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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 2025

	EDR 7E- East Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	885	779	967	-12.0%	24.1%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting			11	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	12	11	21	-8.3%	90.9%
23	Construction	532	411	543	-22.7%	32.1%
31	Manufacturing	49	72	75	46.9%	4.2%
42	Wholesale Trade		17	15	0.0%	-11.8%
44	Retail Trade	44	36	38	-18.2%	5.6%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	15	19	29	26.7%	52.6%
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	22	31	18	40.9%	-41.9%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises			12	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	49	34	38	-30.6%	11.8%
61	Educational Services	11	11		0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	28	48	41	71.4%	-14.6%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	10		10	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	25	24	26	-4.0%	8.3%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	20	18	16	-10.0%	-11.1%
92	Public Administration	10	10	22	0.0%	120.0%
99	Unclassified	16		21	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	16	22	22	37.5%	0.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations			13	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%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations				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	14	17	14	21.4%	-17.6%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	20	26	25	30.0%	-3.8%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	17	19	24	11.8%	26.3%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	29	24	22	-17.2%	-8.3%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	21	30	27	42.9%	-10.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	570	428	583	-24.9%	36.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	27	39	30	44.4%	-23.1%
510000	Production Occupations	23	23	28	0.0%	21.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	53	35	39	-34.0%	11.4%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	56	50	82	-10.7%	64.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	75	44	75	-41.3%	70.5%
	12 years	472	422	549	-10.6%	30.1%
	13-15 years	295	244	288	-17.3%	18.0%
	Over 15 years	43	69	55	60.5%	-20.3%
Sex
	Male	738	614	781	-16.8%	27.2%
	Female	147	165	186	12.2%	12.7%
Age
	Under age 22	46	37	63	-19.6%	70.3%
	Age 22 to 29	149	135	191	-9.4%	41.5%
	Age 30 to 39	254	208	253	-18.1%	21.6%
	Age 40 to 49	215	183	226	-14.9%	23.5%
	Age 50 to 59	169	154	161	-8.9%	4.5%
	Age 60 to 64	45	40	49	-11.1%	22.5%
	Age 65 and over		20	23	0.0%	15.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	814	688	851	-15.5%	23.7%
	Black or African American,			10	0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	14	10	13	-28.6%	30.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	45	67	88	48.9%	31.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	782	671	817	-14.2%	21.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	12	19	21	58.3%	10.5%
	Ethnicity Unknown	91	89	129	-2.2%	44.9%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	165	221	295	33.9%	33.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	220	253	281	15.0%	11.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,150	1,154	1,228	0.3%	6.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	403	398	453	-1.2%	13.8%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	501	470	612	-6.2%	30.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	644	313	372	-51.4%	18.8%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	95	84	125	-11.6%	48.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	885	779	967	-12.0%	24.1%
	Chisago County	287	249	263	-13.2%	5.6%
	Isanti County	216	209	295	-3.2%	41.1%
	Kanabec County	100	74	114	-26.0%	54.1%
	Mille Lacs County	138	118	143	-14.5%	21.2%
	Pine County	144	129	152	-10.4%	17.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,678	1,453	1,698	-13.4%	16.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	258	206	213	-20.2%	3.4%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	738	679	818	-8.0%	20.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,359	1,153	1,349	-15.2%	17.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,795	8,857	9,329	0.7%	5.3%

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

February 2025

EDR 7E- East Central