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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

January 2025

	EDR 7E- East Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,228	1,621	1,249	32.0%	-22.9%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	14	17	11	21.4%	-35.3%
21	Mining		12		0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	10	29	11	190.0%	-62.1%
23	Construction	721	1,026	738	42.3%	-28.1%
31	Manufacturing	94	73	78	-22.3%	6.8%
42	Wholesale Trade	21	28	20	33.3%	-28.6%
44	Retail Trade	52	60	58	15.4%	-3.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	26	47	33	80.8%	-29.8%
51	Information	13			0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	15	14		-6.7%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	26	30	41	15.4%	36.7%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises		12	10	0.0%	-16.7%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	74	82	64	10.8%	-22.0%
61	Educational Services	12	27	19	125.0%	-29.6%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	36	37	45	2.8%	21.6%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			10	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	31	47	29	51.6%	-38.3%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	21	26	21	23.8%	-19.2%
92	Public Administration	21	23	28	9.5%	21.7%
99	Unclassified	12	14	11	16.7%	-21.4%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	31	26	32	-16.1%	23.1%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	18	14	11	-22.2%	-21.4%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations		12	16	0.0%	33.3%
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		20	13	0.0%	-35.0%
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	28	15	19	-46.4%	26.7%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	28	44	30	57.1%	-31.8%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	36	25	32	-30.6%	28.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations			11	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	26	38	27	46.2%	-28.9%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	33	42	34	27.3%	-19.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	13	28	15	115.4%	-46.4%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	762	1,062	742	39.4%	-30.1%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	41	44	33	7.3%	-25.0%
510000	Production Occupations	33	28	36	-15.2%	28.6%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	58	96	69	65.5%	-28.1%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	88	96	104	9.1%	8.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	115	151	107	31.3%	-29.1%
	12 years	665	925	695	39.1%	-24.9%
	13-15 years	403	475	379	17.9%	-20.2%
	Over 15 years	45	70	68	55.6%	-2.9%
Sex
	Male	1,015	1,363	1,031	34.3%	-24.4%
	Female	213	258	218	21.1%	-15.5%
Age
	Under age 22	64	101	82	57.8%	-18.8%
	Age 22 to 29	257	305	238	18.7%	-22.0%
	Age 30 to 39	350	439	339	25.4%	-22.8%
	Age 40 to 49	249	368	316	47.8%	-14.1%
	Age 50 to 59	204	274	160	34.3%	-41.6%
	Age 60 to 64	71	91	67	28.2%	-26.4%
	Age 65 and over	30	40	44	33.3%	10.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,096	1,472	1,115	34.3%	-24.3%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	13	23	11	76.9%	-52.2%
	Asian			11	0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	106	111	104	4.7%	-6.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,062	1,408	1,075	32.6%	-23.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	31	29	26	-6.5%	-10.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	135	184	148	36.3%	-19.6%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	343	541	408	57.7%	-24.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	403	421	368	4.5%	-12.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,526	1,814	1,568	18.9%	-13.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	678	891	730	31.4%	-18.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	749	1,055	905	40.9%	-14.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	631	657	516	4.1%	-21.5%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	159	180	182	13.2%	1.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,228	1,621	1,249	32.0%	-22.9%
	Chisago County	359	499	362	39.0%	-27.5%
	Isanti County	320	428	330	33.8%	-22.9%
	Kanabec County	156	178	140	14.1%	-21.3%
	Mille Lacs County	201	236	204	17.4%	-13.6%
	Pine County	192	280	213	45.8%	-23.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,156	2,689	2,360	24.7%	-12.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	448	459	467	2.5%	1.7%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,143	1,360	1,137	19.0%	-16.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,912	2,300	2,008	20.3%	-12.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	11,260	13,061	11,965	16.0%	-8.4%

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

January 2025

EDR 7E- East Central