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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

September 2026

	EDR 7W- Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,235	1,027	1,012	-16.8%	-1.5%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	10		12	0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	373	244	315	-34.6%	29.1%
31	Manufacturing	160	140	110	-12.5%	-21.4%
42	Wholesale Trade	41	52	43	26.8%	-17.3%
44	Retail Trade	79	83	67	5.1%	-19.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	49	59	32	20.4%	-45.8%
51	Information		13	16	0.0%	23.1%
52	Finance and Insurance	33	30	23	-9.1%	-23.3%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	10	10	13	0.0%	30.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	35	48	33	37.1%	-31.3%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	24	19	16	-20.8%	-15.8%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	170	61	54	-64.1%	-11.5%
61	Educational Services	29	44	32	51.7%	-27.3%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	91	109	128	19.8%	17.4%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation		10	10	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	51	39	38	-23.5%	-2.6%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	41	34	36	-17.1%	5.9%
92	Public Administration	14	12	20	-14.3%	66.7%
99	Unclassified	11			0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	66	64	77	-3.0%	20.3%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	25	42	21	68.0%	-50.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	14	20	22	42.9%	10.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	12	13		8.3%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations		10	13	0.0%	30.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	33	38	23	15.2%	-39.5%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ			10	0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	15	16	26	6.7%	62.5%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	42	46	58	9.5%	26.1%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	47	32	46	-31.9%	43.8%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	11	16	18	45.5%	12.5%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	15			0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	72	74	58	2.8%	-21.6%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	64	63	75	-1.6%	19.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	364	249	293	-31.6%	17.7%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	40	39	31	-2.5%	-20.5%
510000	Production Occupations	200	87	54	-56.5%	-37.9%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	51	66	38	29.4%	-42.4%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	144	126	123	-12.5%	-2.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	112	49	55	-56.3%	12.2%
	12 years	528	406	442	-23.1%	8.9%
	13-15 years	431	383	338	-11.1%	-11.7%
	Over 15 years	164	189	177	15.2%	-6.3%
Sex
	Male	830	642	648	-22.7%	0.9%
	Female	405	385	364	-4.9%	-5.5%
Age
	Under age 22	47	41	60	-12.8%	46.3%
	Age 22 to 29	229	189	174	-17.5%	-7.9%
	Age 30 to 39	335	232	228	-30.7%	-1.7%
	Age 40 to 49	263	244	257	-7.2%	5.3%
	Age 50 to 59	212	186	170	-12.3%	-8.6%
	Age 60 to 64	89	84	81	-5.6%	-3.6%
	Age 65 and over	53	44	36	-17.0%	-18.2%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	979	821	818	-16.1%	-0.4%
	Black or African American,	139	89	85	-36.0%	-4.5%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	22	14	10	-36.4%	-28.6%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	88	93	93	5.7%	0.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,089	885	875	-18.7%	-1.1%
	Hispanic or Latino	47	36	45	-23.4%	25.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	99	106	92	7.1%	-13.2%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	216	113	92	-47.7%	-18.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	213	164	144	-23.0%	-12.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	911	853	724	-6.4%	-15.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	474	382	286	-19.4%	-25.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	421	373	303	-11.4%	-18.8%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	337	261	207	-22.6%	-20.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	235	208	53	-11.5%	-74.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	566	522	505	-7.8%	-3.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,235	1,027	1,012	-16.8%	-1.5%
	Benton County	132	109	86	-17.4%	-21.1%
	Sherburne County	259	255	284	-1.5%	11.4%
	Stearns County	479	341	296	-28.8%	-13.2%
	Wright County	365	322	346	-11.8%	7.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	410	383	289	-6.6%	-24.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	556	520	427	-6.5%	-17.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	976	948	864	-2.9%	-8.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	7,733	8,154	7,168	5.4%	-12.1%

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

September 2026

EDR 7W- Central