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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

May 2026

	EDR 5 - North Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	678	597	470	-11.9%	-21.3%

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	84	97	67	15.5%	-30.9%
31	Manufacturing	50	59	39	18.0%	-33.9%
42	Wholesale Trade				0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	31	33	18	6.5%	-45.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	26	23	22	-11.5%	-4.3%
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	21	24	20	14.3%	-16.7%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	12	13	13	8.3%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	292	201	158	-31.2%	-21.4%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	66	59	40	-10.6%	-32.2%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	28	27	33	-3.6%	22.2%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	16	15	15	-6.3%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	11		10	0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	11	10		-9.1%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	22	19	10	-13.6%	-47.4%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	15			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	233	164	137	-29.6%	-16.5%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	20		12	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	24	26	18	8.3%	-30.8%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	67	45	39	-32.8%	-13.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.				0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	15	19	15	26.7%	-21.1%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	26	21	29	-19.2%	38.1%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	75	97	61	29.3%	-37.1%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	11	13		18.2%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	30	40	26	33.3%	-35.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	60	45	40	-25.0%	-11.1%
990000	Unknown	53	58	38	9.4%	-34.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	38	46	26	21.1%	-43.5%
	12 years	255	239	185	-6.3%	-22.6%
	13-15 years	312	250	216	-19.9%	-13.6%
	Over 15 years	73	62	43	-15.1%	-30.6%
Sex
	Male	238	247	191	3.8%	-22.7%
	Female	440	350	279	-20.5%	-20.3%
Age
	Under age 22	12	17	12	41.7%	-29.4%
	Age 22 to 29	71	77	52	8.5%	-32.5%
	Age 30 to 39	142	126	127	-11.3%	0.8%
	Age 40 to 49	148	134	108	-9.5%	-19.4%
	Age 50 to 59	167	125	79	-25.1%	-36.8%
	Age 60 to 64	89	67	57	-24.7%	-14.9%
	Age 65 and over	44	46	32	4.5%	-30.4%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	616	525	431	-14.8%	-17.9%
	Black or African American,		11		0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	14	12		-14.3%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	39	44	27	12.8%	-38.6%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	594	513	415	-13.6%	-19.1%
	Hispanic or Latino	24	34	23	41.7%	-32.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	60	50	32	-16.7%	-36.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	701	734	397	4.7%	-45.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	490	435	324	-11.2%	-25.5%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,286	1,649	942	28.2%	-42.9%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	920	808	706	-12.2%	-12.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	678	597	470	-11.9%	-21.3%
	Cass County	97	88	51	-9.3%	-42.0%
	Crow Wing County	184	191	137	3.8%	-28.3%
	Morrison County	211	152	123	-28.0%	-19.1%
	Todd County	130	113	102	-13.1%	-9.7%
	Wadena County	56	53	57	-5.4%	7.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	638	491	460	-23.0%	-6.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	237	212	336	-10.5%	58.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	772	606	559	-21.5%	-7.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,665	1,394	1,276	-16.3%	-8.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	513	529	358	3.1%	-32.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,056	892	840	-15.5%	-5.8%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,648	1,407	1,216	-14.6%	-13.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,034	8,438	7,834	-6.6%	-7.2%

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

May 2026

EDR 5 - North Central