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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

September 2026

	EDR 4 - West Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	474	382	286	-19.4%	-25.1%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	44	62	43	40.9%	-30.6%
31	Manufacturing	199	54	46	-72.9%	-14.8%
42	Wholesale Trade	13	23		76.9%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	36	36	41	0.0%	13.9%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	12	10		-16.7%	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	10	24	15	140.0%	-37.5%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	17	14		-17.6%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	19	21		10.5%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	42	37	39	-11.9%	5.4%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	32	47	30	46.9%	-36.2%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	11		12	0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	16	10		-37.5%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	22	19	18	-13.6%	-5.3%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	12			0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations		10		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	13	13		0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	13	10		-23.1%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	11	14	17	27.3%	21.4%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	33	53	34	60.6%	-35.8%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	12	14		16.7%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	29	26	24	-10.3%	-7.7%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	25	20	17	-20.0%	-15.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	45	60	36	33.3%	-40.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	20	11		-45.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	132	32	22	-75.8%	-31.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	21	24	22	14.3%	-8.3%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	57	37	30	-35.1%	-18.9%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	46	25	20	-45.7%	-20.0%
	12 years	207	159	100	-23.2%	-37.1%
	13-15 years	164	144	122	-12.2%	-15.3%
	Over 15 years	57	54	44	-5.3%	-18.5%
Sex
	Male	270	230	140	-14.8%	-39.1%
	Female	204	152	146	-25.5%	-3.9%
Age
	Under age 22	26	16	17	-38.5%	6.3%
	Age 22 to 29	70	51	31	-27.1%	-39.2%
	Age 30 to 39	116	85	66	-26.7%	-22.4%
	Age 40 to 49	106	86	73	-18.9%	-15.1%
	Age 50 to 59	91	73	56	-19.8%	-23.3%
	Age 60 to 64	37	34	20	-8.1%	-41.2%
	Age 65 and over	25	29	18	16.0%	-37.9%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	388	318	234	-18.0%	-26.4%
	Black or African American,	18	20	15	11.1%	-25.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	17	10	11	-41.2%	10.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	46	32	23	-30.4%	-28.1%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	407	336	248	-17.4%	-26.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	34	16	21	-52.9%	31.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	33	30	17	-9.1%	-43.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	216	113	92	-47.7%	-18.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	213	164	144	-23.0%	-12.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	911	853	724	-6.4%	-15.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	474	382	286	-19.4%	-25.1%
	Becker County	129	54	46	-58.1%	-14.8%
	Clay County	60	70	61	16.7%	-12.9%
	Douglas County	71	71	61	0.0%	-14.1%
	Grant County		15		0.0%	0.0%
	Otter Tail County	144	115	75	-20.1%	-34.8%
	Pope County	19	26	16	36.8%	-38.5%
	Stevens County	31	23	11	-25.8%	-52.2%
	Traverse County				0.0%	0.0%
	Wilkin County				0.0%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	421	373	303	-11.4%	-18.8%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	337	261	207	-22.6%	-20.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	235	208	53	-11.5%	-74.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	566	522	505	-7.8%	-3.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,235	1,027	1,012	-16.8%	-1.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	410	383	289	-6.6%	-24.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	556	520	427	-6.5%	-17.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	976	948	864	-2.9%	-8.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	7,733	8,154	7,168	5.4%	-12.1%

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

September 2026

EDR 4 - West Central