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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

October 2025

	EDR 7W- Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,421	1,480	1,410	4.2%	-4.7%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	13			0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining	11			0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities			16	0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	514	489	481	-4.9%	-1.6%
31	Manufacturing	168	233	143	38.7%	-38.6%
42	Wholesale Trade	39	57	62	46.2%	8.8%
44	Retail Trade	74	95	88	28.4%	-7.4%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	58	46	43	-20.7%	-6.5%
51	Information	21			0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	25	29	21	16.0%	-27.6%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	17		10	0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	66	38	43	-42.4%	13.2%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	13	10	19	-23.1%	90.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	85	159	84	87.1%	-47.2%
61	Educational Services	22	33	15	50.0%	-54.5%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	112	107	175	-4.5%	63.6%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	29	23	18	-20.7%	-21.7%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	57	59	44	3.5%	-25.4%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	49	28	58	-42.9%	107.1%
92	Public Administration	21	19	61	-9.5%	221.1%
99	Unclassified	18	21	12	16.7%	-42.9%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	70	83	94	18.6%	13.3%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	16	33	42	106.3%	27.3%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	19	19	22	0.0%	15.8%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	13	17	18	30.8%	5.9%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations			19	0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	13	28	11	115.4%	-60.7%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ		13		0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	25	15	32	-40.0%	113.3%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	47	44	51	-6.4%	15.9%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	64	57	48	-10.9%	-15.8%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	38	40	31	5.3%	-22.5%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	10	10	10	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	73	66	78	-9.6%	18.2%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	96	98	118	2.1%	20.4%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	15		11	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	503	450	463	-10.5%	2.9%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	39	38	46	-2.6%	21.1%
510000	Production Occupations	119	190	80	59.7%	-57.9%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	77	78	63	1.3%	-19.2%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	163	178	156	9.2%	-12.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	107	96	87	-10.3%	-9.4%
	12 years	646	687	630	6.3%	-8.3%
	13-15 years	512	509	474	-0.6%	-6.9%
	Over 15 years	156	188	219	20.5%	16.5%
Sex
	Male	963	980	940	1.8%	-4.1%
	Female	458	500	470	9.2%	-6.0%
Age
	Under age 22	66	78	82	18.2%	5.1%
	Age 22 to 29	309	275	245	-11.0%	-10.9%
	Age 30 to 39	339	357	347	5.3%	-2.8%
	Age 40 to 49	274	306	316	11.7%	3.3%
	Age 50 to 59	267	262	241	-1.9%	-8.0%
	Age 60 to 64	107	120	110	12.1%	-8.3%
	Age 65 and over	57	74	60	29.8%	-18.9%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,155	1,177	1,137	1.9%	-3.4%
	Black or African American,	112	118	111	5.4%	-5.9%
	American Indian or Alaska Native		14	10	0.0%	-28.6%
	Asian	15	26	16	73.3%	-38.5%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	130	141	131	8.5%	-7.1%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,208	1,261	1,235	4.4%	-2.1%
	Hispanic or Latino	73	68	50	-6.8%	-26.5%
	Ethnicity Unknown	140	151	125	7.9%	-17.2%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	302	273	375	-9.6%	37.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	332	334	310	0.6%	-7.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,330	1,114	1,080	-16.2%	-3.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	503	590	482	17.3%	-18.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	666	679	708	2.0%	4.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	306	340	337	11.1%	-0.9%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	90	94	77	4.4%	-18.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	833	801	777	-3.8%	-3.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,421	1,480	1,410	4.2%	-4.7%
	Benton County	132	169	174	28.0%	3.0%
	Sherburne County	349	357	348	2.3%	-2.5%
	Stearns County	526	554	454	5.3%	-18.1%
	Wright County	414	400	434	-3.4%	8.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	226	222	272	-1.8%	22.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	643	632	592	-1.7%	-6.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,229	1,112	1,187	-9.5%	6.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,189	8,479	9,352	3.5%	10.3%

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

October 2025

EDR 7W- Central