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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 2026

	EDR 7E- East Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	779	967	691	24.1%	-28.5%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting		11		0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	11	21		90.9%	0.0%
23	Construction	411	543	374	32.1%	-31.1%
31	Manufacturing	72	75	50	4.2%	-33.3%
42	Wholesale Trade	17	15		-11.8%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	36	38	28	5.6%	-26.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	19	29	14	52.6%	-51.7%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance				0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	31	18	17	-41.9%	-5.6%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises		12		0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	34	38	31	11.8%	-18.4%
61	Educational Services	11			0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	48	41	43	-14.6%	4.9%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation		10		0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	24	26	27	8.3%	3.8%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	18	16	17	-11.1%	6.3%
92	Public Administration	10	22	17	120.0%	-22.7%
99	Unclassified		21	16	0.0%	-23.8%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	22	22	29	0.0%	31.8%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations		13		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				0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	11		10	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	17	14	15	-17.6%	7.1%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	26	25	25	-3.8%	0.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	19	24		26.3%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	24	22	16	-8.3%	-27.3%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	30	27	19	-10.0%	-29.6%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	428	583	385	36.2%	-34.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	39	30	27	-23.1%	-10.0%
510000	Production Occupations	23	28	18	21.7%	-35.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	35	39	33	11.4%	-15.4%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	50	82	64	64.0%	-22.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	44	75	56	70.5%	-25.3%
	12 years	422	549	363	30.1%	-33.9%
	13-15 years	244	288	226	18.0%	-21.5%
	Over 15 years	69	55	46	-20.3%	-16.4%
Sex
	Male	614	781	529	27.2%	-32.3%
	Female	165	186	162	12.7%	-12.9%
Age
	Under age 22	37	63	41	70.3%	-34.9%
	Age 22 to 29	135	191	125	41.5%	-34.6%
	Age 30 to 39	208	253	187	21.6%	-26.1%
	Age 40 to 49	183	226	170	23.5%	-24.8%
	Age 50 to 59	154	161	128	4.5%	-20.5%
	Age 60 to 64	40	49	26	22.5%	-46.9%
	Age 65 and over	20	23	13	15.0%	-43.5%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	688	851	610	23.7%	-28.3%
	Black or African American,		10	10	0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	10	13	10	30.0%	-23.1%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	67	88	59	31.3%	-33.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	671	817	604	21.8%	-26.1%
	Hispanic or Latino	19	21	16	10.5%	-23.8%
	Ethnicity Unknown	89	129	71	44.9%	-45.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	221	295	186	33.5%	-36.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	253	281	217	11.1%	-22.8%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,154	1,228	1,049	6.4%	-14.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	398	453	379	13.8%	-16.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	470	612	472	30.2%	-22.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	313	372	289	18.8%	-22.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	84	125	77	48.8%	-38.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	779	967	691	24.1%	-28.5%
	Chisago County	249	263	215	5.6%	-18.3%
	Isanti County	209	295	168	41.1%	-43.1%
	Kanabec County	74	114	68	54.1%	-40.4%
	Mille Lacs County	118	143	128	21.2%	-10.5%
	Pine County	129	152	112	17.8%	-26.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,453	1,698	1,372	16.9%	-19.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	206	213	155	3.4%	-27.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	679	818	663	20.5%	-18.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,153	1,349	1,187	17.0%	-12.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,857	9,329	8,538	5.3%	-8.5%

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

February 2026

EDR 7E- East Central