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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

October 2025

	EDR 7E- East Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	833	801	777	-3.8%	-3.0%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	10	12		20.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	467	396	357	-15.2%	-9.8%
31	Manufacturing	58	74	65	27.6%	-12.2%
42	Wholesale Trade	12	11	11	-8.3%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	24	28	31	16.7%	10.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	24	26	28	8.3%	7.7%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance		11		0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	13	22	21	69.2%	-4.5%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises		13		0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	36	43	42	19.4%	-2.3%
61	Educational Services		12	12	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	47	42	53	-10.6%	26.2%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	12	16	23	33.3%	43.8%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	38	32	32	-15.8%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	21	17	22	-19.0%	29.4%
92	Public Administration	27	27	36	0.0%	33.3%
99	Unclassified		10		0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	28	27	26	-3.6%	-3.7%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	11	11	14	0.0%	27.3%
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		12	12	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	21	27	18	28.6%	-33.3%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	30	26	24	-13.3%	-7.7%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	23	25	29	8.7%	16.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	23	19	26	-17.4%	36.8%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	30	30	50	0.0%	66.7%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations			11	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	474	390	356	-17.7%	-8.7%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	23	15	23	-34.8%	53.3%
510000	Production Occupations	37	48	33	29.7%	-31.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	32	38	41	18.8%	7.9%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	60	89	72	48.3%	-19.1%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	76	61	62	-19.7%	1.6%
	12 years	414	421	397	1.7%	-5.7%
	13-15 years	271	262	248	-3.3%	-5.3%
	Over 15 years	72	57	70	-20.8%	22.8%
Sex
	Male	640	598	548	-6.6%	-8.4%
	Female	193	203	229	5.2%	12.8%
Age
	Under age 22	44	59	39	34.1%	-33.9%
	Age 22 to 29	149	134	134	-10.1%	0.0%
	Age 30 to 39	215	200	211	-7.0%	5.5%
	Age 40 to 49	163	154	162	-5.5%	5.2%
	Age 50 to 59	177	147	145	-16.9%	-1.4%
	Age 60 to 64	54	68	55	25.9%	-19.1%
	Age 65 and over	30	32	28	6.7%	-12.5%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	736	704	683	-4.3%	-3.0%
	Black or African American,		12	11	0.0%	-8.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	10	16	10	60.0%	-37.5%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	74	63	64	-14.9%	1.6%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	714	698	668	-2.2%	-4.3%
	Hispanic or Latino	26	22	19	-15.4%	-13.6%
	Ethnicity Unknown	93	81	90	-12.9%	11.1%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	302	273	375	-9.6%	37.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	332	334	310	0.6%	-7.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,330	1,114	1,080	-16.2%	-3.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	503	590	482	17.3%	-18.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	666	679	708	2.0%	4.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	306	340	337	11.1%	-0.9%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	90	94	77	4.4%	-18.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	833	801	777	-3.8%	-3.0%
	Chisago County	226	226	221	0.0%	-2.2%
	Isanti County	200	189	194	-5.5%	2.6%
	Kanabec County	121	103	103	-14.9%	0.0%
	Mille Lacs County	135	141	130	4.4%	-7.8%
	Pine County	151	142	129	-6.0%	-9.2%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,421	1,480	1,410	4.2%	-4.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	226	222	272	-1.8%	22.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	643	632	592	-1.7%	-6.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,229	1,112	1,187	-9.5%	6.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,189	8,479	9,352	3.5%	10.3%

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

October 2025

EDR 7E- East Central