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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

May 2025

	EDR 7W- Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,256	1,665	1,394	32.6%	-16.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	13	15	11	15.4%	-26.7%
23	Construction	244	383	305	57.0%	-20.4%
31	Manufacturing	135	150	131	11.1%	-12.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	41	86	55	109.8%	-36.0%
44	Retail Trade	117	88	88	-24.8%	0.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	56	80	87	42.9%	8.8%
51	Information	12	18	10	50.0%	-44.4%
52	Finance and Insurance	21	27	24	28.6%	-11.1%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	10		10	0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	76	72	56	-5.3%	-22.2%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	19	10	16	-47.4%	60.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	70	71	49	1.4%	-31.0%
61	Educational Services	203	412	293	103.0%	-28.9%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	85	90	106	5.9%	17.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation		12	10	0.0%	-16.7%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	67	62	48	-7.5%	-22.6%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	61	42	49	-31.1%	16.7%
92	Public Administration		17	22	0.0%	29.4%
99	Unclassified		19	17	0.0%	-10.5%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	65	58	65	-10.8%	12.1%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	38	40	38	5.3%	-5.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	24	17	19	-29.2%	11.8%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations		13	11	0.0%	-15.4%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations		11	12	0.0%	9.1%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	137	294	211	114.6%	-28.2%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	10	12		20.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	21	21	28	0.0%	33.3%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	33	45	46	36.4%	2.2%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	105	114	84	8.6%	-26.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	20	20	11	0.0%	-45.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	14		19	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	80	73	72	-8.8%	-1.4%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	81	107	74	32.1%	-30.8%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	288	423	312	46.9%	-26.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	34	23	31	-32.4%	34.8%
510000	Production Occupations	89	113	101	27.0%	-10.6%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	55	96	97	74.5%	1.0%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	131	160	140	22.1%	-12.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	63	87	79	38.1%	-9.2%
	12 years	501	689	554	37.5%	-19.6%
	13-15 years	486	645	533	32.7%	-17.4%
	Over 15 years	206	244	228	18.4%	-6.6%
Sex
	Male	652	861	765	32.1%	-11.1%
	Female	604	804	628	33.1%	-21.9%
	Unspecified				0.0%	0.0%
Age
	Under age 22	51	48	55	-5.9%	14.6%
	Age 22 to 29	205	238	231	16.1%	-2.9%
	Age 30 to 39	307	413	315	34.5%	-23.7%
	Age 40 to 49	310	370	323	19.4%	-12.7%
	Age 50 to 59	232	368	279	58.6%	-24.2%
	Age 60 to 64	106	149	111	40.6%	-25.5%
	Age 65 and over	41	69	72	68.3%	4.3%
	Info. not available		10		0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,006	1,393	1,149	38.5%	-17.5%
	Black or African American,	88	108	99	22.7%	-8.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	12	12		0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	23	18	20	-21.7%	11.1%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	124	129	117	4.0%	-9.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,084	1,450	1,227	33.8%	-15.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	47	53	51	12.8%	-3.8%
	Ethnicity Unknown	125	162	116	29.6%	-28.4%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	301	701	734	132.9%	4.7%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	309	490	435	58.6%	-11.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,083	1,286	1,649	18.7%	28.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	514	920	808	79.0%	-12.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	491	678	597	38.1%	-11.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	306	638	491	108.5%	-23.0%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	103	237	212	130.1%	-10.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	498	772	606	55.0%	-21.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,256	1,665	1,394	32.6%	-16.3%
	Benton County	135	196	186	45.2%	-5.1%
	Sherburne County	282	371	306	31.6%	-17.5%
	Stearns County	444	609	512	37.2%	-15.9%
	Wright County	395	489	390	23.8%	-20.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	358	513	529	43.3%	3.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	721	1,056	892	46.5%	-15.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,191	1,648	1,407	38.4%	-14.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,094	9,034	8,438	11.6%	-6.6%

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

May 2025

EDR 7W- Central