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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 2026

	EDR 5 - North Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	391	344	319	-12.0%	-7.3%

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	74	49	56	-33.8%	14.3%
31	Manufacturing	86	80	39	-7.0%	-51.3%
42	Wholesale Trade				0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	38	26	34	-31.6%	30.8%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	17	19		11.8%	0.0%
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	19		10	0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	14	22	13	57.1%	-40.9%
61	Educational Services	26	34	17	30.8%	-50.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	37	34	52	-8.1%	52.9%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	22	15	22	-31.8%	46.7%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	11	11	15	0.0%	36.4%
92	Public Administration	11	12	12	9.1%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	23	16	14	-30.4%	-12.5%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	10			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	31	38	19	22.6%	-50.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	14	13	19	-7.1%	46.2%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	25	21	23	-16.0%	9.5%
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	25	20	27	-20.0%	35.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	28	21	21	-25.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	76	50	54	-34.2%	8.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	14	10		-28.6%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	61	57	33	-6.6%	-42.1%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	16	27	13	68.8%	-51.9%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	39	33	45	-15.4%	36.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	38	21	22	-44.7%	4.8%
	12 years	168	161	128	-4.2%	-20.5%
	13-15 years	143	115	118	-19.6%	2.6%
	Over 15 years	42	47	51	11.9%	8.5%
Sex
	Male	201	165	163	-17.9%	-1.2%
	Female	190	179	156	-5.8%	-12.8%
Age
	Under age 22	27	18	15	-33.3%	-16.7%
	Age 22 to 29	55	49	39	-10.9%	-20.4%
	Age 30 to 39	76	74	76	-2.6%	2.7%
	Age 40 to 49	88	78	79	-11.4%	1.3%
	Age 50 to 59	81	71	66	-12.3%	-7.0%
	Age 60 to 64	45	37	26	-17.8%	-29.7%
	Age 65 and over	16	14	17	-12.5%	21.4%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	322	303	280	-5.9%	-7.6%
	Black or African American,	11			0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	10		12	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	43	32	21	-25.6%	-34.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	311	281	279	-9.6%	-0.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	32	27	21	-15.6%	-22.2%
	Ethnicity Unknown	48	36	19	-25.0%	-47.2%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	230	201	156	-12.6%	-22.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	234	188	154	-19.7%	-18.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	710	690	719	-2.8%	4.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	353	301	297	-14.7%	-1.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	391	344	319	-12.0%	-7.3%
	Cass County	72	45	58	-37.5%	28.9%
	Crow Wing County	131	130	121	-0.8%	-6.9%
	Morrison County	75	67	66	-10.7%	-1.5%
	Todd County	62	57	42	-8.1%	-26.3%
	Wadena County	51	45	32	-11.8%	-28.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	267	233	262	-12.7%	12.4%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	45	89	154	97.8%	73.0%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	595	494	485	-17.0%	-1.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,186	1,045	1,037	-11.9%	-0.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	270	180	294	-33.3%	63.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	563	450	482	-20.1%	7.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,226	920	923	-25.0%	0.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,706	8,227	8,072	-5.5%	-1.9%

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

August 2026

EDR 5 - North Central