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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

July 2026

	EDR 4 - West Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	549	471	388	-14.2%	-17.6%

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	46	53	38	15.2%	-28.3%
31	Manufacturing	157	109	58	-30.6%	-46.8%
42	Wholesale Trade	19	15	14	-21.1%	-6.7%
44	Retail Trade	45	35	26	-22.2%	-25.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	18	18	13	0.0%	-27.8%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance		13		0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	13	13	21	0.0%	61.5%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	17	14	10	-17.6%	-28.6%
61	Educational Services	73	79	70	8.2%	-11.4%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	69	54	50	-21.7%	-7.4%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	24	20	28	-16.7%	40.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	14	14	14	0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	13	11	12	-15.4%	9.1%
99	Unclassified	14			0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	16	14	14	-12.5%	0.0%
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	79	80	69	1.3%	-13.8%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	16		10	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	14	18	16	28.6%	-11.1%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	31	31	36	0.0%	16.1%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	10	11		10.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	30	27	21	-10.0%	-22.2%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	31	23	18	-25.8%	-21.7%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	47	54	45	14.9%	-16.7%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	11	12		9.1%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	114	64	36	-43.9%	-43.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	34	33	17	-2.9%	-48.5%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	76	60	60	-21.1%	0.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	32	35	25	9.4%	-28.6%
	12 years	233	176	136	-24.5%	-22.7%
	13-15 years	221	189	165	-14.5%	-12.7%
	Over 15 years	63	71	62	12.7%	-12.7%
Sex
	Male	267	230	180	-13.9%	-21.7%
	Female	282	241	208	-14.5%	-13.7%
Age
	Under age 22	22	12	13	-45.5%	8.3%
	Age 22 to 29	86	63	50	-26.7%	-20.6%
	Age 30 to 39	119	93	89	-21.8%	-4.3%
	Age 40 to 49	131	125	84	-4.6%	-32.8%
	Age 50 to 59	104	108	81	3.8%	-25.0%
	Age 60 to 64	51	38	35	-25.5%	-7.9%
	Age 65 and over	30	29	27	-3.3%	-6.9%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	480	411	331	-14.4%	-19.5%
	Black or African American,	14	16		14.3%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	14		11	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	40	35	35	-12.5%	0.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	476	409	330	-14.1%	-19.3%
	Hispanic or Latino	28	24	18	-14.3%	-25.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	45	38	40	-15.6%	5.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	656	362	168	-44.8%	-53.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	375	350	239	-6.7%	-31.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,004	954	969	-5.0%	1.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	549	471	388	-14.2%	-17.6%
	Becker County	126	77	83	-38.9%	7.8%
	Clay County	91	85	64	-6.6%	-24.7%
	Douglas County	78	92	70	17.9%	-23.9%
	Grant County	13	16		23.1%	0.0%
	Otter Tail County	193	142	125	-26.4%	-12.0%
	Pope County	23	28	11	21.7%	-60.7%
	Stevens County		22	21	0.0%	-4.5%
	Traverse County				0.0%	0.0%
	Wilkin County				0.0%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	524	439	415	-16.2%	-5.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	345	392	307	13.6%	-21.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	128	258	148	101.6%	-42.6%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	808	660	614	-18.3%	-7.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,582	1,450	1,341	-8.3%	-7.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	513	333	420	-35.1%	26.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	817	673	594	-17.6%	-11.7%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,528	1,188	1,216	-22.3%	2.4%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,974	10,517	10,295	-4.2%	-2.1%

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

July 2026

EDR 4 - West Central