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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

July 2026

	EDR 7W- Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,582	1,450	1,341	-8.3%	-7.5%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting		12		0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining	15			0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	26	28	29	7.7%	3.6%
23	Construction	309	237	267	-23.3%	12.7%
31	Manufacturing	179	178	158	-0.6%	-11.2%
42	Wholesale Trade	60	64	44	6.7%	-31.3%
44	Retail Trade	138	91	91	-34.1%	0.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	102	96	88	-5.9%	-8.3%
51	Information		16	16	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	33	25	25	-24.2%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	14	14		0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	50	61	41	22.0%	-32.8%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	22	18	19	-18.2%	5.6%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	83	53	47	-36.1%	-11.3%
61	Educational Services	252	258	236	2.4%	-8.5%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	122	123	138	0.8%	12.2%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation		10		0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	61	69	39	13.1%	-43.5%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	49	45	45	-8.2%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	26	26	18	0.0%	-30.8%
99	Unclassified	18	21	16	16.7%	-23.8%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	58	68	68	17.2%	0.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	33	36	34	9.1%	-5.6%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	16	19	18	18.8%	-5.3%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations		10	12	0.0%	20.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations		10	14	0.0%	40.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	219	213	189	-2.7%	-11.3%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ		11	14	0.0%	27.3%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	23	14	29	-39.1%	107.1%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	44	48	50	9.1%	4.2%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	82	82	53	0.0%	-35.4%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	19	14	12	-26.3%	-14.3%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations		15	16	0.0%	6.7%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	95	69	69	-27.4%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	115	115	103	0.0%	-10.4%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	370	270	310	-27.0%	14.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	36	45	37	25.0%	-17.8%
510000	Production Occupations	137	119	63	-13.1%	-47.1%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	122	117	101	-4.1%	-13.7%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	166	159	138	-4.2%	-13.2%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	84	71	86	-15.5%	21.1%
	12 years	623	570	515	-8.5%	-9.6%
	13-15 years	628	553	495	-11.9%	-10.5%
	Over 15 years	247	256	245	3.6%	-4.3%
Sex
	Male	857	743	686	-13.3%	-7.7%
	Female	725	706	655	-2.6%	-7.2%
Age
	Under age 22	65	72	48	10.8%	-33.3%
	Age 22 to 29	233	238	225	2.1%	-5.5%
	Age 30 to 39	350	331	306	-5.4%	-7.6%
	Age 40 to 49	376	321	343	-14.6%	6.9%
	Age 50 to 59	333	303	252	-9.0%	-16.8%
	Age 60 to 64	135	102	103	-24.4%	1.0%
	Age 65 and over	85	73	47	-14.1%	-35.6%
	Info. not available		10	17	0.0%	70.0%
Race
	White	1,301	1,178	1,055	-9.5%	-10.4%
	Black or African American,	112	121	119	8.0%	-1.7%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	14	13	10	-7.1%	-23.1%
	Asian	13	20	17	53.8%	-15.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	139	117	135	-15.8%	15.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,371	1,276	1,148	-6.9%	-10.0%
	Hispanic or Latino	55	65	60	18.2%	-7.7%
	Ethnicity Unknown	156	109	133	-30.1%	22.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	656	362	168	-44.8%	-53.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	375	350	239	-6.7%	-31.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,004	954	969	-5.0%	1.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	549	471	388	-14.2%	-17.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	524	439	415	-16.2%	-5.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	345	392	307	13.6%	-21.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	128	258	148	101.6%	-42.6%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	808	660	614	-18.3%	-7.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,582	1,450	1,341	-8.3%	-7.5%
	Benton County	167	147	131	-12.0%	-10.9%
	Sherburne County	429	369	395	-14.0%	7.0%
	Stearns County	504	466	386	-7.5%	-17.2%
	Wright County	482	468	429	-2.9%	-8.3%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	513	333	420	-35.1%	26.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	817	673	594	-17.6%	-11.7%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,528	1,188	1,216	-22.3%	2.4%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,974	10,517	10,295	-4.2%	-2.1%

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

July 2026

EDR 7W- Central