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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

July 2025

	EDR 7E- East Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	686	808	660	17.8%	-18.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining		15		0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	18	14		-22.2%	0.0%
23	Construction	199	252	186	26.6%	-26.2%
31	Manufacturing	46	77	68	67.4%	-11.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	13	36	11	176.9%	-69.4%
44	Retail Trade	31	39	47	25.8%	20.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	59	51	46	-13.6%	-9.8%
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	20	21	27	5.0%	28.6%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	26	26	26	0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	128	122	92	-4.7%	-24.6%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	43	55	56	27.9%	1.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	21	28	29	33.3%	3.6%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	21	17	19	-19.0%	11.8%
92	Public Administration	11	17		54.5%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	13	16		23.1%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	18	24	24	33.3%	0.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations		12	14	0.0%	16.7%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations		17		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	110	106	85	-3.6%	-19.8%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations		15	15	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	23	16	20	-30.4%	25.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	33	43	49	30.3%	14.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.				0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	29	22	22	-24.1%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	32	39	30	21.9%	-23.1%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	230	285	197	23.9%	-30.9%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	12	27	22	125.0%	-18.5%
510000	Production Occupations	20	53	38	165.0%	-28.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	73	57	50	-21.9%	-12.3%
990000	Unknown	54	67	62	24.1%	-7.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	32	51	46	59.4%	-9.8%
	12 years	305	336	298	10.2%	-11.3%
	13-15 years	276	327	246	18.5%	-24.8%
	Over 15 years	73	94	69	28.8%	-26.6%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	378	472	387	24.9%	-18.0%
	Female	308	336	273	9.1%	-18.8%
Age
	Under age 22	16	26	20	62.5%	-23.1%
	Age 22 to 29	83	109	101	31.3%	-7.3%
	Age 30 to 39	185	201	162	8.6%	-19.4%
	Age 40 to 49	162	196	160	21.0%	-18.4%
	Age 50 to 59	146	171	117	17.1%	-31.6%
	Age 60 to 64	48	62	57	29.2%	-8.1%
	Age 65 and over	37	36	35	-2.7%	-2.8%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	611	700	588	14.6%	-16.0%
	Black or African American,			14	0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native		14		0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	51	77	46	51.0%	-40.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	591	694	580	17.4%	-16.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	22	23	16	4.5%	-30.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	73	91	64	24.7%	-29.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	240	656	362	173.3%	-44.8%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	325	375	350	15.4%	-6.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,058	1,004	954	-5.1%	-5.0%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	597	549	471	-8.0%	-14.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	558	524	439	-6.1%	-16.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	356	345	392	-3.1%	13.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	162	128	258	-21.0%	101.6%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	686	808	660	17.8%	-18.3%
	Chisago County	246	259	201	5.3%	-22.4%
	Isanti County	157	215	186	36.9%	-13.5%
	Kanabec County	79	82	79	3.8%	-3.7%
	Mille Lacs County	100	128	91	28.0%	-28.9%
	Pine County	104	124	103	19.2%	-16.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,432	1,582	1,450	10.5%	-8.3%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	500	513	333	2.6%	-35.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	689	817	673	18.6%	-17.6%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,315	1,528	1,188	16.2%	-22.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,274	10,974	10,517	6.8%	-4.2%

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

July 2025

EDR 7E- East Central