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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

June 2026

	EDR 5 - North Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	964	1,147	984	19.0%	-14.2%

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	68	68	47	0.0%	-30.9%
31	Manufacturing	66	61	54	-7.6%	-11.5%
42	Wholesale Trade	14	13		-7.1%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	37	51	34	37.8%	-33.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	58	82	74	41.4%	-9.8%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance				0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	10			0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	13	13	10	0.0%	-23.1%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	17	13	19	-23.5%	46.2%
61	Educational Services	468	646	555	38.0%	-14.1%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	74	80	53	8.1%	-33.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	43	37	52	-14.0%	40.5%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	30	21	21	-30.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	20	24	26	20.0%	8.3%
99	Unclassified	11			0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	16	19	17	18.8%	-10.5%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations		15	12	0.0%	-20.0%
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	380	518	454	36.3%	-12.4%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	24	30	16	25.0%	-46.7%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	16	27	12	68.8%	-55.6%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	109	125	126	14.7%	0.8%
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	22	33	21	50.0%	-36.4%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	59	44	45	-25.4%	2.3%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	82	59	49	-28.0%	-16.9%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	12	13		8.3%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	47	45	38	-4.3%	-15.6%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	92	122	108	32.6%	-11.5%
990000	Unknown	63	63	49	0.0%	-22.2%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	40	54	37	35.0%	-31.5%
	12 years	358	402	374	12.3%	-7.0%
	13-15 years	445	535	445	20.2%	-16.8%
	Over 15 years	121	156	128	28.9%	-17.9%
Sex
	Male	279	303	265	8.6%	-12.5%
	Female	685	844	719	23.2%	-14.8%
Age
	Under age 22	19	28	17	47.4%	-39.3%
	Age 22 to 29	96	113	81	17.7%	-28.3%
	Age 30 to 39	212	215	196	1.4%	-8.8%
	Age 40 to 49	194	264	241	36.1%	-8.7%
	Age 50 to 59	234	270	209	15.4%	-22.6%
	Age 60 to 64	115	151	131	31.3%	-13.2%
	Age 65 and over	81	91	87	12.3%	-4.4%
	Info. not available	13	15	22	15.4%	46.7%
Race
	White	869	1,039	892	19.6%	-14.1%
	Black or African American,	10	12		20.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	14	19	19	35.7%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	62	67	60	8.1%	-10.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	838	1,015	874	21.1%	-13.9%
	Hispanic or Latino	33	48	24	45.5%	-50.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	93	84	86	-9.7%	2.4%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	646	595	514	-7.9%	-13.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	615	689	638	12.0%	-7.4%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2,060	2,244	2,267	8.9%	1.0%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	830	1,040	955	25.3%	-8.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	964	1,147	984	19.0%	-14.2%
	Cass County	162	208	173	28.4%	-16.8%
	Crow Wing County	339	363	371	7.1%	2.2%
	Morrison County	222	277	226	24.8%	-18.4%
	Todd County	160	200	140	25.0%	-30.0%
	Wadena County	81	99	74	22.2%	-25.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	875	993	954	13.5%	-3.9%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	249	297	381	19.3%	28.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,662	1,645	1,637	-1.0%	-0.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,517	3,708	3,500	5.4%	-5.6%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	984	964	713	-2.0%	-26.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,541	1,534	1,351	-0.5%	-11.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,753	3,100	2,896	12.6%	-6.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	18,971	21,127	20,970	11.4%	-0.7%

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

June 2026

EDR 5 - North Central