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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

December 2025

	EDR 7W- Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	3,074	3,832	4,009	24.7%	4.6%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	26	21	39	-19.2%	85.7%
21	Mining	46	57	66	23.9%	15.8%
22	Utilities	31	49	53	58.1%	8.2%
23	Construction	1,581	2,044	2,183	29.3%	6.8%
31	Manufacturing	246	331	271	34.6%	-18.1%
42	Wholesale Trade	68	75	80	10.3%	6.7%
44	Retail Trade	115	117	150	1.7%	28.2%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	97	137	161	41.2%	17.5%
51	Information	13	14	21	7.7%	50.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	28	31	35	10.7%	12.9%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	28	27	18	-3.6%	-33.3%
54	Professional and Technical Services	83	110	81	32.5%	-26.4%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	26	29	46	11.5%	58.6%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	245	292	290	19.2%	-0.7%
61	Educational Services	60	87	64	45.0%	-26.4%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	128	131	163	2.3%	24.4%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	18	25	29	38.9%	16.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	72	71	68	-1.4%	-4.2%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	106	97	112	-8.5%	15.5%
92	Public Administration	36	48	59	33.3%	22.9%
99	Unclassified	21	39	20	85.7%	-48.7%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	79	75	100	-5.1%	33.3%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	34	39	43	14.7%	10.3%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	19	29	33	52.6%	13.8%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	15	21	15	40.0%	-28.6%
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	76	77	71	1.3%	-7.8%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	13		12	0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	23	15	44	-34.8%	193.3%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	33	50	58	51.5%	16.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	71	74	91	4.2%	23.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	94	116	118	23.4%	1.7%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	10	10	10	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	91	86	90	-5.5%	4.7%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	80	89	109	11.3%	22.5%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	44	50	57	13.6%	14.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	1,678	2,118	2,230	26.2%	5.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	82	93	80	13.4%	-14.0%
510000	Production Occupations	134	159	121	18.7%	-23.9%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	204	336	353	64.7%	5.1%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	278	373	351	34.2%	-5.9%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	244	303	292	24.2%	-3.6%
	12 years	1,588	2,018	2,136	27.1%	5.8%
	13-15 years	968	1,237	1,249	27.8%	1.0%
	Over 15 years	274	274	332	0.0%	21.2%
Sex
	Male	2,499	3,171	3,308	26.9%	4.3%
	Female	575	661	701	15.0%	6.1%
Age
	Under age 22	194	247	297	27.3%	20.2%
	Age 22 to 29	644	774	860	20.2%	11.1%
	Age 30 to 39	708	958	934	35.3%	-2.5%
	Age 40 to 49	678	820	890	20.9%	8.5%
	Age 50 to 59	528	637	652	20.6%	2.4%
	Age 60 to 64	209	246	221	17.7%	-10.2%
	Age 65 and over	93	130	134	39.8%	3.1%
	Info. not available	20	20	21	0.0%	5.0%
Race
	White	2,668	3,298	3,489	23.6%	5.8%
	Black or African American,	109	125	117	14.7%	-6.4%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	20	17	27	-15.0%	58.8%
	Asian	27	30	18	11.1%	-40.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander			10	0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	245	357	348	45.7%	-2.5%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	2,615	3,268	3,434	25.0%	5.1%
	Hispanic or Latino	124	175	197	41.1%	12.6%
	Ethnicity Unknown	335	389	378	16.1%	-2.8%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	1,030	1,098	807	6.6%	-26.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	659	760	727	15.3%	-4.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,850	2,414	2,323	30.5%	-3.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,229	1,585	1,536	29.0%	-3.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,396	1,721	1,689	23.3%	-1.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	814	1,059	1,081	30.1%	2.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	233	449	423	92.7%	-5.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,816	2,341	2,381	28.9%	1.7%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,074	3,832	4,009	24.7%	4.6%
	Benton County	335	419	418	25.1%	-0.2%
	Sherburne County	822	1,000	1,100	21.7%	10.0%
	Stearns County	929	1,199	1,153	29.1%	-3.8%
	Wright County	988	1,214	1,338	22.9%	10.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	880	1,186	760	34.8%	-35.9%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,561	1,911	1,973	22.4%	3.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,631	3,101	3,414	17.9%	10.1%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	12,651	14,104	15,422	11.5%	9.3%

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

December 2025

EDR 7W- Central