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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

January 2025

	EDR 5 - North Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	749	1,055	905	40.9%	-14.2%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	15	27	20	80.0%	-25.9%
21	Mining		11		0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities		12		0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	270	413	362	53.0%	-12.3%
31	Manufacturing	86	156	103	81.4%	-34.0%
42	Wholesale Trade	18	14	23	-22.2%	64.3%
44	Retail Trade	67	75	66	11.9%	-12.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	16	15	27	-6.3%	80.0%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance		12		0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	18	20	13	11.1%	-35.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises		11		0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	30	44	33	46.7%	-25.0%
61	Educational Services		20	42	0.0%	110.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	53	48	47	-9.4%	-2.1%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	10		12	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	77	94	70	22.1%	-25.5%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	19	30	37	57.9%	23.3%
92	Public Administration	18	23	18	27.8%	-21.7%
99	Unclassified		10	11	0.0%	10.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	26	22	34	-15.4%	54.5%
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		14	16	0.0%	14.3%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	13	15		15.4%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	27	22	20	-18.5%	-9.1%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	66	75	73	13.6%	-2.7%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	37	30	33	-18.9%	10.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations			10	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	32	41	33	28.1%	-19.5%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	27	51	29	88.9%	-43.1%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	21	24	20	14.3%	-16.7%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	293	443	362	51.2%	-18.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	16	32	31	100.0%	-3.1%
510000	Production Occupations	46	97	70	110.9%	-27.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	46	65	55	41.3%	-15.4%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	66	93	91	40.9%	-2.2%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	75	93	96	24.0%	3.2%
	12 years	363	559	467	54.0%	-16.5%
	13-15 years	258	339	282	31.4%	-16.8%
	Over 15 years	53	64	60	20.8%	-6.3%
Sex
	Male	545	804	667	47.5%	-17.0%
	Female	204	251	237	23.0%	-5.6%
	Unspecified				0.0%	0.0%
Age
	Under age 22	47	94	81	100.0%	-13.8%
	Age 22 to 29	132	208	180	57.6%	-13.5%
	Age 30 to 39	168	216	164	28.6%	-24.1%
	Age 40 to 49	153	219	183	43.1%	-16.4%
	Age 50 to 59	145	162	141	11.7%	-13.0%
	Age 60 to 64	66	91	100	37.9%	9.9%
	Age 65 and over	34	54	45	58.8%	-16.7%
	Info. not available		11	11	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	675	945	800	40.0%	-15.3%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	19	19	27	0.0%	42.1%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	47	81	62	72.3%	-23.5%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	666	910	785	36.6%	-13.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	19	34	29	78.9%	-14.7%
	Ethnicity Unknown	64	111	91	73.4%	-18.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	343	541	408	57.7%	-24.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	403	421	368	4.5%	-12.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,526	1,814	1,568	18.9%	-13.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	678	891	730	31.4%	-18.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	749	1,055	905	40.9%	-14.2%
	Cass County	154	188	184	22.1%	-2.1%
	Crow Wing County	242	357	320	47.5%	-10.4%
	Morrison County	189	275	214	45.5%	-22.2%
	Todd County	92	130	104	41.3%	-20.0%
	Wadena County	72	105	83	45.8%	-21.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	631	657	516	4.1%	-21.5%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	159	180	182	13.2%	1.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,228	1,621	1,249	32.0%	-22.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,156	2,689	2,360	24.7%	-12.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	448	459	467	2.5%	1.7%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,143	1,360	1,137	19.0%	-16.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,912	2,300	2,008	20.3%	-12.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	11,260	13,061	11,965	16.0%	-8.4%

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

January 2025

EDR 5 - North Central