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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

November 2025

	EDR 7W- Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	2,999	2,819	2,659	-6.0%	-5.7%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	24	24	18	0.0%	-25.0%
21	Mining	35	32	41	-8.6%	28.1%
22	Utilities	31	34	28	9.7%	-17.6%
23	Construction	1,637	1,505	1,369	-8.1%	-9.0%
31	Manufacturing	258	272	201	5.4%	-26.1%
42	Wholesale Trade	51	74	54	45.1%	-27.0%
44	Retail Trade	154	103	139	-33.1%	35.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	60	67	75	11.7%	11.9%
51	Information	12	11		-8.3%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	24	21	24	-12.5%	14.3%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	22	19	14	-13.6%	-26.3%
54	Professional and Technical Services	85	63	62	-25.9%	-1.6%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	16	18	20	12.5%	11.1%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	209	205	196	-1.9%	-4.4%
61	Educational Services	31	32	30	3.2%	-6.3%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	102	83	108	-18.6%	30.1%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	59	65	55	10.2%	-15.4%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	61	45	68	-26.2%	51.1%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	71	79	79	11.3%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	39	44	51	12.8%	15.9%
99	Unclassified	18	23	18	27.8%	-21.7%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	105	71	88	-32.4%	23.9%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	46	28	34	-39.1%	21.4%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	17	24	20	41.2%	-16.7%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	15	14		-6.7%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	23	24	20	4.3%	-16.7%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	13			0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	28	20	19	-28.6%	-5.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	42	30	52	-28.6%	73.3%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	55	39	66	-29.1%	69.2%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	121	123	129	1.7%	4.9%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	13			0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	104	96	72	-7.7%	-25.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	103	96	123	-6.8%	28.1%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	35	26	29	-25.7%	11.5%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	1,569	1,494	1,320	-4.8%	-11.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	58	64	50	10.3%	-21.9%
510000	Production Occupations	110	128	93	16.4%	-27.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	240	215	206	-10.4%	-4.2%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	281	292	293	3.9%	0.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	248	229	211	-7.7%	-7.9%
	12 years	1,568	1,543	1,433	-1.6%	-7.1%
	13-15 years	892	827	780	-7.3%	-5.7%
	Over 15 years	291	220	235	-24.4%	6.8%
Sex
	Male	2,424	2,327	2,108	-4.0%	-9.4%
	Female	575	492	551	-14.4%	12.0%
Age
	Under age 22	182	194	206	6.6%	6.2%
	Age 22 to 29	638	601	536	-5.8%	-10.8%
	Age 30 to 39	722	679	619	-6.0%	-8.8%
	Age 40 to 49	587	575	511	-2.0%	-11.1%
	Age 50 to 59	528	466	439	-11.7%	-5.8%
	Age 60 to 64	210	169	205	-19.5%	21.3%
	Age 65 and over	119	120	127	0.8%	5.8%
	Info. not available	13	15	16	15.4%	6.7%
Race
	White	2,592	2,436	2,329	-6.0%	-4.4%
	Black or African American,	108	104	86	-3.7%	-17.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	19	14		-26.3%	0.0%
	Asian	29	19	21	-34.5%	10.5%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	243	244	213	0.4%	-12.7%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	2,591	2,417	2,304	-6.7%	-4.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	134	122	124	-9.0%	1.6%
	Ethnicity Unknown	274	280	231	2.2%	-17.5%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	621	965	487	55.4%	-49.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	763	769	607	0.8%	-21.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2,410	2,154	2,001	-10.6%	-7.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,358	1,341	1,063	-1.3%	-20.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,668	1,631	1,483	-2.2%	-9.1%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	984	810	695	-17.7%	-14.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	218	272	188	24.8%	-30.9%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,868	1,796	1,671	-3.9%	-7.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,999	2,819	2,659	-6.0%	-5.7%
	Benton County	367	359	348	-2.2%	-3.1%
	Sherburne County	732	660	612	-9.8%	-7.3%
	Stearns County	962	926	854	-3.7%	-7.8%
	Wright County	938	874	845	-6.8%	-3.3%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	454	474	378	4.4%	-20.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,423	1,431	1,170	0.6%	-18.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,297	2,275	1,933	-1.0%	-15.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	12,293	11,094	10,888	-9.8%	-1.9%

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

November 2025

EDR 7W- Central