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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

July 2025

	EDR 7W- Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,432	1,582	1,450	10.5%	-8.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting			12	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining		15		0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	30	26	28	-13.3%	7.7%
23	Construction	273	309	237	13.2%	-23.3%
31	Manufacturing	134	179	178	33.6%	-0.6%
42	Wholesale Trade	63	60	64	-4.8%	6.7%
44	Retail Trade	94	138	91	46.8%	-34.1%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	98	102	96	4.1%	-5.9%
51	Information			16	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	22	33	25	50.0%	-24.2%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	10	14	14	40.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	70	50	61	-28.6%	22.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	13	22	18	69.2%	-18.2%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	92	83	53	-9.8%	-36.1%
61	Educational Services	234	252	258	7.7%	2.4%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	136	122	123	-10.3%	0.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	13		10	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	60	61	69	1.7%	13.1%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	40	49	45	22.5%	-8.2%
92	Public Administration	12	26	26	116.7%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	19	18	21	-5.3%	16.7%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	53	58	68	9.4%	17.2%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	30	33	36	10.0%	9.1%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	17	16	19	-5.9%	18.8%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations			10	0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	10		10	0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	219	219	213	0.0%	-2.7%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	11		11	0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	24	23	14	-4.2%	-39.1%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	49	44	48	-10.2%	9.1%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	85	82	82	-3.5%	0.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	21	19	14	-9.5%	-26.3%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	15		15	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	83	95	69	14.5%	-27.4%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	100	115	115	15.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	11			0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	315	370	270	17.5%	-27.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	28	36	45	28.6%	25.0%
510000	Production Occupations	105	137	119	30.5%	-13.1%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	101	122	117	20.8%	-4.1%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	132	166	159	25.8%	-4.2%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	83	84	71	1.2%	-15.5%
	12 years	544	623	570	14.5%	-8.5%
	13-15 years	573	628	553	9.6%	-11.9%
	Over 15 years	232	247	256	6.5%	3.6%
Sex
	Male	748	857	743	14.6%	-13.3%
	Female	684	725	706	6.0%	-2.6%
Age
	Under age 22	58	65	72	12.1%	10.8%
	Age 22 to 29	200	233	238	16.5%	2.1%
	Age 30 to 39	318	350	331	10.1%	-5.4%
	Age 40 to 49	361	376	321	4.2%	-14.6%
	Age 50 to 59	298	333	303	11.7%	-9.0%
	Age 60 to 64	122	135	102	10.7%	-24.4%
	Age 65 and over	60	85	73	41.7%	-14.1%
	Info. not available	15		10	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,166	1,301	1,178	11.6%	-9.5%
	Black or African American,	117	112	121	-4.3%	8.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	15	14	13	-6.7%	-7.1%
	Asian	14	13	20	-7.1%	53.8%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	119	139	117	16.8%	-15.8%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,242	1,371	1,276	10.4%	-6.9%
	Hispanic or Latino	53	55	65	3.8%	18.2%
	Ethnicity Unknown	137	156	109	13.9%	-30.1%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	240	656	362	173.3%	-44.8%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	325	375	350	15.4%	-6.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,058	1,004	954	-5.1%	-5.0%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	597	549	471	-8.0%	-14.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	558	524	439	-6.1%	-16.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	356	345	392	-3.1%	13.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	162	128	258	-21.0%	101.6%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	686	808	660	17.8%	-18.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,432	1,582	1,450	10.5%	-8.3%
	Benton County	161	167	147	3.7%	-12.0%
	Sherburne County	380	429	369	12.9%	-14.0%
	Stearns County	454	504	466	11.0%	-7.5%
	Wright County	437	482	468	10.3%	-2.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	500	513	333	2.6%	-35.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	689	817	673	18.6%	-17.6%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,315	1,528	1,188	16.2%	-22.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,274	10,974	10,517	6.8%	-4.2%

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

July 2025

EDR 7W- Central