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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

January 2025

	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	11,260	13,061	11,965	16.0%	-8.4%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	51	48	50	-5.9%	4.2%
21	Mining	19	24	26	26.3%	8.3%
22	Utilities	52	96	50	84.6%	-47.9%
23	Construction	2,847	3,280	2,536	15.2%	-22.7%
31	Manufacturing	982	1,180	998	20.2%	-15.4%
42	Wholesale Trade	359	506	474	40.9%	-6.3%
44	Retail Trade	911	1,053	1,014	15.6%	-3.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	406	598	675	47.3%	12.9%
51	Information	252	212	222	-15.9%	4.7%
52	Finance and Insurance	305	335	275	9.8%	-17.9%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	189	201	200	6.3%	-0.5%
54	Professional and Technical Services	813	877	815	7.9%	-7.1%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	231	270	377	16.9%	39.6%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	1,088	1,140	1,074	4.8%	-5.8%
61	Educational Services	213	353	396	65.7%	12.2%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	812	963	1,001	18.6%	3.9%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	192	253	225	31.8%	-11.1%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	738	846	790	14.6%	-6.6%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	410	457	415	11.5%	-9.2%
92	Public Administration	211	193	211	-8.5%	9.3%
99	Unclassified	179	176	141	-1.7%	-19.9%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	726	859	824	18.3%	-4.1%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	368	387	372	5.2%	-3.9%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	282	355	372	25.9%	4.8%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	147	146	148	-0.7%	1.4%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	50	33	49	-34.0%	48.5%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	81	113	109	39.5%	-3.5%
230000	Legal Occupations	62	55	48	-11.3%	-12.7%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	163	230	273	41.1%	18.7%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	241	310	312	28.6%	0.6%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	158	157	134	-0.6%	-14.6%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	349	402	408	15.2%	1.5%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	89	79	86	-11.2%	8.9%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	694	866	776	24.8%	-10.4%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	357	417	357	16.8%	-14.4%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	96	101	125	5.2%	23.8%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	855	890	898	4.1%	0.9%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	824	801	721	-2.8%	-10.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	54	87	75	61.1%	-13.8%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	2,922	3,403	2,573	16.5%	-24.4%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	262	306	287	16.8%	-6.2%
510000	Production Occupations	554	675	598	21.8%	-11.4%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	563	774	812	37.5%	4.9%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	1,356	1,611	1,602	18.8%	-0.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	686	848	739	23.6%	-12.9%
	12 years	4,175	5,021	4,695	20.3%	-6.5%
	13-15 years	3,712	4,139	3,557	11.5%	-14.1%
	Over 15 years	2,687	3,053	2,974	13.6%	-2.6%
Sex
	Male	7,424	8,748	7,820	17.8%	-10.6%
	Female	3,836	4,312	4,144	12.4%	-3.9%
	Unspecified				0.0%	0.0%
Age
	Under age 22	536	634	620	18.3%	-2.2%
	Age 22 to 29	2,535	2,732	2,550	7.8%	-6.7%
	Age 30 to 39	3,070	3,375	3,079	9.9%	-8.8%
	Age 40 to 49	2,217	2,753	2,441	24.2%	-11.3%
	Age 50 to 59	1,779	2,204	1,943	23.9%	-11.8%
	Age 60 to 64	697	851	820	22.1%	-3.6%
	Age 65 and over	376	445	447	18.4%	0.4%
	Info. not available	50	67	65	34.0%	-3.0%
Race
	White	7,114	8,236	7,308	15.8%	-11.3%
	Black or African American,	1,774	1,959	1,994	10.4%	1.8%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	104	143	123	37.5%	-14.0%
	Asian	563	642	633	14.0%	-1.4%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	23	22	30	-4.3%	36.4%
	Race Unknown	1,682	2,059	1,877	22.4%	-8.8%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	9,223	10,510	9,688	14.0%	-7.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	894	1,177	1,056	31.7%	-10.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	1,143	1,374	1,221	20.2%	-11.1%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	343	541	408	57.7%	-24.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	403	421	368	4.5%	-12.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,526	1,814	1,568	18.9%	-13.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	678	891	730	31.4%	-18.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	749	1,055	905	40.9%	-14.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	631	657	516	4.1%	-21.5%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	159	180	182	13.2%	1.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,228	1,621	1,249	32.0%	-22.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,156	2,689	2,360	24.7%	-12.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	448	459	467	2.5%	1.7%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,143	1,360	1,137	19.0%	-16.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,912	2,300	2,008	20.3%	-12.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	11,260	13,061	11,965	16.0%	-8.4%
	Anoka County	1,568	1,835	1,656	17.0%	-9.8%
	Carver County	351	389	373	10.8%	-4.1%
	Dakota County	1,656	1,867	1,644	12.7%	-11.9%
	Hennepin County	4,302	4,947	4,521	15.0%	-8.6%
	Ramsey County	1,965	2,232	2,133	13.6%	-4.4%
	Scott County	532	683	602	28.4%	-11.9%
	Washington County	886	1,108	1,036	25.1%	-6.5%

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

January 2025

EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities