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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

January 2026

	EDR 4 - West Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	891	730	666	-18.1%	-8.8%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	40	32	25	-20.0%	-21.9%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	362	243	258	-32.9%	6.2%
31	Manufacturing	110	91	75	-17.3%	-17.6%
42	Wholesale Trade	23	34	29	47.8%	-14.7%
44	Retail Trade	62	52	47	-16.1%	-9.6%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	19	18	18	-5.3%	0.0%
51	Information				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	20	27	21	35.0%	-22.2%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises			10	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	46	41	29	-10.9%	-29.3%
61	Educational Services	14	20	11	42.9%	-45.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	48	42	45	-12.5%	7.1%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	13	14	12	7.7%	-14.3%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	45	43	22	-4.4%	-48.8%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	25	17	19	-32.0%	11.8%
92	Public Administration	17	14	11	-17.6%	-21.4%
99	Unclassified	16	10	11	-37.5%	10.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	26	31	17	19.2%	-45.2%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	10	11		10.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations		10		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	16	15	15	-6.3%	0.0%
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	17	19	21	11.8%	10.5%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	45	42	29	-6.7%	-31.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	35	26	27	-25.7%	3.8%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	29	23	32	-20.7%	39.1%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	28	30	24	7.1%	-20.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	32	39	29	21.9%	-25.6%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	377	258	270	-31.6%	4.7%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	29	23	25	-20.7%	8.7%
510000	Production Occupations	73	51	43	-30.1%	-15.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	57	52	40	-8.8%	-23.1%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	82	70	61	-14.6%	-12.9%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	84	61	60	-27.4%	-1.6%
	12 years	448	348	312	-22.3%	-10.3%
	13-15 years	285	245	221	-14.0%	-9.8%
	Over 15 years	74	76	73	2.7%	-3.9%
Sex
	Male	685	542	507	-20.9%	-6.5%
	Female	206	188	159	-8.7%	-15.4%
Age
	Under age 22	86	49	37	-43.0%	-24.5%
	Age 22 to 29	170	175	148	2.9%	-15.4%
	Age 30 to 39	188	163	133	-13.3%	-18.4%
	Age 40 to 49	181	136	149	-24.9%	9.6%
	Age 50 to 59	120	106	109	-11.7%	2.8%
	Age 60 to 64	75	43	42	-42.7%	-2.3%
	Age 65 and over	59	52	38	-11.9%	-26.9%
	Info. not available	12		10	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	777	651	588	-16.2%	-9.7%
	Black or African American,	27	13	12	-51.9%	-7.7%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	27	21	17	-22.2%	-19.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	59	42	46	-28.8%	9.5%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	780	640	580	-17.9%	-9.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	32	32	35	0.0%	9.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	79	58	51	-26.6%	-12.1%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	541	408	361	-24.6%	-11.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	421	368	401	-12.6%	9.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,814	1,568	1,580	-13.6%	0.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	891	730	666	-18.1%	-8.8%
	Becker County	187	125	139	-33.2%	11.2%
	Clay County	151	134	98	-11.3%	-26.9%
	Douglas County	157	153	130	-2.5%	-15.0%
	Grant County	27	30	26	11.1%	-13.3%
	Otter Tail County	282	235	216	-16.7%	-8.1%
	Pope County	42	30	27	-28.6%	-10.0%
	Stevens County	18	14	15	-22.2%	7.1%
	Traverse County	16			0.0%	0.0%
	Wilkin County	11		13	0.0%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,055	905	842	-14.2%	-7.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	657	516	472	-21.5%	-8.5%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	180	182	161	1.1%	-11.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,621	1,249	1,275	-22.9%	2.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,689	2,360	2,316	-12.2%	-1.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	459	467	367	1.7%	-21.4%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,360	1,137	1,098	-16.4%	-3.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,300	2,008	1,972	-12.7%	-1.8%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	13,061	11,965	12,560	-8.4%	5.0%

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

January 2026

EDR 4 - West Central