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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

July 2026

	EDR 5 - North Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	524	439	415	-16.2%	-5.5%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	63	79	59	25.4%	-25.3%
31	Manufacturing	104	89	77	-14.4%	-13.5%
42	Wholesale Trade	13			0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	45	24	31	-46.7%	29.2%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	25	13	20	-48.0%	53.8%
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	16	14	15	-12.5%	7.1%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	17	10	12	-41.2%	20.0%
61	Educational Services	93	68	65	-26.9%	-4.4%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	53	46	48	-13.2%	4.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	27	29	28	7.4%	-3.4%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	18	13	17	-27.8%	30.8%
92	Public Administration	16	15	10	-6.3%	-33.3%
99	Unclassified	10			0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	19	17	14	-10.5%	-17.6%
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	84	58	55	-31.0%	-5.2%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations		11		0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	26	14	17	-46.2%	21.4%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	36	30	37	-16.7%	23.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.		11	10	0.0%	-9.1%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	35	24	18	-31.4%	-25.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	30	24	31	-20.0%	29.2%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	74	77	63	4.1%	-18.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	19	11	11	-42.1%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	65	64	50	-1.5%	-21.9%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	37	30	26	-18.9%	-13.3%
990000	Unknown	55	45	39	-18.2%	-13.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	31	41	25	32.3%	-39.0%
	12 years	234	202	188	-13.7%	-6.9%
	13-15 years	194	139	158	-28.4%	13.7%
	Over 15 years	65	57	44	-12.3%	-22.8%
Sex
	Male	261	233	200	-10.7%	-14.2%
	Female	263	206	215	-21.7%	4.4%
Age
	Under age 22	22	19	17	-13.6%	-10.5%
	Age 22 to 29	72	54	49	-25.0%	-9.3%
	Age 30 to 39	112	108	87	-3.6%	-19.4%
	Age 40 to 49	115	91	89	-20.9%	-2.2%
	Age 50 to 59	113	97	100	-14.2%	3.1%
	Age 60 to 64	57	38	45	-33.3%	18.4%
	Age 65 and over	28	27	26	-3.6%	-3.7%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	455	381	362	-16.3%	-5.0%
	Black or African American,	11			0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	17		13	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	37	46	34	24.3%	-26.1%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	459	385	358	-16.1%	-7.0%
	Hispanic or Latino	27	24	21	-11.1%	-12.5%
	Ethnicity Unknown	38	30	36	-21.1%	20.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	656	362	168	-44.8%	-53.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	375	350	239	-6.7%	-31.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,004	954	969	-5.0%	1.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	549	471	388	-14.2%	-17.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	524	439	415	-16.2%	-5.5%
	Cass County	79	75	62	-5.1%	-17.3%
	Crow Wing County	185	143	143	-22.7%	0.0%
	Morrison County	120	93	92	-22.5%	-1.1%
	Todd County	86	78	60	-9.3%	-23.1%
	Wadena County	54	50	58	-7.4%	16.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	345	392	307	13.6%	-21.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	128	258	148	101.6%	-42.6%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	808	660	614	-18.3%	-7.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,582	1,450	1,341	-8.3%	-7.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	513	333	420	-35.1%	26.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	817	673	594	-17.6%	-11.7%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,528	1,188	1,216	-22.3%	2.4%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,974	10,517	10,295	-4.2%	-2.1%

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

July 2026

EDR 5 - North Central