27	38	57	40.7%	50.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	30	25	26	-16.7%	4.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	25	37	14	48.0%	-62.2%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	41	42	45	2.4%	7.1%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	578	707	724	22.3%	2.4%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	29	46	40	58.6%	-13.0%
510000	Production Occupations	84	165	141	96.4%	-14.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	123	140	151	13.8%	7.9%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	115	173	155	50.4%	-10.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	111	149	140	34.2%	-6.0%
	12 years	639	830	780	29.9%	-6.0%
	13-15 years	386	503	519	30.3%	3.2%
	Over 15 years	93	103	97	10.8%	-5.8%
Sex
	Male	1,004	1,268	1,259	26.3%	-0.7%
	Female	225	317	277	40.9%	-12.6%
Age
	Under age 22	84	106	101	26.2%	-4.7%
	Age 22 to 29	211	303	294	43.6%	-3.0%
	Age 30 to 39	262	346	343	32.1%	-0.9%
	Age 40 to 49	250	336	311	34.4%	-7.4%
	Age 50 to 59	197	242	245	22.8%	1.2%
	Age 60 to 64	123	135	127	9.8%	-5.9%
	Age 65 and over	86	90	94	4.7%	4.4%
	Info. not available	16	27	21	68.8%	-22.2%
Race
	White	1,108	1,394	1,384	25.8%	-0.7%
	Black or African American,	16	34	19	112.5%	-44.1%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	25	31	25	24.0%	-19.4%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	76	117	101	53.9%	-13.7%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,080	1,372	1,334	27.0%	-2.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	48	78	82	62.5%	5.1%
	Ethnicity Unknown	101	135	120	33.7%	-11.1%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	1,030	1,098	807	6.6%	-26.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	659	760	727	15.3%	-4.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,850	2,414	2,323	30.5%	-3.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,229	1,585	1,536	29.0%	-3.1%
	Becker County	281	325	326	15.7%	0.3%
	Clay County	163	190	206	16.6%	8.4%
	Douglas County	181	222	226	22.7%	1.8%
	Grant County	42	47	50	11.9%	6.4%
	Otter Tail County	451	613	562	35.9%	-8.3%
	Pope County	51	78	79	52.9%	1.3%
	Stevens County	34	74	52	117.6%	-29.7%
	Traverse County		15	14	0.0%	-6.7%
	Wilkin County	17	21	21	23.5%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,396	1,721	1,689	23.3%	-1.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	814	1,059	1,081	30.1%	2.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	233	449	423	92.7%	-5.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,816	2,341	2,381	28.9%	1.7%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,074	3,832	4,009	24.7%	4.6%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	880	1,186	760	34.8%	-35.9%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,561	1,911	1,973	22.4%	3.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,631	3,101	3,414	17.9%	10.1%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	12,651	14,104	15,422	11.5%	9.3%

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

December 2025

EDR 4 - West Central