Labor Market Information Data Home UIS Home

Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

November 2025

	EDR 7E- East Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,868	1,796	1,671	-3.9%	-7.0%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	16	20	22	25.0%	10.0%
21	Mining	26	11		-57.7%	0.0%
22	Utilities	27	17	24	-37.0%	41.2%
23	Construction	1,227	1,181	1,085	-3.7%	-8.1%
31	Manufacturing	119	97	81	-18.5%	-16.5%
42	Wholesale Trade	21	10	11	-52.4%	10.0%
44	Retail Trade	35	45	38	28.6%	-15.6%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	25	35	36	40.0%	2.9%
51	Information			10	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	11		10	0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	39	27	24	-30.8%	-11.1%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises		16		0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	110	117	90	6.4%	-23.1%
61	Educational Services	12	20		66.7%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	36	29	45	-19.4%	55.2%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	22	26	22	18.2%	-15.4%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	48	33	43	-31.3%	30.3%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	35	42	42	20.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	30	43	44	43.3%	2.3%
99	Unclassified		13	10	0.0%	-23.1%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	28	30	30	7.1%	0.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	12		11	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	10	13		30.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations			14	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	13		14	0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	37	23	35	-37.8%	52.2%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	59	65	73	10.2%	12.3%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	37	37	30	0.0%	-18.9%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	46	49	56	6.5%	14.3%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	15	13	14	-13.3%	7.7%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	1,213	1,145	1,031	-5.6%	-10.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	31	32	31	3.2%	-3.1%
510000	Production Occupations	46	40	24	-13.0%	-40.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	129	150	120	16.3%	-20.0%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	147	148	150	0.7%	1.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	177	198	171	11.9%	-13.6%
	12 years	1,084	1,045	953	-3.6%	-8.8%
	13-15 years	518	481	469	-7.1%	-2.5%
	Over 15 years	89	72	78	-19.1%	8.3%
Sex
	Male	1,607	1,545	1,379	-3.9%	-10.7%
	Female	261	251	292	-3.8%	16.3%
Age
	Under age 22	115	108	97	-6.1%	-10.2%
	Age 22 to 29	367	351	334	-4.4%	-4.8%
	Age 30 to 39	482	446	427	-7.5%	-4.3%
	Age 40 to 49	361	382	345	5.8%	-9.7%
	Age 50 to 59	358	317	298	-11.5%	-6.0%
	Age 60 to 64	125	112	115	-10.4%	2.7%
	Age 65 and over	52	72	50	38.5%	-30.6%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,707	1,627	1,513	-4.7%	-7.0%
	Black or African American,	10	10	12	0.0%	20.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	20	27	25	35.0%	-7.4%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	119	122	111	2.5%	-9.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,652	1,586	1,471	-4.0%	-7.3%
	Hispanic or Latino	34	38	42	11.8%	10.5%
	Ethnicity Unknown	182	172	158	-5.5%	-8.1%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	621	965	487	55.4%	-49.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	763	769	607	0.8%	-21.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2,410	2,154	2,001	-10.6%	-7.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,358	1,341	1,063	-1.3%	-20.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,668	1,631	1,483	-2.2%	-9.1%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	984	810	695	-17.7%	-14.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	218	272	188	24.8%	-30.9%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,868	1,796	1,671	-3.9%	-7.0%
	Chisago County	483	431	417	-10.8%	-3.2%
	Isanti County	413	426	371	3.1%	-12.9%
	Kanabec County	262	273	265	4.2%	-2.9%
	Mille Lacs County	385	322	288	-16.4%	-10.6%
	Pine County	325	344	330	5.8%	-4.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,999	2,819	2,659	-6.0%	-5.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	454	474	378	4.4%	-20.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,423	1,431	1,170	0.6%	-18.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,297	2,275	1,933	-1.0%	-15.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	12,293	11,094	10,888	-9.8%	-1.9%

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

November 2025

EDR 7E- East Central