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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

December 2025

	EDR 7E- East Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,816	2,341	2,381	28.9%	1.7%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	32	31	35	-3.1%	12.9%
21	Mining	27	39	31	44.4%	-20.5%
22	Utilities	26	44	39	69.2%	-11.4%
23	Construction	1,159	1,514	1,593	30.6%	5.2%
31	Manufacturing	106	136	124	28.3%	-8.8%
42	Wholesale Trade	13	25	17	92.3%	-32.0%
44	Retail Trade	55	61	53	10.9%	-13.1%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	58	72	68	24.1%	-5.6%
51	Information	15	12		-20.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance				0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			10	0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	24	42	43	75.0%	2.4%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises		12	16	0.0%	33.3%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	93	127	136	36.6%	7.1%
61	Educational Services	29	40	19	37.9%	-52.5%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	36	36	39	0.0%	8.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	11	14	13	27.3%	-7.1%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	34	42	39	23.5%	-7.1%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	34	37	41	8.8%	10.8%
92	Public Administration	31	30	31	-3.2%	3.3%
99	Unclassified	13		18	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	22	33	29	50.0%	-12.1%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations				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	13	28	16	115.4%	-42.9%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	11		12	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	12	17	20	41.7%	17.6%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	27	36	29	33.3%	-19.4%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	65	55	70	-15.4%	27.3%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	38	37	30	-2.6%	-18.9%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	34	46	49	35.3%	6.5%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	22	27	32	22.7%	18.5%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	1,177	1,548	1,595	31.5%	3.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	37	69	44	86.5%	-36.2%
510000	Production Occupations	38	42	35	10.5%	-16.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	144	184	191	27.8%	3.8%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	140	183	203	30.7%	10.9%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	181	220	221	21.5%	0.5%
	12 years	1,018	1,355	1,431	33.1%	5.6%
	13-15 years	530	674	641	27.2%	-4.9%
	Over 15 years	87	92	87	5.7%	-5.4%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	1,565	2,029	2,078	29.6%	2.4%
	Female	251	312	303	24.3%	-2.9%
Age
	Under age 22	147	151	159	2.7%	5.3%
	Age 22 to 29	377	490	515	30.0%	5.1%
	Age 30 to 39	445	609	608	36.9%	-0.2%
	Age 40 to 49	379	505	507	33.2%	0.4%
	Age 50 to 59	301	389	387	29.2%	-0.5%
	Age 60 to 64	102	139	132	36.3%	-5.0%
	Age 65 and over	53	53	69	0.0%	30.2%
	Info. not available	12			0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,670	2,106	2,162	26.1%	2.7%
	Black or African American,	11	12	12	9.1%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	15	34	24	126.7%	-29.4%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	109	182	174	67.0%	-4.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,591	1,997	2,068	25.5%	3.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	30	52	59	73.3%	13.5%
	Ethnicity Unknown	195	292	254	49.7%	-13.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	1,030	1,098	807	6.6%	-26.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	659	760	727	15.3%	-4.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,850	2,414	2,323	30.5%	-3.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,229	1,585	1,536	29.0%	-3.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,396	1,721	1,689	23.3%	-1.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	814	1,059	1,081	30.1%	2.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	233	449	423	92.7%	-5.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,816	2,341	2,381	28.9%	1.7%
	Chisago County	453	643	605	41.9%	-5.9%
	Isanti County	455	552	586	21.3%	6.2%
	Kanabec County	234	292	309	24.8%	5.8%
	Mille Lacs County	321	419	460	30.5%	9.8%
	Pine County	353	435	421	23.2%	-3.2%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,074	3,832	4,009	24.7%	4.6%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	880	1,186	760	34.8%	-35.9%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,561	1,911	1,973	22.4%	3.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,631	3,101	3,414	17.9%	10.1%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	12,651	14,104	15,422	11.5%	9.3%

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

December 2025

EDR 7E- East Central