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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2025

	EDR 7W- Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,592	1,507	1,346	-5.3%	-10.7%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	14	14	17	0.0%	21.4%
23	Construction	481	595	421	23.7%	-29.2%
31	Manufacturing	192	177	153	-7.8%	-13.6%
42	Wholesale Trade	64	65	56	1.6%	-13.8%
44	Retail Trade	149	101	118	-32.2%	16.8%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	69	73	94	5.8%	28.8%
51	Information	13	14	12	7.7%	-14.3%
52	Finance and Insurance	39	19	27	-51.3%	42.1%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	15	15	17	0.0%	13.3%
54	Professional and Technical Services	63	46	41	-27.0%	-10.9%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	37	17	20	-54.1%	17.6%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	117	77	67	-34.2%	-13.0%
61	Educational Services	22	28	42	27.3%	50.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	134	99	95	-26.1%	-4.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	11			0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	52	67	62	28.8%	-7.5%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	41	43	50	4.9%	16.3%
92	Public Administration	34	22	21	-35.3%	-4.5%
99	Unclassified	32	18	18	-43.8%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	71	62	73	-12.7%	17.7%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	33	29	32	-12.1%	10.3%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	14	12	22	-14.3%	83.3%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	10	12		20.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	11		13	0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	11	17	32	54.5%	88.2%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	48	11	11	-77.1%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	33	23	17	-30.3%	-26.1%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	49	43	33	-12.2%	-23.3%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	47	66	65	40.4%	-1.5%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	27	29	24	7.4%	-17.2%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations			14	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	153	95	85	-37.9%	-10.5%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	131	80	84	-38.9%	5.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	523	602	443	15.1%	-26.4%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	57	62	45	8.8%	-27.4%
510000	Production Occupations	126	103	89	-18.3%	-13.6%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	80	110	108	37.5%	-1.8%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	141	126	134	-10.6%	6.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	104	92	76	-11.5%	-17.4%
	12 years	797	673	609	-15.6%	-9.5%
	13-15 years	530	567	485	7.0%	-14.5%
	Over 15 years	161	175	176	8.7%	0.6%
Sex
	Male	1,068	1,118	931	4.7%	-16.7%
	Female	524	389	415	-25.8%	6.7%
Age
	Under age 22	80	61	54	-23.8%	-11.5%
	Age 22 to 29	304	296	278	-2.6%	-6.1%
	Age 30 to 39	399	376	328	-5.8%	-12.8%
	Age 40 to 49	362	352	296	-2.8%	-15.9%
	Age 50 to 59	297	279	235	-6.1%	-15.8%
	Age 60 to 64	102	104	90	2.0%	-13.5%
	Age 65 and over	42	33	53	-21.4%	60.6%
	Info. not available			12	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,354	1,263	1,112	-6.7%	-12.0%
	Black or African American,	98	96	90	-2.0%	-6.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native		12		0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	11		14	0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	120	121	121	0.8%	0.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,386	1,302	1,158	-6.1%	-11.1%
	Hispanic or Latino	57	64	51	12.3%	-20.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	149	141	137	-5.4%	-2.8%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	258	390	264	51.2%	-32.3%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	328	292	259	-11.0%	-11.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,397	1,220	1,308	-12.7%	7.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	606	414	407	-31.7%	-1.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	552	446	514	-19.2%	15.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	362	305	383	-15.7%	25.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	130	69	88	-46.9%	27.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	918	813	733	-11.4%	-9.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,592	1,507	1,346	-5.3%	-10.7%
	Benton County	166	133	120	-19.9%	-9.8%
	Sherburne County	405	366	350	-9.6%	-4.4%
	Stearns County	519	485	426	-6.6%	-12.2%
	Wright County	502	523	450	4.2%	-14.0%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	322	227	232	-29.5%	2.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	792	698	720	-11.9%	3.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,579	1,180	1,370	-25.3%	16.1%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,559	8,690	9,107	-17.7%	4.8%

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

March 2025

EDR 7W- Central