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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

May 2025

	EDR 7E- East Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	498	772	606	55.0%	-21.5%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	167	309	210	85.0%	-32.0%
31	Manufacturing	51	76	50	49.0%	-34.2%
42	Wholesale Trade	15	13	12	-13.3%	-7.7%
44	Retail Trade	26	36	36	38.5%	0.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	12	29	29	141.7%	0.0%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance			10	0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	25	27	30	8.0%	11.1%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	22	27	21	22.7%	-22.2%
61	Educational Services	77	119	101	54.5%	-15.1%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	25	34	33	36.0%	-2.9%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	17	19	14	11.8%	-26.3%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	21	32	17	52.4%	-46.9%
92	Public Administration		10		0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified		11		0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	18	13	18	-27.8%	38.5%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	18	13	20	-27.8%	53.8%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations			11	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	65	97	79	49.2%	-18.6%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations		10		0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	15	15	12	0.0%	-20.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	21	32	26	52.4%	-18.8%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.		10		0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	13	20	19	53.8%	-5.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	30	32	40	6.7%	25.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	174	334	219	92.0%	-34.4%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	16	19	14	18.8%	-26.3%
510000	Production Occupations	30	39	26	30.0%	-33.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	21	45	35	114.3%	-22.2%
990000	Unknown	44	67	56	52.3%	-16.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	19	47	31	147.4%	-34.0%
	12 years	229	369	283	61.1%	-23.3%
	13-15 years	199	288	227	44.7%	-21.2%
	Over 15 years	51	68	65	33.3%	-4.4%
Sex
	Male	299	488	363	63.2%	-25.6%
	Female	199	284	242	42.7%	-14.8%
Age
	Under age 22	11	24	33	118.2%	37.5%
	Age 22 to 29	75	117	87	56.0%	-25.6%
	Age 30 to 39	132	205	155	55.3%	-24.4%
	Age 40 to 49	116	178	135	53.4%	-24.2%
	Age 50 to 59	111	143	118	28.8%	-17.5%
	Age 60 to 64	35	70	50	100.0%	-28.6%
	Age 65 and over	15	30	25	100.0%	-16.7%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	441	682	539	54.6%	-21.0%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native		13	10	0.0%	-23.1%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	39	60	49	53.8%	-18.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	433	676	527	56.1%	-22.0%
	Hispanic or Latino	10	17	16	70.0%	-5.9%
	Ethnicity Unknown	55	79	63	43.6%	-20.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	301	701	734	132.9%	4.7%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	309	490	435	58.6%	-11.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,083	1,286	1,649	18.7%	28.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	514	920	808	79.0%	-12.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	491	678	597	38.1%	-11.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	306	638	491	108.5%	-23.0%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	103	237	212	130.1%	-10.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	498	772	606	55.0%	-21.5%
	Chisago County	166	215	156	29.5%	-27.4%
	Isanti County	103	171	162	66.0%	-5.3%
	Kanabec County	64	118	78	84.4%	-33.9%
	Mille Lacs County	99	135	128	36.4%	-5.2%
	Pine County	66	133	82	101.5%	-38.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,256	1,665	1,394	32.6%	-16.3%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	358	513	529	43.3%	3.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	721	1,056	892	46.5%	-15.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,191	1,648	1,407	38.4%	-14.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,094	9,034	8,438	11.6%	-6.6%

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

May 2025

EDR 7E- East Central