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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

September 2025

	EDR 7E- East Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	513	566	522	10.3%	-7.8%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	12	10	10	-16.7%	0.0%
23	Construction	240	235	211	-2.1%	-10.2%
31	Manufacturing	40	65	49	62.5%	-24.6%
42	Wholesale Trade	16	21		31.3%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	30	26	39	-13.3%	50.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	10	19	13	90.0%	-31.6%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance		10		0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	11			0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services		20	20	0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises			12	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	22	23	23	4.5%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	16	24	12	50.0%	-50.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	36	42	36	16.7%	-14.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	23	17	20	-26.1%	17.6%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	14	14	19	0.0%	35.7%
92	Public Administration	14	13	18	-7.1%	38.5%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	20	21	27	5.0%	28.6%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations		14		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	11	17		54.5%	0.0%
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	11	16	19	45.5%	18.8%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	18	20	11	11.1%	-45.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	12	12	10	0.0%	-16.7%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	29	18	25	-37.9%	38.9%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	19	25	28	31.6%	12.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	250	250	225	0.0%	-10.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	18	21	25	16.7%	19.0%
510000	Production Occupations	15	38	32	153.3%	-15.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	21	22	23	4.8%	4.5%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	46	53	41	15.2%	-22.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	37	30	35	-18.9%	16.7%
	12 years	250	295	261	18.0%	-11.5%
	13-15 years	191	194	187	1.6%	-3.6%
	Over 15 years	35	47	39	34.3%	-17.0%
Sex
	Male	370	396	360	7.0%	-9.1%
	Female	143	170	162	18.9%	-4.7%
Age
	Under age 22	23	23	29	0.0%	26.1%
	Age 22 to 29	87	89	87	2.3%	-2.2%
	Age 30 to 39	147	161	118	9.5%	-26.7%
	Age 40 to 49	110	129	127	17.3%	-1.6%
	Age 50 to 59	104	103	102	-1.0%	-1.0%
	Age 60 to 64	30	35	40	16.7%	14.3%
	Age 65 and over	12	23	17	91.7%	-26.1%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	448	496	459	10.7%	-7.5%
	Black or African American,			10	0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native		11		0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	49	49	38	0.0%	-22.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	445	491	442	10.3%	-10.0%
	Hispanic or Latino	16	13	15	-18.8%	15.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	52	62	65	19.2%	4.8%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	162	216	113	33.3%	-47.7%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	169	213	164	26.0%	-23.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	782	911	853	16.5%	-6.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	285	474	382	66.3%	-19.4%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	396	421	373	6.3%	-11.4%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	242	337	261	39.3%	-22.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	71	235	208	231.0%	-11.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	513	566	522	10.3%	-7.8%
	Chisago County	173	188	163	8.7%	-13.3%
	Isanti County	125	137	137	9.6%	0.0%
	Kanabec County	48	54	64	12.5%	18.5%
	Mille Lacs County	82	90	86	9.8%	-4.4%
	Pine County	85	97	72	14.1%	-25.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	974	1,235	1,027	26.8%	-16.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	287	410	383	42.9%	-6.6%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	526	556	520	5.7%	-6.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	960	976	948	1.7%	-2.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,828	7,733	8,154	13.3%	5.4%

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

September 2025

EDR 7E- East Central