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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2026

	EDR 7W- Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,507	1,346	1,501	-10.7%	11.5%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	14	17	19	21.4%	11.8%
23	Construction	595	421	578	-29.2%	37.3%
31	Manufacturing	177	153	159	-13.6%	3.9%
42	Wholesale Trade	65	56	57	-13.8%	1.8%
44	Retail Trade	101	118	101	16.8%	-14.4%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	73	94	75	28.8%	-20.2%
51	Information	14	12	16	-14.3%	33.3%
52	Finance and Insurance	19	27	28	42.1%	3.7%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	15	17	17	13.3%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	46	41	56	-10.9%	36.6%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	17	20	16	17.6%	-20.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	77	67	65	-13.0%	-3.0%
61	Educational Services	28	42	30	50.0%	-28.6%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	99	95	119	-4.0%	25.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	67	62	60	-7.5%	-3.2%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	43	50	35	16.3%	-30.0%
92	Public Administration	22	21	27	-4.5%	28.6%
99	Unclassified	18	18	24	0.0%	33.3%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	62	73	64	17.7%	-12.3%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	29	32	41	10.3%	28.1%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	12	22	22	83.3%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	12			0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations		13	11	0.0%	-15.4%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	17	32	30	88.2%	-6.3%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	11	11		0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	23	17	26	-26.1%	52.9%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	43	33	51	-23.3%	54.5%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	66	65	46	-1.5%	-29.2%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	29	24	32	-17.2%	33.3%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations		14	17	0.0%	21.4%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	95	85	61	-10.5%	-28.2%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	80	84	86	5.0%	2.4%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	602	443	594	-26.4%	34.1%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	62	45	37	-27.4%	-17.8%
510000	Production Occupations	103	89	71	-13.6%	-20.2%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	110	108	116	-1.8%	7.4%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	126	134	166	6.3%	23.9%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	92	76	81	-17.4%	6.6%
	12 years	673	609	734	-9.5%	20.5%
	13-15 years	567	485	492	-14.5%	1.4%
	Over 15 years	175	176	194	0.6%	10.2%
Sex
	Male	1,118	931	1,083	-16.7%	16.3%
	Female	389	415	418	6.7%	0.7%
Age
	Under age 22	61	54	71	-11.5%	31.5%
	Age 22 to 29	296	278	297	-6.1%	6.8%
	Age 30 to 39	376	328	346	-12.8%	5.5%
	Age 40 to 49	352	296	367	-15.9%	24.0%
	Age 50 to 59	279	235	260	-15.8%	10.6%
	Age 60 to 64	104	90	106	-13.5%	17.8%
	Age 65 and over	33	53	46	60.6%	-13.2%
	Info. not available		12		0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,263	1,112	1,246	-12.0%	12.1%
	Black or African American,	96	90	87	-6.3%	-3.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	12			0.0%	0.0%
	Asian		14	15	0.0%	7.1%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	121	121	138	0.0%	14.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,302	1,158	1,301	-11.1%	12.3%
	Hispanic or Latino	64	51	61	-20.3%	19.6%
	Ethnicity Unknown	141	137	139	-2.8%	1.5%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	390	264	155	-32.3%	-41.3%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	292	259	277	-11.3%	6.9%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,220	1,308	1,227	7.2%	-6.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	414	407	428	-1.7%	5.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	446	514	483	15.2%	-6.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	305	383	331	25.6%	-13.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	69	88	63	27.5%	-28.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	813	733	806	-9.8%	10.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,507	1,346	1,501	-10.7%	11.5%
	Benton County	133	120	135	-9.8%	12.5%
	Sherburne County	366	350	424	-4.4%	21.1%
	Stearns County	485	426	430	-12.2%	0.9%
	Wright County	523	450	512	-14.0%	13.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	227	232	162	2.2%	-30.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	698	720	717	3.2%	-0.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,180	1,370	1,321	16.1%	-3.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,690	9,107	9,372	4.8%	2.9%

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

March 2026

EDR 7W- Central