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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 2025

	EDR 7W- Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,206	1,186	1,045	-1.7%	-11.9%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	21	15	10	-28.6%	-33.3%
23	Construction	251	270	222	7.6%	-17.8%
31	Manufacturing	157	176	114	12.1%	-35.2%
42	Wholesale Trade	44	81	37	84.1%	-54.3%
44	Retail Trade	107	98	81	-8.4%	-17.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	70	72	50	2.9%	-30.6%
51	Information	10	13	11	30.0%	-15.4%
52	Finance and Insurance	32	22	29	-31.3%	31.8%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	14	12	16	-14.3%	33.3%
54	Professional and Technical Services	41	42	48	2.4%	14.3%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	16	25	29	56.3%	16.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	78	65	48	-16.7%	-26.2%
61	Educational Services	104	59	62	-43.3%	5.1%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	107	106	148	-0.9%	39.6%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	58	59	54	1.7%	-8.5%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	44	28	44	-36.4%	57.1%
92	Public Administration	24	17	15	-29.2%	-11.8%
99	Unclassified	13	11	17	-15.4%	54.5%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	68	82	63	20.6%	-23.2%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	39	30	30	-23.1%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	23	22	31	-4.3%	40.9%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	16	14	11	-12.5%	-21.4%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations		12	17	0.0%	41.7%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	103	60	67	-41.7%	11.7%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	22	20	21	-9.1%	5.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	38	50	50	31.6%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	63	47	64	-25.4%	36.2%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	13	22	17	69.2%	-22.7%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations			10	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	74	87	73	17.6%	-16.1%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	99	78	51	-21.2%	-34.6%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	259	259	226	0.0%	-12.7%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	31	38	24	22.6%	-36.8%
510000	Production Occupations	130	138	82	6.2%	-40.6%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	76	82	65	7.9%	-20.7%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	111	124	124	11.7%	0.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	107	61	63	-43.0%	3.3%
	12 years	460	519	438	12.8%	-15.6%
	13-15 years	441	436	373	-1.1%	-14.4%
	Over 15 years	198	170	171	-14.1%	0.6%
Sex
	Male	675	737	622	9.2%	-15.6%
	Female	531	449	423	-15.4%	-5.8%
Age
	Under age 22	55	54	54	-1.8%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	215	172	201	-20.0%	16.9%
	Age 30 to 39	287	305	235	6.3%	-23.0%
	Age 40 to 49	271	293	240	8.1%	-18.1%
	Age 50 to 59	223	220	220	-1.3%	0.0%
	Age 60 to 64	108	91	61	-15.7%	-33.0%
	Age 65 and over	42	49	29	16.7%	-40.8%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	973	935	842	-3.9%	-9.9%
	Black or African American,	101	101	96	0.0%	-5.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native		11		0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	16	22	15	37.5%	-31.8%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	110	111	83	0.9%	-25.2%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,044	1,029	901	-1.4%	-12.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	51	55	58	7.8%	5.5%
	Ethnicity Unknown	111	102	86	-8.1%	-15.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	162	230	201	42.0%	-12.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	204	234	188	14.7%	-19.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	932	710	690	-23.8%	-2.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	374	353	301	-5.6%	-14.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	376	391	344	4.0%	-12.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	274	267	233	-2.6%	-12.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	81	45	89	-44.4%	97.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	516	595	494	15.3%	-17.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,206	1,186	1,045	-1.7%	-11.9%
	Benton County	116	116	110	0.0%	-5.2%
	Sherburne County	289	330	265	14.2%	-19.7%
	Stearns County	413	368	350	-10.9%	-4.9%
	Wright County	388	372	320	-4.1%	-14.0%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	366	270	180	-26.2%	-33.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	512	563	450	10.0%	-20.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,181	1,226	920	3.8%	-25.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,749	8,706	8,227	-0.5%	-5.5%

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

August 2025

EDR 7W- Central