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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

July 2025

	EDR 5 - North Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	558	524	439	-6.1%	-16.2%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	10			0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	77	63	79	-18.2%	25.4%
31	Manufacturing	184	104	89	-43.5%	-14.4%
42	Wholesale Trade	10	13		30.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	17	45	24	164.7%	-46.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	17	25	13	47.1%	-48.0%
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		16	14	0.0%	-12.5%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	15	17	10	13.3%	-41.2%
61	Educational Services	100	93	68	-7.0%	-26.9%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	52	53	46	1.9%	-13.2%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	22	27	29	22.7%	7.4%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin		18	13	0.0%	-27.8%
92	Public Administration	17	16	15	-5.9%	-6.3%
99	Unclassified		10		0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	15	19	17	26.7%	-10.5%
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%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	84	84	58	0.0%	-31.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations			11	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	15	26	14	73.3%	-46.2%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	43	36	30	-16.3%	-16.7%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.			11	0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	11	35	24	218.2%	-31.4%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	26	30	24	15.4%	-20.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	82	74	77	-9.8%	4.1%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	13	19	11	46.2%	-42.1%
510000	Production Occupations	136	65	64	-52.2%	-1.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	27	37	30	37.0%	-18.9%
990000	Unknown	57	55	45	-3.5%	-18.2%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	32	31	41	-3.1%	32.3%
	12 years	249	234	202	-6.0%	-13.7%
	13-15 years	224	194	139	-13.4%	-28.4%
	Over 15 years	53	65	57	22.6%	-12.3%
Sex
	Male	297	261	233	-12.1%	-10.7%
	Female	261	263	206	0.8%	-21.7%
Age
	Under age 22	20	22	19	10.0%	-13.6%
	Age 22 to 29	54	72	54	33.3%	-25.0%
	Age 30 to 39	114	112	108	-1.8%	-3.6%
	Age 40 to 49	130	115	91	-11.5%	-20.9%
	Age 50 to 59	133	113	97	-15.0%	-14.2%
	Age 60 to 64	79	57	38	-27.8%	-33.3%
	Age 65 and over	26	28	27	7.7%	-3.6%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	491	455	381	-7.3%	-16.3%
	Black or African American,		11		0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	19	17		-10.5%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	41	37	46	-9.8%	24.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	476	459	385	-3.6%	-16.1%
	Hispanic or Latino	24	27	24	12.5%	-11.1%
	Ethnicity Unknown	58	38	30	-34.5%	-21.1%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	240	656	362	173.3%	-44.8%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	325	375	350	15.4%	-6.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,058	1,004	954	-5.1%	-5.0%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	597	549	471	-8.0%	-14.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	558	524	439	-6.1%	-16.2%
	Cass County	64	79	75	23.4%	-5.1%
	Crow Wing County	145	185	143	27.6%	-22.7%
	Morrison County	108	120	93	11.1%	-22.5%
	Todd County	108	86	78	-20.4%	-9.3%
	Wadena County	133	54	50	-59.4%	-7.4%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	356	345	392	-3.1%	13.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	162	128	258	-21.0%	101.6%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	686	808	660	17.8%	-18.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,432	1,582	1,450	10.5%	-8.3%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	500	513	333	2.6%	-35.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	689	817	673	18.6%	-17.6%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,315	1,528	1,188	16.2%	-22.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,274	10,974	10,517	6.8%	-4.2%

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

July 2025

EDR 5 - North Central