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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2025

	EDR 5 - North Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	489	459	344	-6.1%	-25.1%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	14	11		-21.4%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	111	116	99	4.5%	-14.7%
31	Manufacturing	84	96	48	14.3%	-50.0%
42	Wholesale Trade	13		13	0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	37	33	27	-10.8%	-18.2%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	14	17	22	21.4%	29.4%
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	14	14		0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	18	19	11	5.6%	-42.1%
61	Educational Services		14		0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	47	50	34	6.4%	-32.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	12			0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	45	30	25	-33.3%	-16.7%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	13	18	13	38.5%	-27.8%
92	Public Administration	11			0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	18	11	11	-38.9%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	37	17	12	-54.1%	-29.4%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations		13		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			10	0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations		12		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	22	25	15	13.6%	-40.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	45	29	27	-35.6%	-6.9%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	13			0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	37	23	15	-37.8%	-34.8%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	28	20	22	-28.6%	10.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	11	17		54.5%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	121	120	100	-0.8%	-16.7%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		19	11	0.0%	-42.1%
510000	Production Occupations	55	49	29	-10.9%	-40.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	26	25	27	-3.8%	8.0%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	44	55	32	25.0%	-41.8%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	43	39	34	-9.3%	-12.8%
	12 years	244	204	154	-16.4%	-24.5%
	13-15 years	165	175	128	6.1%	-26.9%
	Over 15 years	37	41	28	10.8%	-31.7%
Sex
	Male	319	298	217	-6.6%	-27.2%
	Female	170	161	127	-5.3%	-21.1%
Age
	Under age 22	30	20	12	-33.3%	-40.0%
	Age 22 to 29	96	100	75	4.2%	-25.0%
	Age 30 to 39	107	110	81	2.8%	-26.4%
	Age 40 to 49	102	96	72	-5.9%	-25.0%
	Age 50 to 59	95	86	63	-9.5%	-26.7%
	Age 60 to 64	37	37	23	0.0%	-37.8%
	Age 65 and over	18		17	0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	424	392	304	-7.5%	-22.4%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native		10	11	0.0%	10.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	40	40	21	0.0%	-47.5%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	435	389	309	-10.6%	-20.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	18	22	14	22.2%	-36.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	36	48	21	33.3%	-56.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	262	249	257	-5.0%	3.2%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	274	198	213	-27.7%	7.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,157	1,112	1,004	-3.9%	-9.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	564	338	404	-40.1%	19.5%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	489	459	344	-6.1%	-25.1%
	Cass County	89	95	62	6.7%	-34.7%
	Crow Wing County	182	156	128	-14.3%	-17.9%
	Morrison County	96	117	78	21.9%	-33.3%
	Todd County	73	63	41	-13.7%	-34.9%
	Wadena County	49	28	35	-42.9%	25.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	355	341	275	-3.9%	-19.4%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	171	90	86	-47.4%	-4.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	651	701	602	7.7%	-14.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,314	1,302	1,170	-0.9%	-10.1%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	254	191	193	-24.8%	1.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	600	639	559	6.5%	-12.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,091	1,133	1,100	3.8%	-2.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,353	8,539	8,586	2.2%	0.6%

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

April 2025

EDR 5 - North Central