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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

May 2026

	EDR 7W- Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,665	1,394	1,276	-16.3%	-8.5%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	15	11	13	-26.7%	18.2%
23	Construction	383	305	245	-20.4%	-19.7%
31	Manufacturing	150	131	105	-12.7%	-19.8%
42	Wholesale Trade	86	55	36	-36.0%	-34.5%
44	Retail Trade	88	88	81	0.0%	-8.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	80	87	66	8.8%	-24.1%
51	Information	18	10	17	-44.4%	70.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	27	24	26	-11.1%	8.3%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing		10	13	0.0%	30.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	72	56	58	-22.2%	3.6%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	16	19	60.0%	18.8%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	71	49	51	-31.0%	4.1%
61	Educational Services	412	293	301	-28.9%	2.7%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	90	106	119	17.8%	12.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	12	10	10	-16.7%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	62	48	50	-22.6%	4.2%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	42	49	30	16.7%	-38.8%
92	Public Administration	17	22	14	29.4%	-36.4%
99	Unclassified	19	17	15	-10.5%	-11.8%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	58	65	54	12.1%	-16.9%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	40	38	43	-5.0%	13.2%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	17	19	22	11.8%	15.8%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	13	11	14	-15.4%	27.3%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	11	12	13	9.1%	8.3%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	294	211	218	-28.2%	3.3%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	12		10	0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	21	28	33	33.3%	17.9%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	45	46	51	2.2%	10.9%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	114	84	97	-26.3%	15.5%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	20	11	18	-45.0%	63.6%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations		19		0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	73	72	67	-1.4%	-6.9%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	107	74	73	-30.8%	-1.4%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	423	312	260	-26.2%	-16.7%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	23	31	27	34.8%	-12.9%
510000	Production Occupations	113	101	58	-10.6%	-42.6%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	96	97	80	1.0%	-17.5%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	160	140	110	-12.5%	-21.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	87	79	56	-9.2%	-29.1%
	12 years	689	554	505	-19.6%	-8.8%
	13-15 years	645	533	484	-17.4%	-9.2%
	Over 15 years	244	228	231	-6.6%	1.3%
Sex
	Male	861	765	615	-11.1%	-19.6%
	Female	804	628	661	-21.9%	5.3%
Age
	Under age 22	48	55	44	14.6%	-20.0%
	Age 22 to 29	238	231	191	-2.9%	-17.3%
	Age 30 to 39	413	315	284	-23.7%	-9.8%
	Age 40 to 49	370	323	286	-12.7%	-11.5%
	Age 50 to 59	368	279	240	-24.2%	-14.0%
	Age 60 to 64	149	111	131	-25.5%	18.0%
	Age 65 and over	69	72	91	4.3%	26.4%
	Info. not available	10			0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,393	1,149	1,058	-17.5%	-7.9%
	Black or African American,	108	99	92	-8.3%	-7.1%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	12		12	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	18	20	15	11.1%	-25.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	129	117	98	-9.3%	-16.2%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,450	1,227	1,118	-15.4%	-8.9%
	Hispanic or Latino	53	51	44	-3.8%	-13.7%
	Ethnicity Unknown	162	116	114	-28.4%	-1.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	701	734	397	4.7%	-45.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	490	435	324	-11.2%	-25.5%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,286	1,649	942	28.2%	-42.9%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	920	808	706	-12.2%	-12.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	678	597	470	-11.9%	-21.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	638	491	460	-23.0%	-6.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	237	212	336	-10.5%	58.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	772	606	559	-21.5%	-7.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,665	1,394	1,276	-16.3%	-8.5%
	Benton County	196	186	165	-5.1%	-11.3%
	Sherburne County	371	306	270	-17.5%	-11.8%
	Stearns County	609	512	488	-15.9%	-4.7%
	Wright County	489	390	353	-20.2%	-9.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	513	529	358	3.1%	-32.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,056	892	840	-15.5%	-5.8%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,648	1,407	1,216	-14.6%	-13.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,034	8,438	7,834	-6.6%	-7.2%

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

May 2026

EDR 7W- Central