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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2025

	EDR 5 - North Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	552	446	514	-19.2%	15.2%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	13		16	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	128	147	112	14.8%	-23.8%
31	Manufacturing	71	72	102	1.4%	41.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	19		16	0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	52	37	41	-28.8%	10.8%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	16	15	27	-6.3%	80.0%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	15			0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	24	10	15	-58.3%	50.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	24	16	11	-33.3%	-31.3%
61	Educational Services			16	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	52	37	41	-28.8%	10.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	47	33	43	-29.8%	30.3%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	20	12	16	-40.0%	33.3%
92	Public Administration	27		16	0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified			15	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	18	15		-16.7%	0.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	11			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%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations			10	0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	26			0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	24	11	21	-54.2%	90.9%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	39	30	37	-23.1%	23.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	21	11		-47.6%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	55	17	34	-69.1%	100.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	49	19	26	-61.2%	36.8%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	13	17	21	30.8%	23.5%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	141	159	119	12.8%	-25.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	16	14	23	-12.5%	64.3%
510000	Production Occupations	38	41	65	7.9%	58.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	30	41	48	36.7%	17.1%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	39	42	60	7.7%	42.9%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	41	50	55	22.0%	10.0%
	12 years	298	229	238	-23.2%	3.9%
	13-15 years	174	134	179	-23.0%	33.6%
	Over 15 years	39	33	42	-15.4%	27.3%
Sex
	Male	357	312	325	-12.6%	4.2%
	Female	195	134	189	-31.3%	41.0%
Age
	Under age 22	32	29	30	-9.4%	3.4%
	Age 22 to 29	83	86	97	3.6%	12.8%
	Age 30 to 39	135	102	101	-24.4%	-1.0%
	Age 40 to 49	109	101	103	-7.3%	2.0%
	Age 50 to 59	122	69	101	-43.4%	46.4%
	Age 60 to 64	37	38	53	2.7%	39.5%
	Age 65 and over	29	19	25	-34.5%	31.6%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	504	387	447	-23.2%	15.5%
	Black or African American,		11		0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	12	11	14	-8.3%	27.3%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	27	35	45	29.6%	28.6%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	491	376	433	-23.4%	15.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	19	30	30	57.9%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	42	40	51	-4.8%	27.5%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	258	390	264	51.2%	-32.3%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	328	292	259	-11.0%	-11.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,397	1,220	1,308	-12.7%	7.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	606	414	407	-31.7%	-1.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	552	446	514	-19.2%	15.2%
	Cass County	108	89	96	-17.6%	7.9%
	Crow Wing County	204	154	192	-24.5%	24.7%
	Morrison County	121	101	101	-16.5%	0.0%
	Todd County	73	65	79	-11.0%	21.5%
	Wadena County	46	37	46	-19.6%	24.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	362	305	383	-15.7%	25.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	130	69	88	-46.9%	27.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	918	813	733	-11.4%	-9.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,592	1,507	1,346	-5.3%	-10.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	322	227	232	-29.5%	2.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	792	698	720	-11.9%	3.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,579	1,180	1,370	-25.3%	16.1%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,559	8,690	9,107	-17.7%	4.8%

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

March 2025

EDR 5 - North Central