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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2025

	EDR 7W- Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,314	1,302	1,170	-0.9%	-10.1%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	19	16	10	-15.8%	-37.5%
23	Construction	406	461	341	13.5%	-26.0%
31	Manufacturing	184	165	133	-10.3%	-19.4%
42	Wholesale Trade	41	54	52	31.7%	-3.7%
44	Retail Trade	127	92	90	-27.6%	-2.2%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	40	59	75	47.5%	27.1%
51	Information	10	14	14	40.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	32	21	26	-34.4%	23.8%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	17	14	14	-17.6%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	84	68	60	-19.0%	-11.8%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	23	12	16	-47.8%	33.3%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	67	62	58	-7.5%	-6.5%
61	Educational Services	19	29	25	52.6%	-13.8%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	107	82	110	-23.4%	34.1%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation		13	14	0.0%	7.7%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	51	33	37	-35.3%	12.1%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	35	42	38	20.0%	-9.5%
92	Public Administration	22	27	28	22.7%	3.7%
99	Unclassified	15	31	25	106.7%	-19.4%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	102	52	73	-49.0%	40.4%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	29	32	31	10.3%	-3.1%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	25	21	23	-16.0%	9.5%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations		15	12	0.0%	-20.0%
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	10	26	21	160.0%	-19.2%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	12	12		0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	18	22	18	22.2%	-18.2%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	51	32	55	-37.3%	71.9%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	34	48	46	41.2%	-4.2%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	25	26	28	4.0%	7.7%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations		13		0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	113	71	71	-37.2%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	107	74	84	-30.8%	13.5%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	437	493	352	12.8%	-28.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	38	41	30	7.9%	-26.8%
510000	Production Occupations	91	93	84	2.2%	-9.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	67	81	79	20.9%	-2.5%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	120	127	132	5.8%	3.9%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	91	70	64	-23.1%	-8.6%
	12 years	593	599	519	1.0%	-13.4%
	13-15 years	474	459	398	-3.2%	-13.3%
	Over 15 years	156	173	189	10.9%	9.2%
Sex
	Male	893	898	748	0.6%	-16.7%
	Female	421	404	422	-4.0%	4.5%
Age
	Under age 22	58	64	56	10.3%	-12.5%
	Age 22 to 29	254	233	237	-8.3%	1.7%
	Age 30 to 39	320	325	267	1.6%	-17.8%
	Age 40 to 49	296	308	262	4.1%	-14.9%
	Age 50 to 59	242	236	219	-2.5%	-7.2%
	Age 60 to 64	97	86	88	-11.3%	2.3%
	Age 65 and over	44	46	35	4.5%	-23.9%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,104	1,084	942	-1.8%	-13.1%
	Black or African American,	86	79	92	-8.1%	16.5%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian			20	0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	106	120	107	13.2%	-10.8%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,129	1,112	1,004	-1.5%	-9.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	43	65	55	51.2%	-15.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	142	125	111	-12.0%	-11.2%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	262	249	257	-5.0%	3.2%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	274	198	213	-27.7%	7.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,157	1,112	1,004	-3.9%	-9.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	564	338	404	-40.1%	19.5%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	489	459	344	-6.1%	-25.1%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	355	341	275	-3.9%	-19.4%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	171	90	86	-47.4%	-4.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	651	701	602	7.7%	-14.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,314	1,302	1,170	-0.9%	-10.1%
	Benton County	133	147	112	10.5%	-23.8%
	Sherburne County	358	318	278	-11.2%	-12.6%
	Stearns County	440	406	387	-7.7%	-4.7%
	Wright County	383	431	393	12.5%	-8.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	254	191	193	-24.8%	1.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	600	639	559	6.5%	-12.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,091	1,133	1,100	3.8%	-2.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,353	8,539	8,586	2.2%	0.6%

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

April 2025

EDR 7W- Central