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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

September 2026

	EDR 7E- East Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	566	522	505	-7.8%	-3.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	10	10	10	0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	235	211	232	-10.2%	10.0%
31	Manufacturing	65	49	37	-24.6%	-24.5%
42	Wholesale Trade	21		10	0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	26	39	25	50.0%	-35.9%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	19	13		-31.6%	0.0%
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	20	20	12	0.0%	-40.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises		12		0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	23	23	27	0.0%	17.4%
61	Educational Services	24	12	17	-50.0%	41.7%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	42	36	42	-14.3%	16.7%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			13	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	17	20	27	17.6%	35.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	14	19	11	35.7%	-42.1%
92	Public Administration	13	18	10	38.5%	-44.4%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	21	27	25	28.6%	-7.4%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	14			0.0%	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	17		10	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	16	19	16	18.8%	-15.8%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	20	11	25	-45.0%	127.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	12	10	10	-16.7%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	18	25	16	38.9%	-36.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	25	28	22	12.0%	-21.4%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	250	225	233	-10.0%	3.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	21	25	26	19.0%	4.0%
510000	Production Occupations	38	32	25	-15.8%	-21.9%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	22	23	16	4.5%	-30.4%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	53	41	44	-22.6%	7.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	30	35	40	16.7%	14.3%
	12 years	295	261	252	-11.5%	-3.4%
	13-15 years	194	187	173	-3.6%	-7.5%
	Over 15 years	47	39	40	-17.0%	2.6%
Sex
	Male	396	360	360	-9.1%	0.0%
	Female	170	162	145	-4.7%	-10.5%
Age
	Under age 22	23	29	42	26.1%	44.8%
	Age 22 to 29	89	87	79	-2.2%	-9.2%
	Age 30 to 39	161	118	128	-26.7%	8.5%
	Age 40 to 49	129	127	121	-1.6%	-4.7%
	Age 50 to 59	103	102	91	-1.0%	-10.8%
	Age 60 to 64	35	40	30	14.3%	-25.0%
	Age 65 and over	23	17	11	-26.1%	-35.3%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	496	459	447	-7.5%	-2.6%
	Black or African American,		10	12	0.0%	20.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	11			0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	49	38	31	-22.4%	-18.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	491	442	454	-10.0%	2.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	13	15		15.4%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	62	65	44	4.8%	-32.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	216	113	92	-47.7%	-18.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	213	164	144	-23.0%	-12.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	911	853	724	-6.4%	-15.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	474	382	286	-19.4%	-25.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	421	373	303	-11.4%	-18.8%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	337	261	207	-22.6%	-20.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	235	208	53	-11.5%	-74.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	566	522	505	-7.8%	-3.3%
	Chisago County	188	163	155	-13.3%	-4.9%
	Isanti County	137	137	141	0.0%	2.9%
	Kanabec County	54	64	50	18.5%	-21.9%
	Mille Lacs County	90	86	75	-4.4%	-12.8%
	Pine County	97	72	84	-25.8%	16.7%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,235	1,027	1,012	-16.8%	-1.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	410	383	289	-6.6%	-24.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	556	520	427	-6.5%	-17.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	976	948	864	-2.9%	-8.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	7,733	8,154	7,168	5.4%	-12.1%

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

September 2026

EDR 7E- East Central