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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 2025

	EDR 5 - North Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	501	470	612	-6.2%	30.2%

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	176	136	239	-22.7%	75.7%
31	Manufacturing	69	63	79	-8.7%	25.4%
42	Wholesale Trade	12	13	15	8.3%	15.4%
44	Retail Trade	46	52	26	13.0%	-50.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing		12	17	0.0%	41.7%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance		10		0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	11		14	0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	19	22	30	15.8%	36.4%
61	Educational Services			10	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	34	41	42	20.6%	2.4%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation		10		0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	41	44	42	7.3%	-4.5%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	20	13	18	-35.0%	38.5%
92	Public Administration	13	13	17	0.0%	30.8%
99	Unclassified			19	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	15	18	24	20.0%	33.3%
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				0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations			12	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	18	21	15	16.7%	-28.6%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	45	36	34	-20.0%	-5.6%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	18	16	21	-11.1%	31.3%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	27	32	18	18.5%	-43.8%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	25	23	25	-8.0%	8.7%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations			12	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	198	131	242	-33.8%	84.7%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	25	25	24	0.0%	-4.0%
510000	Production Occupations	29	40	45	37.9%	12.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	22	23	34	4.5%	47.8%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	41	52	71	26.8%	36.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	51	45	65	-11.8%	44.4%
	12 years	248	231	296	-6.9%	28.1%
	13-15 years	168	161	208	-4.2%	29.2%
	Over 15 years	34	33	43	-2.9%	30.3%
Sex
	Male	354	320	460	-9.6%	43.8%
	Female	147	150	152	2.0%	1.3%
Age
	Under age 22	36	33	49	-8.3%	48.5%
	Age 22 to 29	95	95	146	0.0%	53.7%
	Age 30 to 39	122	88	129	-27.9%	46.6%
	Age 40 to 49	99	100	123	1.0%	23.0%
	Age 50 to 59	94	90	95	-4.3%	5.6%
	Age 60 to 64	35	45	35	28.6%	-22.2%
	Age 65 and over	17	16	30	-5.9%	87.5%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	435	409	543	-6.0%	32.8%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	15	15	12	0.0%	-20.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	42	34	45	-19.0%	32.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	430	407	517	-5.3%	27.0%
	Hispanic or Latino	25	17	30	-32.0%	76.5%
	Ethnicity Unknown	46	46	65	0.0%	41.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	165	221	295	33.9%	33.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	220	253	281	15.0%	11.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,150	1,154	1,228	0.3%	6.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	403	398	453	-1.2%	13.8%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	501	470	612	-6.2%	30.2%
	Cass County	96	80	101	-16.7%	26.3%
	Crow Wing County	185	188	225	1.6%	19.7%
	Morrison County	129	113	134	-12.4%	18.6%
	Todd County	58	49	101	-15.5%	106.1%
	Wadena County	33	40	51	21.2%	27.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	644	313	372	-51.4%	18.8%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	95	84	125	-11.6%	48.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	885	779	967	-12.0%	24.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,678	1,453	1,698	-13.4%	16.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	258	206	213	-20.2%	3.4%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	738	679	818	-8.0%	20.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,359	1,153	1,349	-15.2%	17.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,795	8,857	9,329	0.7%	5.3%

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

February 2025

EDR 5 - North Central