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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

December 2025

	EDR 5 - North Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,396	1,721	1,689	23.3%	-1.9%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	28	38	30	35.7%	-21.1%
21	Mining	19	23	15	21.1%	-34.8%
22	Utilities	12	13		8.3%	0.0%
23	Construction	632	812	829	28.5%	2.1%
31	Manufacturing	190	239	201	25.8%	-15.9%
42	Wholesale Trade	28	35	37	25.0%	5.7%
44	Retail Trade	74	67	65	-9.5%	-3.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	19	34	35	78.9%	2.9%
51	Information		14	12	0.0%	-14.3%
52	Finance and Insurance				0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	12		17	0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	19	27	18	42.1%	-33.3%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises		10		0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	115	116	123	0.9%	6.0%
61	Educational Services	27	42	22	55.6%	-47.6%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	48	53	64	10.4%	20.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	16	16	13	0.0%	-18.8%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	69	88	95	27.5%	8.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	31	46	45	48.4%	-2.2%
92	Public Administration	25	18	35	-28.0%	94.4%
99	Unclassified		16	13	0.0%	-18.8%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	28	32	29	14.3%	-9.4%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	14			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			15	0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	24	33	22	37.5%	-33.3%
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	22	17	21	-22.7%	23.5%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	46	73	84	58.7%	15.1%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	62	67	66	8.1%	-1.5%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	40	32	35	-20.0%	9.4%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	46	37	48	-19.6%	29.7%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	56	59	63	5.4%	6.8%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	657	812	819	23.6%	0.9%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	41	56	44	36.6%	-21.4%
510000	Production Occupations	85	126	78	48.2%	-38.1%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	97	129	145	33.0%	12.4%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	149	204	193	36.9%	-5.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	139	182	174	30.9%	-4.4%
	12 years	752	980	977	30.3%	-0.3%
	13-15 years	431	470	443	9.0%	-5.7%
	Over 15 years	73	89	95	21.9%	6.7%
Sex
	Male	1,119	1,406	1,386	25.6%	-1.4%
	Female	277	315	303	13.7%	-3.8%
Age
	Under age 22	109	134	167	22.9%	24.6%
	Age 22 to 29	276	354	350	28.3%	-1.1%
	Age 30 to 39	333	363	361	9.0%	-0.6%
	Age 40 to 49	259	338	315	30.5%	-6.8%
	Age 50 to 59	228	275	271	20.6%	-1.5%
	Age 60 to 64	129	166	132	28.7%	-20.5%
	Age 65 and over	50	76	74	52.0%	-2.6%
	Info. not available	12	15	19	25.0%	26.7%
Race
	White	1,285	1,586	1,542	23.4%	-2.8%
	Black or African American,	10		17	0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	20	28	34	40.0%	21.4%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	71	95	91	33.8%	-4.2%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,235	1,519	1,492	23.0%	-1.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	33	47	62	42.4%	31.9%
	Ethnicity Unknown	128	155	135	21.1%	-12.9%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	1,030	1,098	807	6.6%	-26.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	659	760	727	15.3%	-4.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,850	2,414	2,323	30.5%	-3.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,229	1,585	1,536	29.0%	-3.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,396	1,721	1,689	23.3%	-1.9%
	Cass County	261	351	306	34.5%	-12.8%
	Crow Wing County	434	521	509	20.0%	-2.3%
	Morrison County	390	432	435	10.8%	0.7%
	Todd County	162	216	251	33.3%	16.2%
	Wadena County	149	201	188	34.9%	-6.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	814	1,059	1,081	30.1%	2.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	233	449	423	92.7%	-5.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,816	2,341	2,381	28.9%	1.7%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,074	3,832	4,009	24.7%	4.6%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	880	1,186	760	34.8%	-35.9%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,561	1,911	1,973	22.4%	3.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,631	3,101	3,414	17.9%	10.1%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	12,651	14,104	15,422	11.5%	9.3%

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

December 2025

EDR 5 - North Central