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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

November 2025

	EDR 5 - North Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,668	1,631	1,483	-2.2%	-9.1%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	45	37	30	-17.8%	-18.9%
21	Mining	14	16	15	14.3%	-6.3%
22	Utilities	10	11		10.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	785	797	719	1.5%	-9.8%
31	Manufacturing	182	158	88	-13.2%	-44.3%
42	Wholesale Trade	29	14	18	-51.7%	28.6%
44	Retail Trade	84	70	61	-16.7%	-12.9%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	27	16	22	-40.7%	37.5%
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	42	29	20	-31.0%	-31.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises			10	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	131	145	153	10.7%	5.5%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	44	29	52	-34.1%	79.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	41	46	39	12.2%	-15.2%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	137	135	122	-1.5%	-9.6%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	37	52	53	40.5%	1.9%
92	Public Administration	30	27	42	-10.0%	55.6%
99	Unclassified	10	15		50.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	40	36	36	-10.0%	0.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations			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				0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	11		11	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	29	13	19	-55.2%	46.2%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	79	80	66	1.3%	-17.5%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	102	106	113	3.9%	6.6%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	24	35	35	45.8%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	33	41	36	24.2%	-12.2%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	46	53	52	15.2%	-1.9%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	779	765	683	-1.8%	-10.7%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	56	56	44	0.0%	-21.4%
510000	Production Occupations	82	73	45	-11.0%	-38.4%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	145	136	107	-6.2%	-21.3%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	196	200	187	2.0%	-6.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	183	176	159	-3.8%	-9.7%
	12 years	888	901	789	1.5%	-12.4%
	13-15 years	513	488	449	-4.9%	-8.0%
	Over 15 years	84	66	86	-21.4%	30.3%
Sex
	Male	1,386	1,369	1,209	-1.2%	-11.7%
	Female	282	262	274	-7.1%	4.6%
Age
	Under age 22	115	130	132	13.0%	1.5%
	Age 22 to 29	310	298	292	-3.9%	-2.0%
	Age 30 to 39	367	328	300	-10.6%	-8.5%
	Age 40 to 49	295	318	284	7.8%	-10.7%
	Age 50 to 59	325	286	248	-12.0%	-13.3%
	Age 60 to 64	146	167	134	14.4%	-19.8%
	Age 65 and over	94	86	76	-8.5%	-11.6%
	Info. not available	16	18	17	12.5%	-5.6%
Race
	White	1,547	1,486	1,331	-3.9%	-10.4%
	Black or African American,	14	11	14	-21.4%	27.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	24	30	23	25.0%	-23.3%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	77	95	107	23.4%	12.6%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,464	1,438	1,287	-1.8%	-10.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	54	54	58	0.0%	7.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	150	139	138	-7.3%	-0.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	621	965	487	55.4%	-49.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	763	769	607	0.8%	-21.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2,410	2,154	2,001	-10.6%	-7.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,358	1,341	1,063	-1.3%	-20.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,668	1,631	1,483	-2.2%	-9.1%
	Cass County	331	307	272	-7.3%	-11.4%
	Crow Wing County	554	544	517	-1.8%	-5.0%
	Morrison County	393	412	406	4.8%	-1.5%
	Todd County	244	240	194	-1.6%	-19.2%
	Wadena County	146	128	94	-12.3%	-26.6%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	984	810	695	-17.7%	-14.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	218	272	188	24.8%	-30.9%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,868	1,796	1,671	-3.9%	-7.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,999	2,819	2,659	-6.0%	-5.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	454	474	378	4.4%	-20.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,423	1,431	1,170	0.6%	-18.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,297	2,275	1,933	-1.0%	-15.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	12,293	11,094	10,888	-9.8%	-1.9%

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

November 2025

EDR 5 - North Central