Labor Market Information Data Home UIS Home

Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

June 2026

	EDR 7W- Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	3,517	3,708	3,500	5.4%	-5.6%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	10		15	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	11	16	19	45.5%	18.8%
23	Construction	349	241	228	-30.9%	-5.4%
31	Manufacturing	181	212	122	17.1%	-42.5%
42	Wholesale Trade	69	83	50	20.3%	-39.8%
44	Retail Trade	138	130	115	-5.8%	-11.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	329	405	400	23.1%	-1.2%
51	Information	15	13	12	-13.3%	-7.7%
52	Finance and Insurance	31	28	32	-9.7%	14.3%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	10	17	16	70.0%	-5.9%
54	Professional and Technical Services	46	57	76	23.9%	33.3%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	23	23	14	0.0%	-39.1%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	96	106	79	10.4%	-25.5%
61	Educational Services	1,798	1,938	1,873	7.8%	-3.4%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	161	168	206	4.3%	22.6%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	16	26	19	62.5%	-26.9%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	98	108	109	10.2%	0.9%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	84	91	71	8.3%	-22.0%
92	Public Administration	21	20	28	-4.8%	40.0%
99	Unclassified	31	22	13	-29.0%	-40.9%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	67	76	72	13.4%	-5.3%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	32	41	32	28.1%	-22.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	18	20	29	11.1%	45.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	13	15		15.4%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	21	22	18	4.8%	-18.2%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	1,388	1,483	1,448	6.8%	-2.4%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	17	12	11	-29.4%	-8.3%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	42	43	47	2.4%	9.3%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	59	76	90	28.8%	18.4%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	381	418	399	9.7%	-4.5%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	20	18	16	-10.0%	-11.1%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	15	15	12	0.0%	-20.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	92	82	68	-10.9%	-17.1%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	225	202	211	-10.2%	4.5%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	12			0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	364	264	247	-27.5%	-6.4%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	33	46	27	39.4%	-41.3%
510000	Production Occupations	133	160	80	20.3%	-50.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	343	403	410	17.5%	1.7%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	235	293	253	24.7%	-13.7%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	123	88	98	-28.5%	11.4%
	12 years	1,283	1,324	1,267	3.2%	-4.3%
	13-15 years	1,494	1,588	1,474	6.3%	-7.2%
	Over 15 years	617	708	661	14.7%	-6.6%
Sex
	Male	1,040	1,082	988	4.0%	-8.7%
	Female	2,477	2,626	2,512	6.0%	-4.3%
Age
	Under age 22	100	102	85	2.0%	-16.7%
	Age 22 to 29	384	420	375	9.4%	-10.7%
	Age 30 to 39	745	741	688	-0.5%	-7.2%
	Age 40 to 49	852	900	880	5.6%	-2.2%
	Age 50 to 59	805	828	792	2.9%	-4.3%
	Age 60 to 64	368	385	336	4.6%	-12.7%
	Age 65 and over	223	269	272	20.6%	1.1%
	Info. not available	40	63	72	57.5%	14.3%
Race
	White	3,039	3,172	2,930	4.4%	-7.6%
	Black or African American,	199	215	244	8.0%	13.5%
	American Indian or Alaska Native		17	16	0.0%	-5.9%
	Asian	30	41	37	36.7%	-9.8%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	237	257	268	8.4%	4.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	3,114	3,291	3,108	5.7%	-5.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	108	119	119	10.2%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	295	298	273	1.0%	-8.4%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	646	595	514	-7.9%	-13.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	615	689	638	12.0%	-7.4%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2,060	2,244	2,267	8.9%	1.0%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	830	1,040	955	25.3%	-8.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	964	1,147	984	19.0%	-14.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	875	993	954	13.5%	-3.9%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	249	297	381	19.3%	28.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,662	1,645	1,637	-1.0%	-0.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,517	3,708	3,500	5.4%	-5.6%
	Benton County	366	362	365	-1.1%	0.8%
	Sherburne County	900	940	890	4.4%	-5.3%
	Stearns County	1,123	1,160	1,044	3.3%	-10.0%
	Wright County	1,128	1,246	1,201	10.5%	-3.6%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	984	964	713	-2.0%	-26.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,541	1,534	1,351	-0.5%	-11.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,753	3,100	2,896	12.6%	-6.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	18,971	21,127	20,970	11.4%	-0.7%

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

June 2026

EDR 7W- Central