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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 2026

	EDR 4 - West Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	398	453	379	13.8%	-16.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	11		10	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	99	151	104	52.5%	-31.1%
31	Manufacturing	49	61	53	24.5%	-13.1%
42	Wholesale Trade	17	20	12	17.6%	-40.0%
44	Retail Trade	38	31	29	-18.4%	-6.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	24	14		-41.7%	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	19	14	15	-26.3%	7.1%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	19	19	20	0.0%	5.3%
61	Educational Services		10		0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	33	31	32	-6.1%	3.2%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	34	29	35	-14.7%	20.7%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	14	11	10	-21.4%	-9.1%
92	Public Administration		17		0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified		10		0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	16	30	17	87.5%	-43.3%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations				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				0.0%	0.0%
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	15	13	12	-13.3%	-7.7%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	32	29	36	-9.4%	24.1%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.		14	13	0.0%	-7.1%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	28	18	24	-35.7%	33.3%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	33	27	20	-18.2%	-25.9%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	10	16		60.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	112	154	113	37.5%	-26.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	13	14		7.7%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	29	37	37	27.6%	0.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	28	22	21	-21.4%	-4.5%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	41	44	42	7.3%	-4.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	44	34	26	-22.7%	-23.5%
	12 years	187	210	178	12.3%	-15.2%
	13-15 years	122	149	131	22.1%	-12.1%
	Over 15 years	45	60	44	33.3%	-26.7%
Sex
	Male	265	312	254	17.7%	-18.6%
	Female	133	141	125	6.0%	-11.3%
Age
	Under age 22	20	29	20	45.0%	-31.0%
	Age 22 to 29	66	89	65	34.8%	-27.0%
	Age 30 to 39	111	101	85	-9.0%	-15.8%
	Age 40 to 49	84	117	76	39.3%	-35.0%
	Age 50 to 59	64	65	70	1.6%	7.7%
	Age 60 to 64	33	31	24	-6.1%	-22.6%
	Age 65 and over	14	21	34	50.0%	61.9%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	330	389	311	17.9%	-20.1%
	Black or African American,	19	12	17	-36.8%	41.7%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	14	13	16	-7.1%	23.1%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	33	34	33	3.0%	-2.9%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	343	393	315	14.6%	-19.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	24	22	26	-8.3%	18.2%
	Ethnicity Unknown	31	38	38	22.6%	0.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	221	295	186	33.5%	-36.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	253	281	217	11.1%	-22.8%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,154	1,228	1,049	6.4%	-14.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	398	453	379	13.8%	-16.3%
	Becker County	75	89	75	18.7%	-15.7%
	Clay County	72	69	69	-4.2%	0.0%
	Douglas County	73	87	72	19.2%	-17.2%
	Grant County	17	11	15	-35.3%	36.4%
	Otter Tail County	122	150	109	23.0%	-27.3%
	Pope County	16	18	12	12.5%	-33.3%
	Stevens County	11	13	14	18.2%	7.7%
	Traverse County				0.0%	0.0%
	Wilkin County		13		0.0%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	470	612	472	30.2%	-22.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	313	372	289	18.8%	-22.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	84	125	77	48.8%	-38.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	779	967	691	24.1%	-28.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,453	1,698	1,372	16.9%	-19.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	206	213	155	3.4%	-27.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	679	818	663	20.5%	-18.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,153	1,349	1,187	17.0%	-12.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,857	9,329	8,538	5.3%	-8.5%

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

February 2026

EDR 4 - West Central