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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 2025

	EDR 7E- East Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	516	595	494	15.3%	-17.0%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	10			0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	161	199	166	23.6%	-16.6%
31	Manufacturing	50	77	51	54.0%	-33.8%
42	Wholesale Trade	10	25	14	150.0%	-44.0%
44	Retail Trade	26	24	32	-7.7%	33.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	32	25	17	-21.9%	-32.0%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	13			0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	14	12	16	-14.3%	33.3%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises		11	12	0.0%	9.1%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	27	23	23	-14.8%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	59	52	42	-11.9%	-19.2%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	45	46	40	2.2%	-13.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	17	29	25	70.6%	-13.8%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	18	21	12	16.7%	-42.9%
92	Public Administration		12		0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	13	26	16	100.0%	-38.5%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations		13	11	0.0%	-15.4%
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	59	50	34	-15.3%	-32.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	12			0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	18	19	13	5.6%	-31.6%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	21	31	28	47.6%	-9.7%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.		10	11	0.0%	10.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	19	27	19	42.1%	-29.6%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	31	28	28	-9.7%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	179	216	172	20.7%	-20.4%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	18	22	18	22.2%	-18.2%
510000	Production Occupations	32	47	26	46.9%	-44.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	44	34	29	-22.7%	-14.7%
990000	Unknown	27	42	57	55.6%	35.7%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	31	51	32	64.5%	-37.3%
	12 years	228	276	241	21.1%	-12.7%
	13-15 years	198	207	176	4.5%	-15.0%
	Over 15 years	59	61	45	3.4%	-26.2%
Sex
	Male	312	385	314	23.4%	-18.4%
	Female	204	210	180	2.9%	-14.3%
Age
	Under age 22	11	21	20	90.9%	-4.8%
	Age 22 to 29	80	81	70	1.3%	-13.6%
	Age 30 to 39	120	157	125	30.8%	-20.4%
	Age 40 to 49	123	151	124	22.8%	-17.9%
	Age 50 to 59	106	124	102	17.0%	-17.7%
	Age 60 to 64	50	39	36	-22.0%	-7.7%
	Age 65 and over	21	22	14	4.8%	-36.4%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	459	527	430	14.8%	-18.4%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native		12	11	0.0%	-8.3%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	39	46	39	17.9%	-15.2%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	447	521	434	16.6%	-16.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	11	13	15	18.2%	15.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	58	61	45	5.2%	-26.2%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	162	230	201	42.0%	-12.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	204	234	188	14.7%	-19.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	932	710	690	-23.8%	-2.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	374	353	301	-5.6%	-14.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	376	391	344	4.0%	-12.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	274	267	233	-2.6%	-12.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	81	45	89	-44.4%	97.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	516	595	494	15.3%	-17.0%
	Chisago County	162	191	142	17.9%	-25.7%
	Isanti County	136	157	134	15.4%	-14.6%
	Kanabec County	50	52	64	4.0%	23.1%
	Mille Lacs County	77	97	70	26.0%	-27.8%
	Pine County	91	98	84	7.7%	-14.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,206	1,186	1,045	-1.7%	-11.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	366	270	180	-26.2%	-33.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	512	563	450	10.0%	-20.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,181	1,226	920	3.8%	-25.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,749	8,706	8,227	-0.5%	-5.5%

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

August 2025

EDR 7E- East Central