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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

May 2026

	EDR 7E- East Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	772	606	559	-21.5%	-7.8%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	309	210	171	-32.0%	-18.6%
31	Manufacturing	76	50	43	-34.2%	-14.0%
42	Wholesale Trade	13	12	12	-7.7%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	36	36	28	0.0%	-22.2%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	29	29	31	0.0%	6.9%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance		10		0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	27	30	26	11.1%	-13.3%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises			10	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	27	21	28	-22.2%	33.3%
61	Educational Services	119	101	91	-15.1%	-9.9%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	34	33	39	-2.9%	18.2%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	19	14	23	-26.3%	64.3%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	32	17	10	-46.9%	-41.2%
92	Public Administration	10			0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	11			0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	13	18	23	38.5%	27.8%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	13	20	18	53.8%	-10.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations		11		0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering 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	97	79	70	-18.6%	-11.4%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	10		12	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	15	12	20	-20.0%	66.7%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	32	26	38	-18.8%	46.2%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	10			0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	20	19	22	-5.0%	15.8%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	32	40	32	25.0%	-20.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	334	219	186	-34.4%	-15.1%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	19	14	11	-26.3%	-21.4%
510000	Production Occupations	39	26	21	-33.3%	-19.2%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	45	35	26	-22.2%	-25.7%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	67	56	53	-16.4%	-5.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	47	31	30	-34.0%	-3.2%
	12 years	369	283	273	-23.3%	-3.5%
	13-15 years	288	227	205	-21.2%	-9.7%
	Over 15 years	68	65	51	-4.4%	-21.5%
Sex
	Male	488	363	321	-25.6%	-11.6%
	Female	284	242	237	-14.8%	-2.1%
Age
	Under age 22	24	33	28	37.5%	-15.2%
	Age 22 to 29	117	87	67	-25.6%	-23.0%
	Age 30 to 39	205	155	152	-24.4%	-1.9%
	Age 40 to 49	178	135	146	-24.2%	8.1%
	Age 50 to 59	143	118	96	-17.5%	-18.6%
	Age 60 to 64	70	50	40	-28.6%	-20.0%
	Age 65 and over	30	25	25	-16.7%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	682	539	494	-21.0%	-8.3%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	13	10		-23.1%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	60	49	45	-18.3%	-8.2%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	676	527	488	-22.0%	-7.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	17	16	18	-5.9%	12.5%
	Ethnicity Unknown	79	63	53	-20.3%	-15.9%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	701	734	397	4.7%	-45.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	490	435	324	-11.2%	-25.5%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,286	1,649	942	28.2%	-42.9%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	920	808	706	-12.2%	-12.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	678	597	470	-11.9%	-21.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	638	491	460	-23.0%	-6.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	237	212	336	-10.5%	58.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	772	606	559	-21.5%	-7.8%
	Chisago County	215	156	173	-27.4%	10.9%
	Isanti County	171	162	126	-5.3%	-22.2%
	Kanabec County	118	78	61	-33.9%	-21.8%
	Mille Lacs County	135	128	126	-5.2%	-1.6%
	Pine County	133	82	73	-38.3%	-11.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,665	1,394	1,276	-16.3%	-8.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	513	529	358	3.1%	-32.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,056	892	840	-15.5%	-5.8%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,648	1,407	1,216	-14.6%	-13.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,034	8,438	7,834	-6.6%	-7.2%

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

May 2026

EDR 7E- East Central