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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

January 2026

	EDR 7W- Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	2,689	2,360	2,316	-12.2%	-1.9%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	15	21	18	40.0%	-14.3%
21	Mining	25	12	22	-52.0%	83.3%
22	Utilities	36	34	17	-5.6%	-50.0%
23	Construction	1,336	1,056	1,014	-21.0%	-4.0%
31	Manufacturing	258	238	182	-7.8%	-23.5%
42	Wholesale Trade	66	105	61	59.1%	-41.9%
44	Retail Trade	142	162	141	14.1%	-13.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	99	90	104	-9.1%	15.6%
51	Information	14	15	23	7.1%	53.3%
52	Finance and Insurance	27	23	32	-14.8%	39.1%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	19	28	21	47.4%	-25.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	82	86	101	4.9%	17.4%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	21	23	39	9.5%	69.6%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	157	137	146	-12.7%	6.6%
61	Educational Services	63	31	35	-50.8%	12.9%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	120	104	149	-13.3%	43.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	18	18	18	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	69	56	67	-18.8%	19.6%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	59	68	71	15.3%	4.4%
92	Public Administration	27	25	29	-7.4%	16.0%
99	Unclassified	36	28	26	-22.2%	-7.1%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	81	85	104	4.9%	22.4%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	29	36	36	24.1%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	19	21	26	10.5%	23.8%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	18	20	13	11.1%	-35.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	13		11	0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	50	31	29	-38.0%	-6.5%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	21	10		-52.4%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	22	17	35	-22.7%	105.9%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	40	46	59	15.0%	28.3%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	75	53	77	-29.3%	45.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	53	41	68	-22.6%	65.9%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	14	17	18	21.4%	5.9%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	99	135	87	36.4%	-35.6%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	105	105	105	0.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	18	26	28	44.4%	7.7%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	1,375	1,091	1,031	-20.7%	-5.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	69	62	55	-10.1%	-11.3%
510000	Production Occupations	156	150	100	-3.8%	-33.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	172	138	167	-19.8%	21.0%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	247	258	241	4.5%	-6.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	184	172	151	-6.5%	-12.2%
	12 years	1,331	1,229	1,140	-7.7%	-7.2%
	13-15 years	912	723	735	-20.7%	1.7%
	Over 15 years	262	236	290	-9.9%	22.9%
Sex
	Male	2,118	1,824	1,753	-13.9%	-3.9%
	Female	571	536	563	-6.1%	5.0%
Age
	Under age 22	166	163	144	-1.8%	-11.7%
	Age 22 to 29	568	468	466	-17.6%	-0.4%
	Age 30 to 39	739	606	546	-18.0%	-9.9%
	Age 40 to 49	578	500	524	-13.5%	4.8%
	Age 50 to 59	401	412	373	2.7%	-9.5%
	Age 60 to 64	151	135	159	-10.6%	17.8%
	Age 65 and over	76	67	83	-11.8%	23.9%
	Info. not available	10		21	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	2,288	1,955	1,973	-14.6%	0.9%
	Black or African American,	113	110	104	-2.7%	-5.5%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	19	19	14	0.0%	-26.3%
	Asian	26	26	19	0.0%	-26.9%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	240	243	202	1.3%	-16.9%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	2,309	2,001	1,996	-13.3%	-0.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	96	100	104	4.2%	4.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	284	259	216	-8.8%	-16.6%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	541	408	361	-24.6%	-11.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	421	368	401	-12.6%	9.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,814	1,568	1,580	-13.6%	0.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	891	730	666	-18.1%	-8.8%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,055	905	842	-14.2%	-7.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	657	516	472	-21.5%	-8.5%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	180	182	161	1.1%	-11.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,621	1,249	1,275	-22.9%	2.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,689	2,360	2,316	-12.2%	-1.9%
	Benton County	299	243	231	-18.7%	-4.9%
	Sherburne County	689	617	613	-10.4%	-0.6%
	Stearns County	807	700	677	-13.3%	-3.3%
	Wright County	894	800	795	-10.5%	-0.6%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	459	467	367	1.7%	-21.4%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,360	1,137	1,098	-16.4%	-3.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,300	2,008	1,972	-12.7%	-1.8%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	13,061	11,965	12,560	-8.4%	5.0%

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

January 2026

EDR 7W- Central