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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 2026

	EDR 7W- Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,453	1,698	1,372	16.9%	-19.2%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	10			0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining		12		0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	17	19	16	11.8%	-15.8%
23	Construction	553	782	524	41.4%	-33.0%
31	Manufacturing	188	166	147	-11.7%	-11.4%
42	Wholesale Trade	54	55	57	1.9%	3.6%
44	Retail Trade	108	103	93	-4.6%	-9.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	67	58	46	-13.4%	-20.7%
51	Information	18		17	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	23	17	37	-26.1%	117.6%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	14	12	14	-14.3%	16.7%
54	Professional and Technical Services	43	31	57	-27.9%	83.9%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	18	26	19	44.4%	-26.9%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	80	110	89	37.5%	-19.1%
61	Educational Services	24	22	28	-8.3%	27.3%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	79	93	102	17.7%	9.7%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation		11		0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	58	51	35	-12.1%	-31.4%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	49	50	29	2.0%	-42.0%
92	Public Administration	19	38	18	100.0%	-52.6%
99	Unclassified	17	25	22	47.1%	-12.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	61	74	58	21.3%	-21.6%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	29	31	29	6.9%	-6.5%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	14	14	27	0.0%	92.9%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	17			0.0%	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	12	22	15	83.3%	-31.8%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	10		11	0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations		15	17	0.0%	13.3%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	39	48	48	23.1%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	54	45	38	-16.7%	-15.6%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	36	46	37	27.8%	-19.6%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations		10		0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	89	70	68	-21.3%	-2.9%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	76	84	77	10.5%	-8.3%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	580	816	555	40.7%	-32.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	53	44	44	-17.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	112	96	82	-14.3%	-14.6%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	85	86	82	1.2%	-4.7%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	151	158	147	4.6%	-7.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	104	96	94	-7.7%	-2.1%
	12 years	670	842	625	25.7%	-25.8%
	13-15 years	506	592	465	17.0%	-21.5%
	Over 15 years	173	168	188	-2.9%	11.9%
Sex
	Male	1,068	1,318	1,022	23.4%	-22.5%
	Female	385	380	350	-1.3%	-7.9%
Age
	Under age 22	73	98	88	34.2%	-10.2%
	Age 22 to 29	277	344	275	24.2%	-20.1%
	Age 30 to 39	387	429	319	10.9%	-25.6%
	Age 40 to 49	314	383	315	22.0%	-17.8%
	Age 50 to 59	266	275	239	3.4%	-13.1%
	Age 60 to 64	94	113	88	20.2%	-22.1%
	Age 65 and over	37	47	43	27.0%	-8.5%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,207	1,416	1,117	17.3%	-21.1%
	Black or African American,	78	86	98	10.3%	14.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	10	13	10	30.0%	-23.1%
	Asian	20	20	21	0.0%	5.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	134	159	119	18.7%	-25.2%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,226	1,467	1,183	19.7%	-19.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	56	59	54	5.4%	-8.5%
	Ethnicity Unknown	171	172	135	0.6%	-21.5%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	221	295	186	33.5%	-36.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	253	281	217	11.1%	-22.8%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,154	1,228	1,049	6.4%	-14.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	398	453	379	13.8%	-16.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	470	612	472	30.2%	-22.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	313	372	289	18.8%	-22.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	84	125	77	48.8%	-38.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	779	967	691	24.1%	-28.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,453	1,698	1,372	16.9%	-19.2%
	Benton County	146	165	121	13.0%	-26.7%
	Sherburne County	360	403	369	11.9%	-8.4%
	Stearns County	448	505	391	12.7%	-22.6%
	Wright County	499	625	491	25.3%	-21.4%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	206	213	155	3.4%	-27.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	679	818	663	20.5%	-18.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,153	1,349	1,187	17.0%	-12.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,857	9,329	8,538	5.3%	-8.5%

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

February 2026

EDR 7W- Central