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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 2025

	EDR 7W- Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,678	1,453	1,698	-13.4%	16.9%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting		10		0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining	12		12	0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	14	17	19	21.4%	11.8%
23	Construction	783	553	782	-29.4%	41.4%
31	Manufacturing	169	188	166	11.2%	-11.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	61	54	55	-11.5%	1.9%
44	Retail Trade	92	108	103	17.4%	-4.6%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	81	67	58	-17.3%	-13.4%
51	Information	15	18		20.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	18	23	17	27.8%	-26.1%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	17	14	12	-17.6%	-14.3%
54	Professional and Technical Services	54	43	31	-20.4%	-27.9%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	25	18	26	-28.0%	44.4%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	101	80	110	-20.8%	37.5%
61	Educational Services	15	24	22	60.0%	-8.3%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	65	79	93	21.5%	17.7%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			11	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	48	58	51	20.8%	-12.1%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	47	49	50	4.3%	2.0%
92	Public Administration	25	19	38	-24.0%	100.0%
99	Unclassified	24	17	25	-29.2%	47.1%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	58	61	74	5.2%	21.3%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	25	29	31	16.0%	6.9%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	17	14	14	-17.6%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	10	17		70.0%	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		12	22	0.0%	83.3%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ		10		0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	19		15	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	26	39	48	50.0%	23.1%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	10			0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	43	54	45	25.6%	-16.7%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	26	36	46	38.5%	27.8%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations			10	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	69	89	70	29.0%	-21.3%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	70	76	84	8.6%	10.5%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	11			0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	813	580	816	-28.7%	40.7%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	57	53	44	-7.0%	-17.0%
510000	Production Occupations	131	112	96	-14.5%	-14.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	98	85	86	-13.3%	1.2%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	161	151	158	-6.2%	4.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	89	104	96	16.9%	-7.7%
	12 years	792	670	842	-15.4%	25.7%
	13-15 years	636	506	592	-20.4%	17.0%
	Over 15 years	161	173	168	7.5%	-2.9%
Sex
	Male	1,304	1,068	1,318	-18.1%	23.4%
	Female	374	385	380	2.9%	-1.3%
Age
	Under age 22	85	73	98	-14.1%	34.2%
	Age 22 to 29	322	277	344	-14.0%	24.2%
	Age 30 to 39	429	387	429	-9.8%	10.9%
	Age 40 to 49	368	314	383	-14.7%	22.0%
	Age 50 to 59	330	266	275	-19.4%	3.4%
	Age 60 to 64	109	94	113	-13.8%	20.2%
	Age 65 and over	30	37	47	23.3%	27.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,419	1,207	1,416	-14.9%	17.3%
	Black or African American,	86	78	86	-9.3%	10.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native		10	13	0.0%	30.0%
	Asian	18	20	20	11.1%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	144	134	159	-6.9%	18.7%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,443	1,226	1,467	-15.0%	19.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	66	56	59	-15.2%	5.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	169	171	172	1.2%	0.6%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	165	221	295	33.9%	33.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	220	253	281	15.0%	11.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,150	1,154	1,228	0.3%	6.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	403	398	453	-1.2%	13.8%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	501	470	612	-6.2%	30.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	644	313	372	-51.4%	18.8%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	95	84	125	-11.6%	48.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	885	779	967	-12.0%	24.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,678	1,453	1,698	-13.4%	16.9%
	Benton County	171	146	165	-14.6%	13.0%
	Sherburne County	450	360	403	-20.0%	11.9%
	Stearns County	512	448	505	-12.5%	12.7%
	Wright County	545	499	625	-8.4%	25.3%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	258	206	213	-20.2%	3.4%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	738	679	818	-8.0%	20.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,359	1,153	1,349	-15.2%	17.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,795	8,857	9,329	0.7%	5.3%

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

February 2025

EDR 7W- Central