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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 2025

	EDR 5 - North Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	376	391	344	4.0%	-12.0%

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	60	74	49	23.3%	-33.8%
31	Manufacturing	95	86	80	-9.5%	-7.0%
42	Wholesale Trade	10			0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	31	38	26	22.6%	-31.6%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	15	17	19	13.3%	11.8%
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		19		0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	16	14	22	-12.5%	57.1%
61	Educational Services	31	26	34	-16.1%	30.8%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	43	37	34	-14.0%	-8.1%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	23	22	15	-4.3%	-31.8%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin		11	11	0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	11	11	12	0.0%	9.1%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	16	23	16	43.8%	-30.4%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations		10		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	39	31	38	-20.5%	22.6%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	17	14	13	-17.6%	-7.1%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	20	25	21	25.0%	-16.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	10		10	0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	21	25	20	19.0%	-20.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	24	28	21	16.7%	-25.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	59	76	50	28.8%	-34.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	12	14	10	16.7%	-28.6%
510000	Production Occupations	64	61	57	-4.7%	-6.6%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	15	16	27	6.7%	68.8%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	45	39	33	-13.3%	-15.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	29	38	21	31.0%	-44.7%
	12 years	172	168	161	-2.3%	-4.2%
	13-15 years	135	143	115	5.9%	-19.6%
	Over 15 years	40	42	47	5.0%	11.9%
Sex
	Male	209	201	165	-3.8%	-17.9%
	Female	167	190	179	13.8%	-5.8%
Age
	Under age 22	17	27	18	58.8%	-33.3%
	Age 22 to 29	54	55	49	1.9%	-10.9%
	Age 30 to 39	89	76	74	-14.6%	-2.6%
	Age 40 to 49	76	88	78	15.8%	-11.4%
	Age 50 to 59	90	81	71	-10.0%	-12.3%
	Age 60 to 64	31	45	37	45.2%	-17.8%
	Age 65 and over	14	16	14	14.3%	-12.5%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	331	322	303	-2.7%	-5.9%
	Black or African American,		11		0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	11	10		-9.1%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	26	43	32	65.4%	-25.6%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	321	311	281	-3.1%	-9.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	26	32	27	23.1%	-15.6%
	Ethnicity Unknown	29	48	36	65.5%	-25.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	162	230	201	42.0%	-12.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	204	234	188	14.7%	-19.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	932	710	690	-23.8%	-2.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	374	353	301	-5.6%	-14.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	376	391	344	4.0%	-12.0%
	Cass County	68	72	45	5.9%	-37.5%
	Crow Wing County	117	131	130	12.0%	-0.8%
	Morrison County	82	75	67	-8.5%	-10.7%
	Todd County	60	62	57	3.3%	-8.1%
	Wadena County	49	51	45	4.1%	-11.8%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	274	267	233	-2.6%	-12.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	81	45	89	-44.4%	97.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	516	595	494	15.3%	-17.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,206	1,186	1,045	-1.7%	-11.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	366	270	180	-26.2%	-33.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	512	563	450	10.0%	-20.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,181	1,226	920	3.8%	-25.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,749	8,706	8,227	-0.5%	-5.5%

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

August 2025

EDR 5 - North Central