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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

January 2026

	EDR 5 - North Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,055	905	842	-14.2%	-7.0%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	27	20	16	-25.9%	-20.0%
21	Mining	11			0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	12			0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	413	362	331	-12.3%	-8.6%
31	Manufacturing	156	103	106	-34.0%	2.9%
42	Wholesale Trade	14	23	16	64.3%	-30.4%
44	Retail Trade	75	66	52	-12.0%	-21.2%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	15	27	32	80.0%	18.5%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	12			0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	20	13	16	-35.0%	23.1%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	11			0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	44	33	33	-25.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	20	42	13	110.0%	-69.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	48	47	45	-2.1%	-4.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation		12		0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	94	70	73	-25.5%	4.3%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	30	37	24	23.3%	-35.1%
92	Public Administration	23	18	29	-21.7%	61.1%
99	Unclassified	10	11	14	10.0%	27.3%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	22	34	18	54.5%	-47.1%
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%
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	14	16		14.3%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	15			0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	22	20	19	-9.1%	-5.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	75	73	57	-2.7%	-21.9%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	30	33	30	10.0%	-9.1%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations		10		0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	41	33	25	-19.5%	-24.2%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	51	29	35	-43.1%	20.7%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	24	20	29	-16.7%	45.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	443	362	344	-18.3%	-5.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	32	31	31	-3.1%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	97	70	51	-27.8%	-27.1%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	65	55	69	-15.4%	25.5%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	93	91	84	-2.2%	-7.7%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	93	96	83	3.2%	-13.5%
	12 years	559	467	455	-16.5%	-2.6%
	13-15 years	339	282	241	-16.8%	-14.5%
	Over 15 years	64	60	63	-6.3%	5.0%
Sex
	Male	804	667	645	-17.0%	-3.3%
	Female	251	237	197	-5.6%	-16.9%
Age
	Under age 22	94	81	77	-13.8%	-4.9%
	Age 22 to 29	208	180	182	-13.5%	1.1%
	Age 30 to 39	216	164	170	-24.1%	3.7%
	Age 40 to 49	219	183	171	-16.4%	-6.6%
	Age 50 to 59	162	141	124	-13.0%	-12.1%
	Age 60 to 64	91	100	64	9.9%	-36.0%
	Age 65 and over	54	45	43	-16.7%	-4.4%
	Info. not available	11	11	11	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	945	800	726	-15.3%	-9.3%
	Black or African American,			10	0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	19	27	17	42.1%	-37.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	81	62	83	-23.5%	33.9%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	910	785	721	-13.7%	-8.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	34	29	29	-14.7%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	111	91	92	-18.0%	1.1%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	541	408	361	-24.6%	-11.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	421	368	401	-12.6%	9.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,814	1,568	1,580	-13.6%	0.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	891	730	666	-18.1%	-8.8%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,055	905	842	-14.2%	-7.0%
	Cass County	188	184	161	-2.1%	-12.5%
	Crow Wing County	357	320	277	-10.4%	-13.4%
	Morrison County	275	214	226	-22.2%	5.6%
	Todd County	130	104	104	-20.0%	0.0%
	Wadena County	105	83	74	-21.0%	-10.8%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	657	516	472	-21.5%	-8.5%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	180	182	161	1.1%	-11.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,621	1,249	1,275	-22.9%	2.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,689	2,360	2,316	-12.2%	-1.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	459	467	367	1.7%	-21.4%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,360	1,137	1,098	-16.4%	-3.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,300	2,008	1,972	-12.7%	-1.8%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	13,061	11,965	12,560	-8.4%	5.0%

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

January 2026

EDR 5 - North Central