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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2025

	EDR 7E- East Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	651	701	602	7.7%	-14.1%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting			13	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	301	332	242	10.3%	-27.1%
31	Manufacturing	67	74	47	10.4%	-36.5%
42	Wholesale Trade	10	13	15	30.0%	15.4%
44	Retail Trade	49	39	36	-20.4%	-7.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	19	15	26	-21.1%	73.3%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance			12	0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	26	30	33	15.4%	10.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	10			0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	33	35	23	6.1%	-34.3%
61	Educational Services		14	15	0.0%	7.1%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	36	38	50	5.6%	31.6%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	10			0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	17	30	17	76.5%	-43.3%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin		13	18	0.0%	38.5%
92	Public Administration	23	14	11	-39.1%	-21.4%
99	Unclassified	12	10	14	-16.7%	40.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	27	23	24	-14.8%	4.3%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations		14	13	0.0%	-7.1%
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			11	0.0%	0.0%
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	15	23	28	53.3%	21.7%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	19	25	16	31.6%	-36.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	18	12		-33.3%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	45	27	22	-40.0%	-18.5%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	32	30	27	-6.3%	-10.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	334	349	252	4.5%	-27.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		23	26	0.0%	13.0%
510000	Production Occupations	25	39	24	56.0%	-38.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	42	38	48	-9.5%	26.3%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	48	60	64	25.0%	6.7%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	42	40	36	-4.8%	-10.0%
	12 years	354	347	301	-2.0%	-13.3%
	13-15 years	220	261	197	18.6%	-24.5%
	Over 15 years	35	53	68	51.4%	28.3%
Sex
	Male	485	509	429	4.9%	-15.7%
	Female	166	192	173	15.7%	-9.9%
Age
	Under age 22	31	27	23	-12.9%	-14.8%
	Age 22 to 29	102	132	102	29.4%	-22.7%
	Age 30 to 39	170	184	153	8.2%	-16.8%
	Age 40 to 49	167	154	135	-7.8%	-12.3%
	Age 50 to 59	128	126	111	-1.6%	-11.9%
	Age 60 to 64	39	54	45	38.5%	-16.7%
	Age 65 and over	13	22	27	69.2%	22.7%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	593	616	539	3.9%	-12.5%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian		12		0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	44	61	47	38.6%	-23.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	550	596	516	8.4%	-13.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	11	24	17	118.2%	-29.2%
	Ethnicity Unknown	90	81	69	-10.0%	-14.8%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	262	249	257	-5.0%	3.2%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	274	198	213	-27.7%	7.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,157	1,112	1,004	-3.9%	-9.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	564	338	404	-40.1%	19.5%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	489	459	344	-6.1%	-25.1%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	355	341	275	-3.9%	-19.4%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	171	90	86	-47.4%	-4.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	651	701	602	7.7%	-14.1%
	Chisago County	204	211	201	3.4%	-4.7%
	Isanti County	154	193	154	25.3%	-20.2%
	Kanabec County	60	79	61	31.7%	-22.8%
	Mille Lacs County	112	110	98	-1.8%	-10.9%
	Pine County	121	108	88	-10.7%	-18.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,314	1,302	1,170	-0.9%	-10.1%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	254	191	193	-24.8%	1.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	600	639	559	6.5%	-12.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,091	1,133	1,100	3.8%	-2.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,353	8,539	8,586	2.2%	0.6%

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

April 2025

EDR 7E- East Central