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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

September 2026

	EDR 5 - North Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	421	373	303	-11.4%	-18.8%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	101	76	82	-24.8%	7.9%
31	Manufacturing	60	59	37	-1.7%	-37.3%
42	Wholesale Trade	16	15		-6.3%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	30	40	21	33.3%	-47.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing		12	10	0.0%	-16.7%
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	20	13	15	-35.0%	15.4%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	24	19	13	-20.8%	-31.6%
61	Educational Services	18	16	12	-11.1%	-25.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	34	30	33	-11.8%	10.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	27	23	29	-14.8%	26.1%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	14	15	13	7.1%	-13.3%
92	Public Administration	21	12		-42.9%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	13			0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	22	25	19	13.6%	-24.0%
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	13			0.0%	0.0%
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	12	13	14	8.3%	7.7%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	28	27	19	-3.6%	-29.6%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	13	11	12	-15.4%	9.1%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	16	27	17	68.8%	-37.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	15	24	15	60.0%	-37.5%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations			12	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	97	73	71	-24.7%	-2.7%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	23		17	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	52	33	21	-36.5%	-36.4%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	14	25	19	78.6%	-24.0%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	70	48	37	-31.4%	-22.9%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	30	27	29	-10.0%	7.4%
	12 years	198	167	137	-15.7%	-18.0%
	13-15 years	150	131	112	-12.7%	-14.5%
	Over 15 years	43	48	25	11.6%	-47.9%
Sex
	Male	279	230	200	-17.6%	-13.0%
	Female	142	143	103	0.7%	-28.0%
Age
	Under age 22	25	19	14	-24.0%	-26.3%
	Age 22 to 29	84	67	50	-20.2%	-25.4%
	Age 30 to 39	85	77	65	-9.4%	-15.6%
	Age 40 to 49	87	77	76	-11.5%	-1.3%
	Age 50 to 59	81	64	53	-21.0%	-17.2%
	Age 60 to 64	33	43	25	30.3%	-41.9%
	Age 65 and over	19	23	19	21.1%	-17.4%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	355	315	241	-11.3%	-23.5%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	15	10	13	-33.3%	30.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	39	37	38	-5.1%	2.7%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	359	320	251	-10.9%	-21.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	26	15	22	-42.3%	46.7%
	Ethnicity Unknown	36	38	30	5.6%	-21.1%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	216	113	92	-47.7%	-18.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	213	164	144	-23.0%	-12.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	911	853	724	-6.4%	-15.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	474	382	286	-19.4%	-25.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	421	373	303	-11.4%	-18.8%
	Cass County	69	73	50	5.8%	-31.5%
	Crow Wing County	170	164	120	-3.5%	-26.8%
	Morrison County	93	77	63	-17.2%	-18.2%
	Todd County	58	39	46	-32.8%	17.9%
	Wadena County	31	20	24	-35.5%	20.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	337	261	207	-22.6%	-20.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	235	208	53	-11.5%	-74.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	566	522	505	-7.8%	-3.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,235	1,027	1,012	-16.8%	-1.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	410	383	289	-6.6%	-24.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	556	520	427	-6.5%	-17.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	976	948	864	-2.9%	-8.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	7,733	8,154	7,168	5.4%	-12.1%

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

September 2026

EDR 5 - North Central