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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

July 2026

	EDR 7E- East Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	808	660	614	-18.3%	-7.0%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining	15			0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	14			0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	252	186	202	-26.2%	8.6%
31	Manufacturing	77	68	50	-11.7%	-26.5%
42	Wholesale Trade	36	11	10	-69.4%	-9.1%
44	Retail Trade	39	47	25	20.5%	-46.8%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	51	46	47	-9.8%	2.2%
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	21	27	20	28.6%	-25.9%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	26	26	25	0.0%	-3.8%
61	Educational Services	122	92	86	-24.6%	-6.5%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	55	56	61	1.8%	8.9%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	28	29	24	3.6%	-17.2%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	17	19	14	11.8%	-26.3%
92	Public Administration	17			0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	16			0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	24	24	25	0.0%	4.2%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	12	14	17	16.7%	21.4%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	17			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	106	85	74	-19.8%	-12.9%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	15	15	12	0.0%	-20.0%
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	43	49	25	14.0%	-49.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.			11	0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	22	22		0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	39	30	34	-23.1%	13.3%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	285	197	216	-30.9%	9.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	27	22	16	-18.5%	-27.3%
510000	Production Occupations	53	38	23	-28.3%	-39.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	57	50	55	-12.3%	10.0%
990000	Unknown	67	62	50	-7.5%	-19.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	51	46	37	-9.8%	-19.6%
	12 years	336	298	280	-11.3%	-6.0%
	13-15 years	327	246	227	-24.8%	-7.7%
	Over 15 years	94	69	70	-26.6%	1.4%
Sex
	Male	472	387	352	-18.0%	-9.0%
	Female	336	273	262	-18.8%	-4.0%
Age
	Under age 22	26	20	23	-23.1%	15.0%
	Age 22 to 29	109	101	77	-7.3%	-23.8%
	Age 30 to 39	201	162	154	-19.4%	-4.9%
	Age 40 to 49	196	160	152	-18.4%	-5.0%
	Age 50 to 59	171	117	105	-31.6%	-10.3%
	Age 60 to 64	62	57	53	-8.1%	-7.0%
	Age 65 and over	36	35	44	-2.8%	25.7%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	700	588	547	-16.0%	-7.0%
	Black or African American,		14		0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	14			0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	77	46	45	-40.3%	-2.2%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	694	580	549	-16.4%	-5.3%
	Hispanic or Latino	23	16	14	-30.4%	-12.5%
	Ethnicity Unknown	91	64	51	-29.7%	-20.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	656	362	168	-44.8%	-53.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	375	350	239	-6.7%	-31.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,004	954	969	-5.0%	1.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	549	471	388	-14.2%	-17.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	524	439	415	-16.2%	-5.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	345	392	307	13.6%	-21.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	128	258	148	101.6%	-42.6%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	808	660	614	-18.3%	-7.0%
	Chisago County	259	201	197	-22.4%	-2.0%
	Isanti County	215	186	172	-13.5%	-7.5%
	Kanabec County	82	79	46	-3.7%	-41.8%
	Mille Lacs County	128	91	74	-28.9%	-18.7%
	Pine County	124	103	125	-16.9%	21.4%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,582	1,450	1,341	-8.3%	-7.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	513	333	420	-35.1%	26.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	817	673	594	-17.6%	-11.7%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,528	1,188	1,216	-22.3%	2.4%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,974	10,517	10,295	-4.2%	-2.1%

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

July 2026

EDR 7E- East Central