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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 2026

	EDR 7W- Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,186	1,045	1,037	-11.9%	-0.8%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	15	10	15	-33.3%	50.0%
23	Construction	270	222	234	-17.8%	5.4%
31	Manufacturing	176	114	121	-35.2%	6.1%
42	Wholesale Trade	81	37	44	-54.3%	18.9%
44	Retail Trade	98	81	86	-17.3%	6.2%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	72	50	44	-30.6%	-12.0%
51	Information	13	11	19	-15.4%	72.7%
52	Finance and Insurance	22	29	12	31.8%	-58.6%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	12	16	13	33.3%	-18.8%
54	Professional and Technical Services	42	48	47	14.3%	-2.1%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	25	29	13	16.0%	-55.2%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	65	48	56	-26.2%	16.7%
61	Educational Services	59	62	76	5.1%	22.6%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	106	148	133	39.6%	-10.1%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			10	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	59	54	39	-8.5%	-27.8%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	28	44	42	57.1%	-4.5%
92	Public Administration	17	15	15	-11.8%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	11	17	13	54.5%	-23.5%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	82	63	82	-23.2%	30.2%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	30	30	22	0.0%	-26.7%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	22	31	20	40.9%	-35.5%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	14	11		-21.4%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	12	17		41.7%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	60	67	74	11.7%	10.4%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	20	21	20	5.0%	-4.8%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	50	50	57	0.0%	14.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	47	64	49	36.2%	-23.4%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	22	17	10	-22.7%	-41.2%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations		10	10	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	87	73	71	-16.1%	-2.7%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	78	51	74	-34.6%	45.1%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	259	226	245	-12.7%	8.4%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	38	24	31	-36.8%	29.2%
510000	Production Occupations	138	82	68	-40.6%	-17.1%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	82	65	60	-20.7%	-7.7%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	124	124	97	0.0%	-21.8%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	61	63	66	3.3%	4.8%
	12 years	519	438	421	-15.6%	-3.9%
	13-15 years	436	373	356	-14.4%	-4.6%
	Over 15 years	170	171	194	0.6%	13.5%
Sex
	Male	737	622	596	-15.6%	-4.2%
	Female	449	423	441	-5.8%	4.3%
Age
	Under age 22	54	54	46	0.0%	-14.8%
	Age 22 to 29	172	201	185	16.9%	-8.0%
	Age 30 to 39	305	235	248	-23.0%	5.5%
	Age 40 to 49	293	240	245	-18.1%	2.1%
	Age 50 to 59	220	220	174	0.0%	-20.9%
	Age 60 to 64	91	61	84	-33.0%	37.7%
	Age 65 and over	49	29	40	-40.8%	37.9%
	Info. not available			15	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	935	842	826	-9.9%	-1.9%
	Black or African American,	101	96	89	-5.0%	-7.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	11			0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	22	15	18	-31.8%	20.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	111	83	96	-25.2%	15.7%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,029	901	896	-12.4%	-0.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	55	58	55	5.5%	-5.2%
	Ethnicity Unknown	102	86	86	-15.7%	0.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	230	201	156	-12.6%	-22.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	234	188	154	-19.7%	-18.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	710	690	719	-2.8%	4.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	353	301	297	-14.7%	-1.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	391	344	319	-12.0%	-7.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	267	233	262	-12.7%	12.4%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	45	89	154	97.8%	73.0%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	595	494	485	-17.0%	-1.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,186	1,045	1,037	-11.9%	-0.8%
	Benton County	116	110	91	-5.2%	-17.3%
	Sherburne County	330	265	268	-19.7%	1.1%
	Stearns County	368	350	324	-4.9%	-7.4%
	Wright County	372	320	354	-14.0%	10.6%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	270	180	294	-33.3%	63.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	563	450	482	-20.1%	7.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,226	920	923	-25.0%	0.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,706	8,227	8,072	-5.5%	-1.9%

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

August 2026

EDR 7W- Central