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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2025

	EDR 7E- East Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	918	813	733	-11.4%	-9.8%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting		14		0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities			11	0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	418	421	308	0.7%	-26.8%
31	Manufacturing	77	90	48	16.9%	-46.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	13	17	20	30.8%	17.6%
44	Retail Trade	47	28	42	-40.4%	50.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	26	31	40	19.2%	29.0%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	14			0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			10	0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	40	20	18	-50.0%	-10.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises			11	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	46	29	32	-37.0%	10.3%
61	Educational Services	13	18	17	38.5%	-5.6%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	55	28	42	-49.1%	50.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	20		11	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	45	36	30	-20.0%	-16.7%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	23	14	30	-39.1%	114.3%
92	Public Administration	30	24	19	-20.0%	-20.8%
99	Unclassified	16	11	19	-31.3%	72.7%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	38	10	28	-73.7%	180.0%
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	25			0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	13	10		-23.1%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	12	16	20	33.3%	25.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	41	35	36	-14.6%	2.9%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	27	13	15	-51.9%	15.4%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	65	25	18	-61.5%	-28.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	42	27	34	-35.7%	25.9%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations		13		0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	416	457	338	9.9%	-26.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	29	26	29	-10.3%	11.5%
510000	Production Occupations	30	34	31	13.3%	-8.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	42	53	60	26.2%	13.2%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	83	60	66	-27.7%	10.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	64	68	49	6.3%	-27.9%
	12 years	485	412	393	-15.1%	-4.6%
	13-15 years	315	286	251	-9.2%	-12.2%
	Over 15 years	54	47	39	-13.0%	-17.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	671	637	539	-5.1%	-15.4%
	Female	247	176	194	-28.7%	10.2%
Age
	Under age 22	47	40	34	-14.9%	-15.0%
	Age 22 to 29	140	141	105	0.7%	-25.5%
	Age 30 to 39	239	230	184	-3.8%	-20.0%
	Age 40 to 49	214	183	182	-14.5%	-0.5%
	Age 50 to 59	176	149	139	-15.3%	-6.7%
	Age 60 to 64	79	47	54	-40.5%	14.9%
	Age 65 and over	22	19	34	-13.6%	78.9%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	816	725	653	-11.2%	-9.9%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	11	11	10	0.0%	-9.1%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	79	68	57	-13.9%	-16.2%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	776	698	627	-10.1%	-10.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	22	17	20	-22.7%	17.6%
	Ethnicity Unknown	120	98	86	-18.3%	-12.2%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	258	390	264	51.2%	-32.3%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	328	292	259	-11.0%	-11.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,397	1,220	1,308	-12.7%	7.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	606	414	407	-31.7%	-1.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	552	446	514	-19.2%	15.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	362	305	383	-15.7%	25.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	130	69	88	-46.9%	27.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	918	813	733	-11.4%	-9.8%
	Chisago County	302	255	242	-15.6%	-5.1%
	Isanti County	233	199	172	-14.6%	-13.6%
	Kanabec County	95	79	87	-16.8%	10.1%
	Mille Lacs County	133	147	110	10.5%	-25.2%
	Pine County	155	133	122	-14.2%	-8.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,592	1,507	1,346	-5.3%	-10.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	322	227	232	-29.5%	2.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	792	698	720	-11.9%	3.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,579	1,180	1,370	-25.3%	16.1%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,559	8,690	9,107	-17.7%	4.8%

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

March 2025

EDR 7E- East Central