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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 2026

	EDR 5 - North Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	470	612	472	30.2%	-22.9%

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	136	239	162	75.7%	-32.2%
31	Manufacturing	63	79	65	25.4%	-17.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	13	15		15.4%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	52	26	35	-50.0%	34.6%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	12	17	12	41.7%	-29.4%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	10			0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services		14	13	0.0%	-7.1%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	22	30	23	36.4%	-23.3%
61	Educational Services		10		0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	41	42	51	2.4%	21.4%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	10			0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	44	42	34	-4.5%	-19.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	13	18	13	38.5%	-27.8%
92	Public Administration	13	17	13	30.8%	-23.5%
99	Unclassified		19		0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	18	24	16	33.3%	-33.3%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations				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		12		0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	21	15	23	-28.6%	53.3%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	36	34	37	-5.6%	8.8%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	16	21	17	31.3%	-19.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	32	18	20	-43.8%	11.1%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	23	25	19	8.7%	-24.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations		12		0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	131	242	172	84.7%	-28.9%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	25	24	14	-4.0%	-41.7%
510000	Production Occupations	40	45	35	12.5%	-22.2%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	23	34	19	47.8%	-44.1%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	52	71	60	36.5%	-15.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	45	65	41	44.4%	-36.9%
	12 years	231	296	231	28.1%	-22.0%
	13-15 years	161	208	159	29.2%	-23.6%
	Over 15 years	33	43	41	30.3%	-4.7%
Sex
	Male	320	460	334	43.8%	-27.4%
	Female	150	152	138	1.3%	-9.2%
Age
	Under age 22	33	49	28	48.5%	-42.9%
	Age 22 to 29	95	146	92	53.7%	-37.0%
	Age 30 to 39	88	129	102	46.6%	-20.9%
	Age 40 to 49	100	123	105	23.0%	-14.6%
	Age 50 to 59	90	95	82	5.6%	-13.7%
	Age 60 to 64	45	35	35	-22.2%	0.0%
	Age 65 and over	16	30	22	87.5%	-26.7%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	409	543	414	32.8%	-23.8%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	15	12		-20.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	34	45	36	32.4%	-20.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	407	517	401	27.0%	-22.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	17	30	36	76.5%	20.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	46	65	35	41.3%	-46.2%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	221	295	186	33.5%	-36.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	253	281	217	11.1%	-22.8%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,154	1,228	1,049	6.4%	-14.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	398	453	379	13.8%	-16.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	470	612	472	30.2%	-22.9%
	Cass County	80	101	79	26.3%	-21.8%
	Crow Wing County	188	225	167	19.7%	-25.8%
	Morrison County	113	134	113	18.6%	-15.7%
	Todd County	49	101	76	106.1%	-24.8%
	Wadena County	40	51	37	27.5%	-27.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	313	372	289	18.8%	-22.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	84	125	77	48.8%	-38.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	779	967	691	24.1%	-28.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,453	1,698	1,372	16.9%	-19.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	206	213	155	3.4%	-27.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	679	818	663	20.5%	-18.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,153	1,349	1,187	17.0%	-12.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,857	9,329	8,538	5.3%	-8.5%

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

February 2026

EDR 5 - North Central