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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

September 2025

	EDR 7W- Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	974	1,235	1,027	26.8%	-16.8%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	15	10		-33.3%	0.0%
23	Construction	276	373	244	35.1%	-34.6%
31	Manufacturing	128	160	140	25.0%	-12.5%
42	Wholesale Trade	40	41	52	2.5%	26.8%
44	Retail Trade	73	79	83	8.2%	5.1%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	39	49	59	25.6%	20.4%
51	Information			13	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	31	33	30	6.5%	-9.1%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	13	10	10	-23.1%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	38	35	48	-7.9%	37.1%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	24	19	60.0%	-20.8%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	68	170	61	150.0%	-64.1%
61	Educational Services	33	29	44	-12.1%	51.7%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	98	91	109	-7.1%	19.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			10	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	41	51	39	24.4%	-23.5%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	26	41	34	57.7%	-17.1%
92	Public Administration	11	14	12	27.3%	-14.3%
99	Unclassified	11	11		0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	53	66	64	24.5%	-3.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	27	25	42	-7.4%	68.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	24	14	20	-41.7%	42.9%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations		12	13	0.0%	8.3%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations			10	0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	26	33	38	26.9%	15.2%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	18	15	16	-16.7%	6.7%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	36	42	46	16.7%	9.5%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	40	47	32	17.5%	-31.9%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	14	11	16	-21.4%	45.5%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	14	15		7.1%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	48	72	74	50.0%	2.8%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	70	64	63	-8.6%	-1.6%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	281	364	249	29.5%	-31.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	23	40	39	73.9%	-2.5%
510000	Production Occupations	107	200	87	86.9%	-56.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	43	51	66	18.6%	29.4%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	118	144	126	22.0%	-12.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	62	112	49	80.6%	-56.3%
	12 years	411	528	406	28.5%	-23.1%
	13-15 years	355	431	383	21.4%	-11.1%
	Over 15 years	146	164	189	12.3%	15.2%
Sex
	Male	623	830	642	33.2%	-22.7%
	Female	351	405	385	15.4%	-4.9%
Age
	Under age 22	29	47	41	62.1%	-12.8%
	Age 22 to 29	175	229	189	30.9%	-17.5%
	Age 30 to 39	257	335	232	30.4%	-30.7%
	Age 40 to 49	219	263	244	20.1%	-7.2%
	Age 50 to 59	177	212	186	19.8%	-12.3%
	Age 60 to 64	76	89	84	17.1%	-5.6%
	Age 65 and over	37	53	44	43.2%	-17.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	761	979	821	28.6%	-16.1%
	Black or African American,	85	139	89	63.5%	-36.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	15	22	14	46.7%	-36.4%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	104	88	93	-15.4%	5.7%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	819	1,089	885	33.0%	-18.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	50	47	36	-6.0%	-23.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	105	99	106	-5.7%	7.1%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	162	216	113	33.3%	-47.7%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	169	213	164	26.0%	-23.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	782	911	853	16.5%	-6.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	285	474	382	66.3%	-19.4%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	396	421	373	6.3%	-11.4%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	242	337	261	39.3%	-22.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	71	235	208	231.0%	-11.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	513	566	522	10.3%	-7.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	974	1,235	1,027	26.8%	-16.8%
	Benton County	108	132	109	22.2%	-17.4%
	Sherburne County	232	259	255	11.6%	-1.5%
	Stearns County	353	479	341	35.7%	-28.8%
	Wright County	281	365	322	29.9%	-11.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	287	410	383	42.9%	-6.6%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	526	556	520	5.7%	-6.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	960	976	948	1.7%	-2.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,828	7,733	8,154	13.3%	5.4%

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

September 2025

EDR 7W- Central