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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

January 2025

	EDR 7W- Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	2,156	2,689	2,360	24.7%	-12.2%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	16	15	21	-6.3%	40.0%
21	Mining	16	25	12	56.3%	-52.0%
22	Utilities	20	36	34	80.0%	-5.6%
23	Construction	1,005	1,336	1,056	32.9%	-21.0%
31	Manufacturing	194	258	238	33.0%	-7.8%
42	Wholesale Trade	73	66	105	-9.6%	59.1%
44	Retail Trade	128	142	162	10.9%	14.1%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	83	99	90	19.3%	-9.1%
51	Information		14	15	0.0%	7.1%
52	Finance and Insurance	32	27	23	-15.6%	-14.8%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	33	19	28	-42.4%	47.4%
54	Professional and Technical Services	73	82	86	12.3%	4.9%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	24	21	23	-12.5%	9.5%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	132	157	137	18.9%	-12.7%
61	Educational Services	23	63	31	173.9%	-50.8%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	110	120	104	9.1%	-13.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	15	18	18	20.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	62	69	56	11.3%	-18.8%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	56	59	68	5.4%	15.3%
92	Public Administration	29	27	25	-6.9%	-7.4%
99	Unclassified	23	36	28	56.5%	-22.2%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	84	81	85	-3.6%	4.9%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	51	29	36	-43.1%	24.1%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	22	19	21	-13.6%	10.5%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	19	18	20	-5.3%	11.1%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	10	13		30.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	12	50	31	316.7%	-38.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	11	21	10	90.9%	-52.4%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	21	22	17	4.8%	-22.7%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	50	40	46	-20.0%	15.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	64	75	53	17.2%	-29.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	50	53	41	6.0%	-22.6%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations		14	17	0.0%	21.4%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	99	99	135	0.0%	36.4%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	106	105	105	-0.9%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	17	18	26	5.9%	44.4%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	1,041	1,375	1,091	32.1%	-20.7%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	45	69	62	53.3%	-10.1%
510000	Production Occupations	110	156	150	41.8%	-3.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	110	172	138	56.4%	-19.8%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	217	247	258	13.8%	4.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	138	184	172	33.3%	-6.5%
	12 years	1,036	1,331	1,229	28.5%	-7.7%
	13-15 years	740	912	723	23.2%	-20.7%
	Over 15 years	242	262	236	8.3%	-9.9%
Sex
	Male	1,663	2,118	1,824	27.4%	-13.9%
	Female	493	571	536	15.8%	-6.1%
Age
	Under age 22	131	166	163	26.7%	-1.8%
	Age 22 to 29	468	568	468	21.4%	-17.6%
	Age 30 to 39	547	739	606	35.1%	-18.0%
	Age 40 to 49	449	578	500	28.7%	-13.5%
	Age 50 to 59	368	401	412	9.0%	2.7%
	Age 60 to 64	137	151	135	10.2%	-10.6%
	Age 65 and over	51	76	67	49.0%	-11.8%
	Info. not available		10		0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,819	2,288	1,955	25.8%	-14.6%
	Black or African American,	114	113	110	-0.9%	-2.7%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	15	19	19	26.7%	0.0%
	Asian	19	26	26	36.8%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	182	240	243	31.9%	1.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,856	2,309	2,001	24.4%	-13.3%
	Hispanic or Latino	81	96	100	18.5%	4.2%
	Ethnicity Unknown	219	284	259	29.7%	-8.8%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	343	541	408	57.7%	-24.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	403	421	368	4.5%	-12.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,526	1,814	1,568	18.9%	-13.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	678	891	730	31.4%	-18.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	749	1,055	905	40.9%	-14.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	631	657	516	4.1%	-21.5%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	159	180	182	13.2%	1.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,228	1,621	1,249	32.0%	-22.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,156	2,689	2,360	24.7%	-12.2%
	Benton County	218	299	243	37.2%	-18.7%
	Sherburne County	587	689	617	17.4%	-10.4%
	Stearns County	647	807	700	24.7%	-13.3%
	Wright County	704	894	800	27.0%	-10.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	448	459	467	2.5%	1.7%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,143	1,360	1,137	19.0%	-16.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,912	2,300	2,008	20.3%	-12.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	11,260	13,061	11,965	16.0%	-8.4%

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

January 2025

EDR 7W- Central