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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

June 2026

	EDR 7E- East Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,662	1,645	1,637	-1.0%	-0.5%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities			13	0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	264	174	203	-34.1%	16.7%
31	Manufacturing	68	72	38	5.9%	-47.2%
42	Wholesale Trade	17		14	0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	51	45	41	-11.8%	-8.9%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	200	199	204	-0.5%	2.5%
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	18	19	19	5.6%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	10			0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	26	30	25	15.4%	-16.7%
61	Educational Services	803	867	877	8.0%	1.2%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	63	69	82	9.5%	18.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation		10		0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	59	42	45	-28.8%	7.1%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	25	39	28	56.0%	-28.2%
92	Public Administration	13	26	13	100.0%	-50.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	25	28	25	12.0%	-10.7%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	12	11	14	-8.3%	27.3%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				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	617	675	687	9.4%	1.8%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	20	21	22	5.0%	4.8%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	27	30	38	11.1%	26.7%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	152	148	140	-2.6%	-5.4%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.				0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations		12		0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	23	20	18	-13.0%	-10.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	73	91	88	24.7%	-3.3%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	295	189	202	-35.9%	6.9%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	20	22	16	10.0%	-27.3%
510000	Production Occupations	34	50	24	47.1%	-52.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	234	223	220	-4.7%	-1.3%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	96	92	97	-4.2%	5.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	63	44	44	-30.2%	0.0%
	12 years	668	651	650	-2.5%	-0.2%
	13-15 years	741	755	721	1.9%	-4.5%
	Over 15 years	190	194	222	2.1%	14.4%
Sex
	Male	574	504	463	-12.2%	-8.1%
	Female	1,088	1,141	1,174	4.9%	2.9%
Age
	Under age 22	41	38	31	-7.3%	-18.4%
	Age 22 to 29	192	172	191	-10.4%	11.0%
	Age 30 to 39	350	368	338	5.1%	-8.2%
	Age 40 to 49	379	382	389	0.8%	1.8%
	Age 50 to 59	338	319	320	-5.6%	0.3%
	Age 60 to 64	210	202	184	-3.8%	-8.9%
	Age 65 and over	130	131	149	0.8%	13.7%
	Info. not available	22	33	35	50.0%	6.1%
Race
	White	1,530	1,481	1,478	-3.2%	-0.2%
	Black or African American,		14	15	0.0%	7.1%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	19	22	15	15.8%	-31.8%
	Asian	14		11	0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	93	118	118	26.9%	0.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,477	1,464	1,447	-0.9%	-1.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	30	29	33	-3.3%	13.8%
	Ethnicity Unknown	155	152	157	-1.9%	3.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	646	595	514	-7.9%	-13.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	615	689	638	12.0%	-7.4%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2,060	2,244	2,267	8.9%	1.0%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	830	1,040	955	25.3%	-8.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	964	1,147	984	19.0%	-14.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	875	993	954	13.5%	-3.9%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	249	297	381	19.3%	28.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,662	1,645	1,637	-1.0%	-0.5%
	Chisago County	520	513	495	-1.3%	-3.5%
	Isanti County	447	466	491	4.3%	5.4%
	Kanabec County	180	158	169	-12.2%	7.0%
	Mille Lacs County	231	242	224	4.8%	-7.4%
	Pine County	284	266	258	-6.3%	-3.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,517	3,708	3,500	5.4%	-5.6%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	984	964	713	-2.0%	-26.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,541	1,534	1,351	-0.5%	-11.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,753	3,100	2,896	12.6%	-6.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	18,971	21,127	20,970	11.4%	-0.7%

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

June 2026

EDR 7E- East Central