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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

September 2025

	EDR 5 - North Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	396	421	373	6.3%	-11.4%

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	94	101	76	7.4%	-24.8%
31	Manufacturing	82	60	59	-26.8%	-1.7%
42	Wholesale Trade		16	15	0.0%	-6.3%
44	Retail Trade	38	30	40	-21.1%	33.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	10		12	0.0%	0.0%
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	11	20	13	81.8%	-35.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	21	24	19	14.3%	-20.8%
61	Educational Services		18	16	0.0%	-11.1%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	35	34	30	-2.9%	-11.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	37	27	23	-27.0%	-14.8%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin		14	15	0.0%	7.1%
92	Public Administration	11	21	12	90.9%	-42.9%
99	Unclassified		13		0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	15	22	25	46.7%	13.6%
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	12	13		8.3%	0.0%
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	18	12	13	-33.3%	8.3%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	34	28	27	-17.6%	-3.6%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	17	13	11	-23.5%	-15.4%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	26	16	27	-38.5%	68.8%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	15	15	24	0.0%	60.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	92	97	73	5.4%	-24.7%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		23		0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	71	52	33	-26.8%	-36.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	15	14	25	-6.7%	78.6%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	41	70	48	70.7%	-31.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	41	30	27	-26.8%	-10.0%
	12 years	193	198	167	2.6%	-15.7%
	13-15 years	125	150	131	20.0%	-12.7%
	Over 15 years	37	43	48	16.2%	11.6%
Sex
	Male	224	279	230	24.6%	-17.6%
	Female	172	142	143	-17.4%	0.7%
Age
	Under age 22	19	25	19	31.6%	-24.0%
	Age 22 to 29	59	84	67	42.4%	-20.2%
	Age 30 to 39	100	85	77	-15.0%	-9.4%
	Age 40 to 49	76	87	77	14.5%	-11.5%
	Age 50 to 59	76	81	64	6.6%	-21.0%
	Age 60 to 64	39	33	43	-15.4%	30.3%
	Age 65 and over	22	19	23	-13.6%	21.1%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	338	355	315	5.0%	-11.3%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native		15	10	0.0%	-33.3%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	47	39	37	-17.0%	-5.1%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	331	359	320	8.5%	-10.9%
	Hispanic or Latino	33	26	15	-21.2%	-42.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	32	36	38	12.5%	5.6%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	162	216	113	33.3%	-47.7%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	169	213	164	26.0%	-23.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	782	911	853	16.5%	-6.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	285	474	382	66.3%	-19.4%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	396	421	373	6.3%	-11.4%
	Cass County	48	69	73	43.8%	5.8%
	Crow Wing County	136	170	164	25.0%	-3.5%
	Morrison County	83	93	77	12.0%	-17.2%
	Todd County	86	58	39	-32.6%	-32.8%
	Wadena County	43	31	20	-27.9%	-35.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	242	337	261	39.3%	-22.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	71	235	208	231.0%	-11.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	513	566	522	10.3%	-7.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	974	1,235	1,027	26.8%	-16.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	287	410	383	42.9%	-6.6%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	526	556	520	5.7%	-6.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	960	976	948	1.7%	-2.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,828	7,733	8,154	13.3%	5.4%

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

September 2025

EDR 5 - North Central