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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

January 2026

	EDR 7E- East Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,621	1,249	1,275	-22.9%	2.1%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	17	11	23	-35.3%	109.1%
21	Mining	12			0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	29	11	14	-62.1%	27.3%
23	Construction	1,026	738	741	-28.1%	0.4%
31	Manufacturing	73	78	72	6.8%	-7.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	28	20	21	-28.6%	5.0%
44	Retail Trade	60	58	53	-3.3%	-8.6%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	47	33	51	-29.8%	54.5%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	14			0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	30	41	28	36.7%	-31.7%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	12	10		-16.7%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	82	64	54	-22.0%	-15.6%
61	Educational Services	27	19	19	-29.6%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	37	45	55	21.6%	22.2%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation		10	12	0.0%	20.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	47	29	27	-38.3%	-6.9%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	26	21	30	-19.2%	42.9%
92	Public Administration	23	28	13	21.7%	-53.6%
99	Unclassified	14	11	29	-21.4%	163.6%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	26	32	31	23.1%	-3.1%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	14	11		-21.4%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	12	16		33.3%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	20	13	11	-35.0%	-15.4%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations			13	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	15	19	20	26.7%	5.3%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	44	30	25	-31.8%	-16.7%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	25	32	25	28.0%	-21.9%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations		11		0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	38	27	20	-28.9%	-25.9%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	42	34	37	-19.0%	8.8%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	28	15	25	-46.4%	66.7%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	1,062	742	758	-30.1%	2.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	44	33	28	-25.0%	-15.2%
510000	Production Occupations	28	36	31	28.6%	-13.9%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	96	69	91	-28.1%	31.9%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	96	104	115	8.3%	10.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	151	107	111	-29.1%	3.7%
	12 years	925	695	754	-24.9%	8.5%
	13-15 years	475	379	345	-20.2%	-9.0%
	Over 15 years	70	68	65	-2.9%	-4.4%
Sex
	Male	1,363	1,031	1,061	-24.4%	2.9%
	Female	258	218	214	-15.5%	-1.8%
Age
	Under age 22	101	82	81	-18.8%	-1.2%
	Age 22 to 29	305	238	250	-22.0%	5.0%
	Age 30 to 39	439	339	320	-22.8%	-5.6%
	Age 40 to 49	368	316	306	-14.1%	-3.2%
	Age 50 to 59	274	160	197	-41.6%	23.1%
	Age 60 to 64	91	67	61	-26.4%	-9.0%
	Age 65 and over	40	44	56	10.0%	27.3%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,472	1,115	1,136	-24.3%	1.9%
	Black or African American,			13	0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	23	11	13	-52.2%	18.2%
	Asian		11		0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	111	104	103	-6.3%	-1.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,408	1,075	1,092	-23.7%	1.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	29	26	31	-10.3%	19.2%
	Ethnicity Unknown	184	148	152	-19.6%	2.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	541	408	361	-24.6%	-11.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	421	368	401	-12.6%	9.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,814	1,568	1,580	-13.6%	0.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	891	730	666	-18.1%	-8.8%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,055	905	842	-14.2%	-7.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	657	516	472	-21.5%	-8.5%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	180	182	161	1.1%	-11.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,621	1,249	1,275	-22.9%	2.1%
	Chisago County	499	362	387	-27.5%	6.9%
	Isanti County	428	330	327	-22.9%	-0.9%
	Kanabec County	178	140	141	-21.3%	0.7%
	Mille Lacs County	236	204	188	-13.6%	-7.8%
	Pine County	280	213	232	-23.9%	8.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,689	2,360	2,316	-12.2%	-1.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	459	467	367	1.7%	-21.4%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,360	1,137	1,098	-16.4%	-3.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,300	2,008	1,972	-12.7%	-1.8%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	13,061	11,965	12,560	-8.4%	5.0%

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

January 2026

EDR 7E- East Central