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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2026

	EDR 7E- East Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	701	602	588	-14.1%	-2.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting		13		0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	332	242	258	-27.1%	6.6%
31	Manufacturing	74	47	53	-36.5%	12.8%
42	Wholesale Trade	13	15	19	15.4%	26.7%
44	Retail Trade	39	36	33	-7.7%	-8.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	15	26	22	73.3%	-15.4%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance		12		0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	30	33	17	10.0%	-48.5%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises			10	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	35	23	18	-34.3%	-21.7%
61	Educational Services	14	15		7.1%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	38	50	37	31.6%	-26.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			10	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	30	17	16	-43.3%	-5.9%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	13	18	24	38.5%	33.3%
92	Public Administration	14	11	12	-21.4%	9.1%
99	Unclassified	10	14	12	40.0%	-14.3%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	23	24	32	4.3%	33.3%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	14	13	15	-7.1%	15.4%
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		11	11	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	23	28	12	21.7%	-57.1%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	25	16	19	-36.0%	18.8%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	12			0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	27	22	18	-18.5%	-18.2%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	30	27	35	-10.0%	29.6%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	349	252	260	-27.8%	3.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	23	26	18	13.0%	-30.8%
510000	Production Occupations	39	24	24	-38.5%	0.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	38	48	34	26.3%	-29.2%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	60	64	63	6.7%	-1.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	40	36	40	-10.0%	11.1%
	12 years	347	301	290	-13.3%	-3.7%
	13-15 years	261	197	201	-24.5%	2.0%
	Over 15 years	53	68	57	28.3%	-16.2%
Sex
	Male	509	429	408	-15.7%	-4.9%
	Female	192	173	180	-9.9%	4.0%
Age
	Under age 22	27	23	24	-14.8%	4.3%
	Age 22 to 29	132	102	93	-22.7%	-8.8%
	Age 30 to 39	184	153	148	-16.8%	-3.3%
	Age 40 to 49	154	135	138	-12.3%	2.2%
	Age 50 to 59	126	111	116	-11.9%	4.5%
	Age 60 to 64	54	45	44	-16.7%	-2.2%
	Age 65 and over	22	27	21	22.7%	-22.2%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	616	539	519	-12.5%	-3.7%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	12			0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	61	47	48	-23.0%	2.1%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	596	516	514	-13.4%	-0.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	24	17	12	-29.2%	-29.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	81	69	62	-14.8%	-10.1%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	249	257	158	3.2%	-38.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	198	213	220	7.6%	3.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,112	1,004	893	-9.7%	-11.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	338	404	326	19.5%	-19.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	459	344	382	-25.1%	11.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	341	275	292	-19.4%	6.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	90	86	72	-4.4%	-16.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	701	602	588	-14.1%	-2.3%
	Chisago County	211	201	188	-4.7%	-6.5%
	Isanti County	193	154	161	-20.2%	4.5%
	Kanabec County	79	61	60	-22.8%	-1.6%
	Mille Lacs County	110	98	83	-10.9%	-15.3%
	Pine County	108	88	96	-18.5%	9.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,302	1,170	1,213	-10.1%	3.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	191	193	148	1.0%	-23.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	639	559	510	-12.5%	-8.8%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,133	1,100	995	-2.9%	-9.5%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,539	8,586	8,222	0.6%	-4.2%

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

April 2026

EDR 7E- East Central