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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

May 2026

	EDR 4 - West Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	920	808	706	-12.2%	-12.6%

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	66	73	29	10.6%	-60.3%
31	Manufacturing	72	74	38	2.8%	-48.6%
42	Wholesale Trade		27	27	0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	46	28	32	-39.1%	14.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	50	39	52	-22.0%	33.3%
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	21	20	11	-4.8%	-45.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	16	20		25.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	459	341	344	-25.7%	0.9%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	67	81	68	20.9%	-16.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	46	40	34	-13.0%	-15.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	20	22	19	10.0%	-13.6%
92	Public Administration		11		0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	13	10		-23.1%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	19	15	17	-21.1%	13.3%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	16	12	13	-25.0%	8.3%
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	392	305	302	-22.2%	-1.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations			10	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	20	22	20	10.0%	-9.1%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	97	84	82	-13.4%	-2.4%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.		14		0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	39	24	15	-38.5%	-37.5%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	22	31	23	40.9%	-25.8%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	69	68	36	-1.4%	-47.1%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	14			0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	52	55	36	5.8%	-34.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	74	77	55	4.1%	-28.6%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	67	56	56	-16.4%	0.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	46	42	39	-8.7%	-7.1%
	12 years	358	331	256	-7.5%	-22.7%
	13-15 years	389	321	313	-17.5%	-2.5%
	Over 15 years	127	113	98	-11.0%	-13.3%
Sex
	Male	269	281	210	4.5%	-25.3%
	Female	651	526	496	-19.2%	-5.7%
Age
	Under age 22	23	21	17	-8.7%	-19.0%
	Age 22 to 29	99	105	95	6.1%	-9.5%
	Age 30 to 39	220	195	157	-11.4%	-19.5%
	Age 40 to 49	219	178	166	-18.7%	-6.7%
	Age 50 to 59	181	154	139	-14.9%	-9.7%
	Age 60 to 64	90	85	67	-5.6%	-21.2%
	Age 65 and over	71	60	55	-15.5%	-8.3%
	Info. not available	17	10	10	-41.2%	0.0%
Race
	White	807	712	626	-11.8%	-12.1%
	Black or African American,	29	19	28	-34.5%	47.4%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	21	18	10	-14.3%	-44.4%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	59	54	41	-8.5%	-24.1%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	811	700	628	-13.7%	-10.3%
	Hispanic or Latino	47	38	33	-19.1%	-13.2%
	Ethnicity Unknown	62	70	45	12.9%	-35.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	701	734	397	4.7%	-45.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	490	435	324	-11.2%	-25.5%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,286	1,649	942	28.2%	-42.9%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	920	808	706	-12.2%	-12.6%
	Becker County	197	171	156	-13.2%	-8.8%
	Clay County	197	169	163	-14.2%	-3.6%
	Douglas County	106	105	70	-0.9%	-33.3%
	Grant County	26	35	20	34.6%	-42.9%
	Otter Tail County	278	252	195	-9.4%	-22.6%
	Pope County	48	19	42	-60.4%	121.1%
	Stevens County	36	29	43	-19.4%	48.3%
	Traverse County	16	12		-25.0%	0.0%
	Wilkin County	16	16		0.0%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	678	597	470	-11.9%	-21.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	638	491	460	-23.0%	-6.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	237	212	336	-10.5%	58.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	772	606	559	-21.5%	-7.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,665	1,394	1,276	-16.3%	-8.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	513	529	358	3.1%	-32.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,056	892	840	-15.5%	-5.8%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,648	1,407	1,216	-14.6%	-13.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,034	8,438	7,834	-6.6%	-7.2%

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

May 2026

EDR 4 - West Central