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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2026

	EDR 7E- East Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	813	733	806	-9.8%	10.0%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	14		16	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities		11	11	0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	421	308	427	-26.8%	38.6%
31	Manufacturing	90	48	49	-46.7%	2.1%
42	Wholesale Trade	17	20	23	17.6%	15.0%
44	Retail Trade	28	42	27	50.0%	-35.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	31	40	35	29.0%	-12.5%
51	Information				0.0%	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	20	18	17	-10.0%	-5.6%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises		11		0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	29	32	36	10.3%	12.5%
61	Educational Services	18	17		-5.6%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	28	42	39	50.0%	-7.1%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation		11	12	0.0%	9.1%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	36	30	27	-16.7%	-10.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	14	30	18	114.3%	-40.0%
92	Public Administration	24	19	16	-20.8%	-15.8%
99	Unclassified	11	19	18	72.7%	-5.3%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	10	28	30	180.0%	7.1%
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		0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	10			0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	16	20	18	25.0%	-10.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	35	36	27	2.9%	-25.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	13	15	11	15.4%	-26.7%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	25	18	21	-28.0%	16.7%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	27	34	14	25.9%	-58.8%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	13			0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	457	338	446	-26.0%	32.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	26	29	30	11.5%	3.4%
510000	Production Occupations	34	31	21	-8.8%	-32.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	53	60	65	13.2%	8.3%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	60	66	66	10.0%	0.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	68	49	47	-27.9%	-4.1%
	12 years	412	393	431	-4.6%	9.7%
	13-15 years	286	251	273	-12.2%	8.8%
	Over 15 years	47	39	55	-17.0%	41.0%
Sex
	Male	637	539	630	-15.4%	16.9%
	Female	176	194	176	10.2%	-9.3%
Age
	Under age 22	40	34	34	-15.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	141	105	115	-25.5%	9.5%
	Age 30 to 39	230	184	210	-20.0%	14.1%
	Age 40 to 49	183	182	209	-0.5%	14.8%
	Age 50 to 59	149	139	152	-6.7%	9.4%
	Age 60 to 64	47	54	59	14.9%	9.3%
	Age 65 and over	19	34	22	78.9%	-35.3%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	725	653	714	-9.9%	9.3%
	Black or African American,			10	0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	11	10	12	-9.1%	20.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	68	57	65	-16.2%	14.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	698	627	688	-10.2%	9.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	17	20	15	17.6%	-25.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	98	86	103	-12.2%	19.8%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	390	264	155	-32.3%	-41.3%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	292	259	277	-11.3%	6.9%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,220	1,308	1,227	7.2%	-6.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	414	407	428	-1.7%	5.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	446	514	483	15.2%	-6.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	305	383	331	25.6%	-13.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	69	88	63	27.5%	-28.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	813	733	806	-9.8%	10.0%
	Chisago County	255	242	259	-5.1%	7.0%
	Isanti County	199	172	208	-13.6%	20.9%
	Kanabec County	79	87	85	10.1%	-2.3%
	Mille Lacs County	147	110	118	-25.2%	7.3%
	Pine County	133	122	136	-8.3%	11.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,507	1,346	1,501	-10.7%	11.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	227	232	162	2.2%	-30.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	698	720	717	3.2%	-0.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,180	1,370	1,321	16.1%	-3.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,690	9,107	9,372	4.8%	2.9%

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

March 2026

EDR 7E- East Central