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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

October 2025

	EDR 5 - North Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	666	679	708	2.0%	4.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	18	16	25	-11.1%	56.3%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	239	237	199	-0.8%	-16.0%
31	Manufacturing	64	121	85	89.1%	-29.8%
42	Wholesale Trade	11		12	0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	45	51	47	13.3%	-7.8%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	16	15	12	-6.3%	-20.0%
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	19	20	16	5.3%	-20.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	29	26	36	-10.3%	38.5%
61	Educational Services	12			0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	38	32	52	-15.8%	62.5%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	21	21	23	0.0%	9.5%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	78	44	77	-43.6%	75.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	13	19	20	46.2%	5.3%
92	Public Administration	24	23	52	-4.2%	126.1%
99	Unclassified		10	11	0.0%	10.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	16	20	25	25.0%	25.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	13		11	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				0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	11			0.0%	0.0%
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	19	17	29	-10.5%	70.6%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	64	42	54	-34.4%	28.6%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	29	36	45	24.1%	25.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	23	30	41	30.4%	36.7%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	20	24	27	20.0%	12.5%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	28	23	22	-17.9%	-4.3%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	236	223	183	-5.5%	-17.9%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	13	16	36	23.1%	125.0%
510000	Production Occupations	41	90	63	119.5%	-30.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	48	48	41	0.0%	-14.6%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	83	70	85	-15.7%	21.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	60	67	65	11.7%	-3.0%
	12 years	336	350	336	4.2%	-4.0%
	13-15 years	229	214	244	-6.6%	14.0%
	Over 15 years	41	47	63	14.6%	34.0%
Sex
	Male	468	483	466	3.2%	-3.5%
	Female	198	196	242	-1.0%	23.5%
Age
	Under age 22	27	36	31	33.3%	-13.9%
	Age 22 to 29	131	109	115	-16.8%	5.5%
	Age 30 to 39	148	152	140	2.7%	-7.9%
	Age 40 to 49	111	148	139	33.3%	-6.1%
	Age 50 to 59	122	125	149	2.5%	19.2%
	Age 60 to 64	73	64	78	-12.3%	21.9%
	Age 65 and over	45	36	42	-20.0%	16.7%
	Info. not available			14	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	599	592	640	-1.2%	8.1%
	Black or African American,		10	11	0.0%	10.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	18	19	12	5.6%	-36.8%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	34	53	43	55.9%	-18.9%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	582	559	618	-4.0%	10.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	28	45	36	60.7%	-20.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	56	75	54	33.9%	-28.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	302	273	375	-9.6%	37.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	332	334	310	0.6%	-7.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,330	1,114	1,080	-16.2%	-3.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	503	590	482	17.3%	-18.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	666	679	708	2.0%	4.3%
	Cass County	124	128	105	3.2%	-18.0%
	Crow Wing County	240	213	257	-11.3%	20.7%
	Morrison County	154	142	177	-7.8%	24.6%
	Todd County	106	121	91	14.2%	-24.8%
	Wadena County	42	75	78	78.6%	4.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	306	340	337	11.1%	-0.9%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	90	94	77	4.4%	-18.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	833	801	777	-3.8%	-3.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,421	1,480	1,410	4.2%	-4.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	226	222	272	-1.8%	22.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	643	632	592	-1.7%	-6.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,229	1,112	1,187	-9.5%	6.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,189	8,479	9,352	3.5%	10.3%

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

October 2025

EDR 5 - North Central