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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

May 2025

	EDR 5 - North Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	491	678	597	38.1%	-11.9%

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	64	84	97	31.3%	15.5%
31	Manufacturing	95	50	59	-47.4%	18.0%
42	Wholesale Trade	13			0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	26	31	33	19.2%	6.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	16	26	23	62.5%	-11.5%
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	25	21	24	-16.0%	14.3%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	17			0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	15	12	13	-20.0%	8.3%
61	Educational Services	92	292	201	217.4%	-31.2%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	44	66	59	50.0%	-10.6%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	25	28	27	12.0%	-3.6%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	17	16	15	-5.9%	-6.3%
92	Public Administration	10	11		10.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified		11	10	0.0%	-9.1%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	17	22	19	29.4%	-13.6%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	20	15		-25.0%	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	85	233	164	174.1%	-29.6%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	10	20		100.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	19	24	26	26.3%	8.3%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	31	67	45	116.1%	-32.8%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.				0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	18	15	19	-16.7%	26.7%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	29	26	21	-10.3%	-19.2%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	87	75	97	-13.8%	29.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	12	11	13	-8.3%	18.2%
510000	Production Occupations	62	30	40	-51.6%	33.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	18	60	45	233.3%	-25.0%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	61	53	58	-13.1%	9.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	40	38	46	-5.0%	21.1%
	12 years	194	255	239	31.4%	-6.3%
	13-15 years	204	312	250	52.9%	-19.9%
	Over 15 years	53	73	62	37.7%	-15.1%
Sex
	Male	226	238	247	5.3%	3.8%
	Female	265	440	350	66.0%	-20.5%
Age
	Under age 22	19	12	17	-36.8%	41.7%
	Age 22 to 29	79	71	77	-10.1%	8.5%
	Age 30 to 39	104	142	126	36.5%	-11.3%
	Age 40 to 49	114	148	134	29.8%	-9.5%
	Age 50 to 59	106	167	125	57.5%	-25.1%
	Age 60 to 64	44	89	67	102.3%	-24.7%
	Age 65 and over	20	44	46	120.0%	4.5%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	434	616	525	41.9%	-14.8%
	Black or African American,			11	0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native		14	12	0.0%	-14.3%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	41	39	44	-4.9%	12.8%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	409	594	513	45.2%	-13.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	20	24	34	20.0%	41.7%
	Ethnicity Unknown	62	60	50	-3.2%	-16.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	301	701	734	132.9%	4.7%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	309	490	435	58.6%	-11.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,083	1,286	1,649	18.7%	28.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	514	920	808	79.0%	-12.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	491	678	597	38.1%	-11.9%
	Cass County	73	97	88	32.9%	-9.3%
	Crow Wing County	173	184	191	6.4%	3.8%
	Morrison County	110	211	152	91.8%	-28.0%
	Todd County	80	130	113	62.5%	-13.1%
	Wadena County	55	56	53	1.8%	-5.4%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	306	638	491	108.5%	-23.0%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	103	237	212	130.1%	-10.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	498	772	606	55.0%	-21.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,256	1,665	1,394	32.6%	-16.3%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	358	513	529	43.3%	3.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	721	1,056	892	46.5%	-15.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,191	1,648	1,407	38.4%	-14.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,094	9,034	8,438	11.6%	-6.6%

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

May 2025

EDR 5 - North Central