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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2026

	EDR 5 - North Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	446	514	483	15.2%	-6.0%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting		16	12	0.0%	-25.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	147	112	133	-23.8%	18.8%
31	Manufacturing	72	102	98	41.7%	-3.9%
42	Wholesale Trade		16		0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	37	41	39	10.8%	-4.9%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	15	27	30	80.0%	11.1%
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	10	15	11	50.0%	-26.7%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	16	11	14	-31.3%	27.3%
61	Educational Services		16	13	0.0%	-18.8%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	37	41	50	10.8%	22.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	33	43	18	30.3%	-58.1%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	12	16		33.3%	0.0%
92	Public Administration		16		0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified		15	12	0.0%	-20.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	15		20	0.0%	0.0%
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		10		0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations			10	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	11	21	16	90.9%	-23.8%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	30	37	28	23.3%	-24.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	11			0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	17	34	20	100.0%	-41.2%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	19	26	22	36.8%	-15.4%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	17	21	14	23.5%	-33.3%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	159	119	145	-25.2%	21.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	14	23	20	64.3%	-13.0%
510000	Production Occupations	41	65	65	58.5%	0.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	41	48	44	17.1%	-8.3%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	42	60	46	42.9%	-23.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	50	55	33	10.0%	-40.0%
	12 years	229	238	245	3.9%	2.9%
	13-15 years	134	179	158	33.6%	-11.7%
	Over 15 years	33	42	47	27.3%	11.9%
Sex
	Male	312	325	336	4.2%	3.4%
	Female	134	189	147	41.0%	-22.2%
Age
	Under age 22	29	30	29	3.4%	-3.3%
	Age 22 to 29	86	97	76	12.8%	-21.6%
	Age 30 to 39	102	101	88	-1.0%	-12.9%
	Age 40 to 49	101	103	110	2.0%	6.8%
	Age 50 to 59	69	101	89	46.4%	-11.9%
	Age 60 to 64	38	53	55	39.5%	3.8%
	Age 65 and over	19	25	28	31.6%	12.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	387	447	442	15.5%	-1.1%
	Black or African American,	11			0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	11	14		27.3%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	35	45	25	28.6%	-44.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	376	433	417	15.2%	-3.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	30	30	16	0.0%	-46.7%
	Ethnicity Unknown	40	51	50	27.5%	-2.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	390	264	155	-32.3%	-41.3%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	292	259	277	-11.3%	6.9%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,220	1,308	1,227	7.2%	-6.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	414	407	428	-1.7%	5.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	446	514	483	15.2%	-6.0%
	Cass County	89	96	85	7.9%	-11.5%
	Crow Wing County	154	192	165	24.7%	-14.1%
	Morrison County	101	101	137	0.0%	35.6%
	Todd County	65	79	55	21.5%	-30.4%
	Wadena County	37	46	41	24.3%	-10.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	305	383	331	25.6%	-13.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	69	88	63	27.5%	-28.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	813	733	806	-9.8%	10.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,507	1,346	1,501	-10.7%	11.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	227	232	162	2.2%	-30.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	698	720	717	3.2%	-0.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,180	1,370	1,321	16.1%	-3.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,690	9,107	9,372	4.8%	2.9%

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

March 2026

EDR 5 - North Central