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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2026

	EDR 5 - North Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	459	344	382	-25.1%	11.0%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	11			0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	116	99	75	-14.7%	-24.2%
31	Manufacturing	96	48	102	-50.0%	112.5%
42	Wholesale Trade		13	10	0.0%	-23.1%
44	Retail Trade	33	27	32	-18.2%	18.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	17	22	11	29.4%	-50.0%
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	14		12	0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	19	11	11	-42.1%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	14		11	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	50	34	44	-32.0%	29.4%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	30	25	20	-16.7%	-20.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	18	13		-27.8%	0.0%
92	Public Administration				0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	11	11		0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	17	12	12	-29.4%	0.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	13		13	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		10		0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	12			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	25	15	19	-40.0%	26.7%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	29	27	22	-6.9%	-18.5%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.			10	0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	23	15	15	-34.8%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	20	22	21	10.0%	-4.5%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	17			0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	120	100	85	-16.7%	-15.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	19	11	12	-42.1%	9.1%
510000	Production Occupations	49	29	73	-40.8%	151.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	25	27	22	8.0%	-18.5%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	55	32	38	-41.8%	18.8%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	39	34	40	-12.8%	17.6%
	12 years	204	154	171	-24.5%	11.0%
	13-15 years	175	128	129	-26.9%	0.8%
	Over 15 years	41	28	42	-31.7%	50.0%
Sex
	Male	298	217	252	-27.2%	16.1%
	Female	161	127	130	-21.1%	2.4%
Age
	Under age 22	20	12	11	-40.0%	-8.3%
	Age 22 to 29	100	75	68	-25.0%	-9.3%
	Age 30 to 39	110	81	91	-26.4%	12.3%
	Age 40 to 49	96	72	82	-25.0%	13.9%
	Age 50 to 59	86	63	83	-26.7%	31.7%
	Age 60 to 64	37	23	29	-37.8%	26.1%
	Age 65 and over		17	16	0.0%	-5.9%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	392	304	327	-22.4%	7.6%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	10	11		10.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	40	21	43	-47.5%	104.8%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	389	309	309	-20.6%	0.0%
	Hispanic or Latino	22	14	46	-36.4%	228.6%
	Ethnicity Unknown	48	21	27	-56.3%	28.6%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	249	257	158	3.2%	-38.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	198	213	220	7.6%	3.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,112	1,004	893	-9.7%	-11.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	338	404	326	19.5%	-19.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	459	344	382	-25.1%	11.0%
	Cass County	95	62	58	-34.7%	-6.5%
	Crow Wing County	156	128	136	-17.9%	6.3%
	Morrison County	117	78	75	-33.3%	-3.8%
	Todd County	63	41	75	-34.9%	82.9%
	Wadena County	28	35	38	25.0%	8.6%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	341	275	292	-19.4%	6.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	90	86	72	-4.4%	-16.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	701	602	588	-14.1%	-2.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,302	1,170	1,213	-10.1%	3.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	191	193	148	1.0%	-23.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	639	559	510	-12.5%	-8.8%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,133	1,100	995	-2.9%	-9.5%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,539	8,586	8,222	0.6%	-4.2%

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

April 2026

EDR 5 - North Central