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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2026

	EDR 4 - West Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	414	407	428	-1.7%	5.2%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	10		11	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	106	66	120	-37.7%	81.8%
31	Manufacturing	60	55	80	-8.3%	45.5%
42	Wholesale Trade	14	12	12	-14.3%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	32	28	30	-12.5%	7.1%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	17	30	12	76.5%	-60.0%
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	17	15	10	-11.8%	-33.3%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	16	25	16	56.3%	-36.0%
61	Educational Services		11	12	0.0%	9.1%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	56	55	42	-1.8%	-23.6%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	28	32	33	14.3%	3.1%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin		17	13	0.0%	-23.5%
92	Public Administration	10		12	0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified		14		0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	13	19	21	46.2%	10.5%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations		11	14	0.0%	27.3%
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		21	15	0.0%	-28.6%
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	16	24	13	50.0%	-45.8%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	27	28	36	3.7%	28.6%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.			15	0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	32	16	14	-50.0%	-12.5%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	33	31	19	-6.1%	-38.7%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	12			0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	101	82	123	-18.8%	50.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	18	11	10	-38.9%	-9.1%
510000	Production Occupations	34	36	56	5.9%	55.6%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	35	40	18	14.3%	-55.0%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	34	40	39	17.6%	-2.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	31	34	36	9.7%	5.9%
	12 years	170	171	206	0.6%	20.5%
	13-15 years	153	149	133	-2.6%	-10.7%
	Over 15 years	60	53	53	-11.7%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	256	245	275	-4.3%	12.2%
	Female	158	162	153	2.5%	-5.6%
Age
	Under age 22	15	25	19	66.7%	-24.0%
	Age 22 to 29	70	74	88	5.7%	18.9%
	Age 30 to 39	104	92	103	-11.5%	12.0%
	Age 40 to 49	96	89	99	-7.3%	11.2%
	Age 50 to 59	75	77	66	2.7%	-14.3%
	Age 60 to 64	26	31	32	19.2%	3.2%
	Age 65 and over	23	17	17	-26.1%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	347	357	365	2.9%	2.2%
	Black or African American,	15	11	11	-26.7%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	15		13	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	37	32	37	-13.5%	15.6%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	362	355	361	-1.9%	1.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	17	21	27	23.5%	28.6%
	Ethnicity Unknown	35	31	40	-11.4%	29.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	390	264	155	-32.3%	-41.3%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	292	259	277	-11.3%	6.9%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,220	1,308	1,227	7.2%	-6.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	414	407	428	-1.7%	5.2%
	Becker County	65	76	90	16.9%	18.4%
	Clay County	86	72	70	-16.3%	-2.8%
	Douglas County	77	69	74	-10.4%	7.2%
	Grant County	11	18	14	63.6%	-22.2%
	Otter Tail County	128	137	141	7.0%	2.9%
	Pope County	28	22	17	-21.4%	-22.7%
	Stevens County	13		12	0.0%	0.0%
	Traverse County				0.0%	0.0%
	Wilkin County				0.0%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	446	514	483	15.2%	-6.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	305	383	331	25.6%	-13.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	69	88	63	27.5%	-28.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	813	733	806	-9.8%	10.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,507	1,346	1,501	-10.7%	11.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	227	232	162	2.2%	-30.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	698	720	717	3.2%	-0.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,180	1,370	1,321	16.1%	-3.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,690	9,107	9,372	4.8%	2.9%

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

March 2026

EDR 4 - West Central