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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

June 2025

	EDR 7W- Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	3,147	3,517	3,708	11.8%	5.4%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	14	10		-28.6%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	18	11	16	-38.9%	45.5%
23	Construction	208	349	241	67.8%	-30.9%
31	Manufacturing	174	181	212	4.0%	17.1%
42	Wholesale Trade	47	69	83	46.8%	20.3%
44	Retail Trade	115	138	130	20.0%	-5.8%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	232	329	405	41.8%	23.1%
51	Information	13	15	13	15.4%	-13.3%
52	Finance and Insurance	28	31	28	10.7%	-9.7%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	13	10	17	-23.1%	70.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	55	46	57	-16.4%	23.9%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	21	23	23	9.5%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	87	96	106	10.3%	10.4%
61	Educational Services	1,753	1,798	1,938	2.6%	7.8%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	147	161	168	9.5%	4.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	19	16	26	-15.8%	62.5%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	91	98	108	7.7%	10.2%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	70	84	91	20.0%	8.3%
92	Public Administration	24	21	20	-12.5%	-4.8%
99	Unclassified	18	31	22	72.2%	-29.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	70	67	76	-4.3%	13.4%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	25	32	41	28.0%	28.1%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	27	18	20	-33.3%	11.1%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations		13	15	0.0%	15.4%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	11	21	22	90.9%	4.8%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	1,310	1,388	1,483	6.0%	6.8%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ		17	12	0.0%	-29.4%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	48	42	43	-12.5%	2.4%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	48	59	76	22.9%	28.8%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	358	381	418	6.4%	9.7%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	13	20	18	53.8%	-10.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	20	15	15	-25.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	79	92	82	16.5%	-10.9%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	238	225	202	-5.5%	-10.2%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	15	12		-20.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	224	364	264	62.5%	-27.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	31	33	46	6.5%	39.4%
510000	Production Occupations	111	133	160	19.8%	20.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	244	343	403	40.6%	17.5%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	251	235	293	-6.4%	24.7%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	73	123	88	68.5%	-28.5%
	12 years	1,076	1,283	1,324	19.2%	3.2%
	13-15 years	1,396	1,494	1,588	7.0%	6.3%
	Over 15 years	602	617	708	2.5%	14.7%
Sex
	Male	834	1,040	1,082	24.7%	4.0%
	Female	2,313	2,477	2,626	7.1%	6.0%
Age
	Under age 22	62	100	102	61.3%	2.0%
	Age 22 to 29	330	384	420	16.4%	9.4%
	Age 30 to 39	658	745	741	13.2%	-0.5%
	Age 40 to 49	749	852	900	13.8%	5.6%
	Age 50 to 59	752	805	828	7.0%	2.9%
	Age 60 to 64	388	368	385	-5.2%	4.6%
	Age 65 and over	182	223	269	22.5%	20.6%
	Info. not available	26	40	63	53.8%	57.5%
Race
	White	2,714	3,039	3,172	12.0%	4.4%
	Black or African American,	174	199	215	14.4%	8.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native			17	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	33	30	41	-9.1%	36.7%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	213	237	257	11.3%	8.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	2,778	3,114	3,291	12.1%	5.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	89	108	119	21.3%	10.2%
	Ethnicity Unknown	280	295	298	5.4%	1.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	543	646	595	19.0%	-7.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	567	615	689	8.5%	12.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2,022	2,060	2,244	1.9%	8.9%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	934	830	1,040	-11.1%	25.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,012	964	1,147	-4.7%	19.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	897	875	993	-2.5%	13.5%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	267	249	297	-6.7%	19.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,385	1,662	1,645	20.0%	-1.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,147	3,517	3,708	11.8%	5.4%
	Benton County	364	366	362	0.5%	-1.1%
	Sherburne County	769	900	940	17.0%	4.4%
	Stearns County	1,085	1,123	1,160	3.5%	3.3%
	Wright County	929	1,128	1,246	21.4%	10.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	1,157	984	964	-15.0%	-2.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,280	1,541	1,534	20.4%	-0.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,569	2,753	3,100	7.2%	12.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	16,217	18,971	21,127	17.0%	11.4%

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

June 2025

EDR 7W- Central