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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2026

	EDR 4 - West Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	338	404	326	19.5%	-19.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	57	83	71	45.6%	-14.5%
31	Manufacturing	48	76	69	58.3%	-9.2%
42	Wholesale Trade	15	16	10	6.7%	-37.5%
44	Retail Trade	28	38	34	35.7%	-10.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	18	20		11.1%	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	13	24	12	84.6%	-50.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	10	15	10	50.0%	-33.3%
61	Educational Services	12	10	21	-16.7%	110.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	45	39	24	-13.3%	-38.5%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	41	25	22	-39.0%	-12.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	12			0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified		18		0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	18	11	15	-38.9%	36.4%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations		15	11	0.0%	-26.7%
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	11		12	0.0%	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	12	20		66.7%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	33	20	31	-39.4%	55.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.		12	13	0.0%	8.3%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	23	27	19	17.4%	-29.6%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	21	25	18	19.0%	-28.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	65	70	58	7.7%	-17.1%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		15	12	0.0%	-20.0%
510000	Production Occupations	25	62	52	148.0%	-16.1%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	29	33	13	13.8%	-60.6%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	40	49	34	22.5%	-30.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	21	30	27	42.9%	-10.0%
	12 years	151	176	145	16.6%	-17.6%
	13-15 years	117	145	112	23.9%	-22.8%
	Over 15 years	49	52	42	6.1%	-19.2%
Sex
	Male	207	233	170	12.6%	-27.0%
	Female	131	171	156	30.5%	-8.8%
Age
	Under age 22	15	18	13	20.0%	-27.8%
	Age 22 to 29	52	67	53	28.8%	-20.9%
	Age 30 to 39	89	106	74	19.1%	-30.2%
	Age 40 to 49	83	83	82	0.0%	-1.2%
	Age 50 to 59	67	71	52	6.0%	-26.8%
	Age 60 to 64	16	34	27	112.5%	-20.6%
	Age 65 and over	13	23	23	76.9%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	280	330	277	17.9%	-16.1%
	Black or African American,	24	14	11	-41.7%	-21.4%
	American Indian or Alaska Native		16	10	0.0%	-37.5%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	25	37	26	48.0%	-29.7%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	296	343	283	15.9%	-17.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	15	23	27	53.3%	17.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	27	38	16	40.7%	-57.9%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	249	257	158	3.2%	-38.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	198	213	220	7.6%	3.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,112	1,004	893	-9.7%	-11.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	338	404	326	19.5%	-19.3%
	Becker County	56	80	59	42.9%	-26.3%
	Clay County	67	81	49	20.9%	-39.5%
	Douglas County	49	64	45	30.6%	-29.7%
	Grant County	12	15	14	25.0%	-6.7%
	Otter Tail County	100	127	118	27.0%	-7.1%
	Pope County	24	17	18	-29.2%	5.9%
	Stevens County	16	10	12	-37.5%	20.0%
	Traverse County				0.0%	0.0%
	Wilkin County	10		10	0.0%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	459	344	382	-25.1%	11.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	341	275	292	-19.4%	6.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	90	86	72	-4.4%	-16.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	701	602	588	-14.1%	-2.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,302	1,170	1,213	-10.1%	3.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	191	193	148	1.0%	-23.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	639	559	510	-12.5%	-8.8%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,133	1,100	995	-2.9%	-9.5%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,539	8,586	8,222	0.6%	-4.2%

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

April 2026

EDR 4 - West Central