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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2026

	EDR 7W- Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,302	1,170	1,213	-10.1%	3.7%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	16	10	14	-37.5%	40.0%
23	Construction	461	341	324	-26.0%	-5.0%
31	Manufacturing	165	133	212	-19.4%	59.4%
42	Wholesale Trade	54	52	48	-3.7%	-7.7%
44	Retail Trade	92	90	77	-2.2%	-14.4%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	59	75	58	27.1%	-22.7%
51	Information	14	14	16	0.0%	14.3%
52	Finance and Insurance	21	26	30	23.8%	15.4%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	14	14	12	0.0%	-14.3%
54	Professional and Technical Services	68	60	67	-11.8%	11.7%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	12	16	16	33.3%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	62	58	62	-6.5%	6.9%
61	Educational Services	29	25	26	-13.8%	4.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	82	110	121	34.1%	10.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	13	14		7.7%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	33	37	42	12.1%	13.5%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	42	38	30	-9.5%	-21.1%
92	Public Administration	27	28	22	3.7%	-21.4%
99	Unclassified	31	25	21	-19.4%	-16.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	52	73	74	40.4%	1.4%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	32	31	46	-3.1%	48.4%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	21	23	31	9.5%	34.8%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	15	12		-20.0%	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	26	21	21	-19.2%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	12			0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	22	18	31	-18.2%	72.2%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	32	55	55	71.9%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	48	46	40	-4.2%	-13.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	26	28	30	7.7%	7.1%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	13			0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	71	71	65	0.0%	-8.5%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	74	84	77	13.5%	-8.3%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	493	352	401	-28.6%	13.9%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	41	30	41	-26.8%	36.7%
510000	Production Occupations	93	84	77	-9.7%	-8.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	81	79	70	-2.5%	-11.4%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	127	132	119	3.9%	-9.8%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	70	64	61	-8.6%	-4.7%
	12 years	599	519	531	-13.4%	2.3%
	13-15 years	459	398	425	-13.3%	6.8%
	Over 15 years	173	189	196	9.2%	3.7%
Sex
	Male	898	748	807	-16.7%	7.9%
	Female	404	422	406	4.5%	-3.8%
Age
	Under age 22	64	56	69	-12.5%	23.2%
	Age 22 to 29	233	237	234	1.7%	-1.3%
	Age 30 to 39	325	267	263	-17.8%	-1.5%
	Age 40 to 49	308	262	290	-14.9%	10.7%
	Age 50 to 59	236	219	212	-7.2%	-3.2%
	Age 60 to 64	86	88	85	2.3%	-3.4%
	Age 65 and over	46	35	49	-23.9%	40.0%
	Info. not available			11	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,084	942	960	-13.1%	1.9%
	Black or African American,	79	92	100	16.5%	8.7%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian		20	21	0.0%	5.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	120	107	119	-10.8%	11.2%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,112	1,004	1,049	-9.7%	4.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	65	55	52	-15.4%	-5.5%
	Ethnicity Unknown	125	111	112	-11.2%	0.9%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	249	257	158	3.2%	-38.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	198	213	220	7.6%	3.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,112	1,004	893	-9.7%	-11.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	338	404	326	19.5%	-19.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	459	344	382	-25.1%	11.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	341	275	292	-19.4%	6.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	90	86	72	-4.4%	-16.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	701	602	588	-14.1%	-2.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,302	1,170	1,213	-10.1%	3.7%
	Benton County	147	112	94	-23.8%	-16.1%
	Sherburne County	318	278	288	-12.6%	3.6%
	Stearns County	406	387	361	-4.7%	-6.7%
	Wright County	431	393	470	-8.8%	19.6%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	191	193	148	1.0%	-23.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	639	559	510	-12.5%	-8.8%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,133	1,100	995	-2.9%	-9.5%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,539	8,586	8,222	0.6%	-4.2%

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

April 2026

EDR 7W- Central