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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 2026

	EDR 7E- East Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	595	494	485	-17.0%	-1.8%

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	199	166	185	-16.6%	11.4%
31	Manufacturing	77	51	46	-33.8%	-9.8%
42	Wholesale Trade	25	14	11	-44.0%	-21.4%
44	Retail Trade	24	32	18	33.3%	-43.8%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	25	17	19	-32.0%	11.8%
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	12	16	12	33.3%	-25.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	11	12		9.1%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	23	23	29	0.0%	26.1%
61	Educational Services	52	42	36	-19.2%	-14.3%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	46	40	60	-13.0%	50.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	29	25	18	-13.8%	-28.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	21	12	11	-42.9%	-8.3%
92	Public Administration	12		11	0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	26	16	16	-38.5%	0.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	13	11		-15.4%	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	50	34	30	-32.0%	-11.8%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	19	13	23	-31.6%	76.9%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	31	28	19	-9.7%	-32.1%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	10	11		10.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	27	19	21	-29.6%	10.5%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	28	28	32	0.0%	14.3%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	216	172	184	-20.4%	7.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	22	18	13	-18.2%	-27.8%
510000	Production Occupations	47	26	20	-44.7%	-23.1%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	34	29	25	-14.7%	-13.8%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	42	57	53	35.7%	-7.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	51	32	20	-37.3%	-37.5%
	12 years	276	241	233	-12.7%	-3.3%
	13-15 years	207	176	182	-15.0%	3.4%
	Over 15 years	61	45	50	-26.2%	11.1%
Sex
	Male	385	314	293	-18.4%	-6.7%
	Female	210	180	192	-14.3%	6.7%
Age
	Under age 22	21	20	27	-4.8%	35.0%
	Age 22 to 29	81	70	70	-13.6%	0.0%
	Age 30 to 39	157	125	126	-20.4%	0.8%
	Age 40 to 49	151	124	103	-17.9%	-16.9%
	Age 50 to 59	124	102	97	-17.7%	-4.9%
	Age 60 to 64	39	36	36	-7.7%	0.0%
	Age 65 and over	22	14	24	-36.4%	71.4%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	527	430	422	-18.4%	-1.9%
	Black or African American,			10	0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	12	11		-8.3%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	46	39	43	-15.2%	10.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	521	434	432	-16.7%	-0.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	13	15		15.4%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	61	45	46	-26.2%	2.2%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	230	201	156	-12.6%	-22.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	234	188	154	-19.7%	-18.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	710	690	719	-2.8%	4.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	353	301	297	-14.7%	-1.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	391	344	319	-12.0%	-7.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	267	233	262	-12.7%	12.4%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	45	89	154	97.8%	73.0%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	595	494	485	-17.0%	-1.8%
	Chisago County	191	142	170	-25.7%	19.7%
	Isanti County	157	134	115	-14.6%	-14.2%
	Kanabec County	52	64	41	23.1%	-35.9%
	Mille Lacs County	97	70	68	-27.8%	-2.9%
	Pine County	98	84	91	-14.3%	8.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,186	1,045	1,037	-11.9%	-0.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	270	180	294	-33.3%	63.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	563	450	482	-20.1%	7.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,226	920	923	-25.0%	0.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,706	8,227	8,072	-5.5%	-1.9%

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

August 2026

EDR 7E- East Central