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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 2026

	EDR 4 - West Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	353	301	297	-14.7%	-1.3%

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	37	34	39	-8.1%	14.7%
31	Manufacturing	84	49	42	-41.7%	-14.3%
42	Wholesale Trade	19	11	24	-42.1%	118.2%
44	Retail Trade	30	26	36	-13.3%	38.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing		15		0.0%	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	11	13	10	18.2%	-23.1%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	18			0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	28	31	30	10.7%	-3.2%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	40	34	45	-15.0%	32.4%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	19	22	17	15.8%	-22.7%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	16	15	10	-6.3%	-33.3%
92	Public Administration		11		0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	17	15	14	-11.8%	-6.7%
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	38	33	34	-13.2%	3.0%
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		13	19	0.0%	46.2%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	20	22	19	10.0%	-13.6%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.			11	0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	21	22	32	4.8%	45.5%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	23	15	21	-34.8%	40.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	49	36	37	-26.5%	2.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	17	13	11	-23.5%	-15.4%
510000	Production Occupations	48	14	29	-70.8%	107.1%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	17	25	11	47.1%	-56.0%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	53	41	32	-22.6%	-22.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	29	17	13	-41.4%	-23.5%
	12 years	137	116	132	-15.3%	13.8%
	13-15 years	130	108	117	-16.9%	8.3%
	Over 15 years	57	60	35	5.3%	-41.7%
Sex
	Male	194	156	142	-19.6%	-9.0%
	Female	159	145	155	-8.8%	6.9%
Age
	Under age 22	19	17	17	-10.5%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	62	29	53	-53.2%	82.8%
	Age 30 to 39	72	76	56	5.6%	-26.3%
	Age 40 to 49	80	69	76	-13.8%	10.1%
	Age 50 to 59	69	55	48	-20.3%	-12.7%
	Age 60 to 64	27	33	20	22.2%	-39.4%
	Age 65 and over	24	19	21	-20.8%	10.5%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	294	243	258	-17.3%	6.2%
	Black or African American,	17	15	11	-11.8%	-26.7%
	American Indian or Alaska Native		13		0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	33	25	21	-24.2%	-16.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	291	265	266	-8.9%	0.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	36	21	18	-41.7%	-14.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	26	15	13	-42.3%	-13.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	230	201	156	-12.6%	-22.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	234	188	154	-19.7%	-18.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	710	690	719	-2.8%	4.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	353	301	297	-14.7%	-1.3%
	Becker County	70	60	42	-14.3%	-30.0%
	Clay County	59	63	55	6.8%	-12.7%
	Douglas County	55	58	45	5.5%	-22.4%
	Grant County				0.0%	0.0%
	Otter Tail County	119	78	102	-34.5%	30.8%
	Pope County	17	13	22	-23.5%	69.2%
	Stevens County	10	15	16	50.0%	6.7%
	Traverse County				0.0%	0.0%
	Wilkin County	13			0.0%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	391	344	319	-12.0%	-7.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	267	233	262	-12.7%	12.4%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	45	89	154	97.8%	73.0%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	595	494	485	-17.0%	-1.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,186	1,045	1,037	-11.9%	-0.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	270	180	294	-33.3%	63.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	563	450	482	-20.1%	7.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,226	920	923	-25.0%	0.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,706	8,227	8,072	-5.5%	-1.9%

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

August 2026

EDR 4 - West Central