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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 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	8,795	8,857	9,329	0.7%	5.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	18	22	20	22.2%	-9.1%
21	Mining	10		23	0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	30	38	60	26.7%	57.9%
23	Construction	2,148	1,775	1,933	-17.4%	8.9%
31	Manufacturing	771	823	729	6.7%	-11.4%
42	Wholesale Trade	337	314	350	-6.8%	11.5%
44	Retail Trade	679	813	794	19.7%	-2.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	331	422	432	27.5%	2.4%
51	Information	243	187	176	-23.0%	-5.9%
52	Finance and Insurance	260	260	232	0.0%	-10.8%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	142	132	140	-7.0%	6.1%
54	Professional and Technical Services	700	730	762	4.3%	4.4%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	211	207	299	-1.9%	44.4%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	805	720	762	-10.6%	5.8%
61	Educational Services	182	237	251	30.2%	5.9%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	674	864	906	28.2%	4.9%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	154	170	169	10.4%	-0.6%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	535	601	548	12.3%	-8.8%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	276	276	305	0.0%	10.5%
92	Public Administration	139	137	266	-1.4%	94.2%
99	Unclassified	150	124	172	-17.3%	38.7%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	644	690	743	7.1%	7.7%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	333	362	384	8.7%	6.1%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	272	282	327	3.7%	16.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	124	132	116	6.5%	-12.1%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	43	26	64	-39.5%	146.2%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	61	79	113	29.5%	43.0%
230000	Legal Occupations	51	54	30	5.9%	-44.4%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	127	165	183	29.9%	10.9%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	245	266	259	8.6%	-2.6%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	119	138	140	16.0%	1.4%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	294	310	330	5.4%	6.5%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	51	75	78	47.1%	4.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	557	629	611	12.9%	-2.9%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	213	235	239	10.3%	1.7%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	75	100	87	33.3%	-13.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	608	628	665	3.3%	5.9%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	576	605	604	5.0%	-0.2%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	33	29	43	-12.1%	48.3%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	2,169	1,782	1,956	-17.8%	9.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	203	282	230	38.9%	-18.4%
510000	Production Occupations	468	505	426	7.9%	-15.6%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	427	423	500	-0.9%	18.2%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	1,098	1,054	1,194	-4.0%	13.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	501	473	493	-5.6%	4.2%
	12 years	3,162	3,056	3,314	-3.4%	8.4%
	13-15 years	2,913	2,900	2,853	-0.4%	-1.6%
	Over 15 years	2,219	2,428	2,669	9.4%	9.9%
Sex
	Male	5,758	5,590	5,952	-2.9%	6.5%
	Female	3,037	3,266	3,377	7.5%	3.4%
Age
	Under age 22	336	391	378	16.4%	-3.3%
	Age 22 to 29	1,896	1,878	1,887	-0.9%	0.5%
	Age 30 to 39	2,414	2,370	2,431	-1.8%	2.6%
	Age 40 to 49	1,784	1,793	1,963	0.5%	9.5%
	Age 50 to 59	1,509	1,451	1,630	-3.8%	12.3%
	Age 60 to 64	567	628	662	10.8%	5.4%
	Age 65 and over	259	308	333	18.9%	8.1%
	Info. not available	30	38	45	26.7%	18.4%
Race
	White	5,638	5,431	5,860	-3.7%	7.9%
	Black or African American,	1,334	1,480	1,466	10.9%	-0.9%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	97	91	96	-6.2%	5.5%
	Asian	492	500	494	1.6%	-1.2%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	24	19	18	-20.8%	-5.3%
	Race Unknown	1,210	1,336	1,395	10.4%	4.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	7,194	7,236	7,668	0.6%	6.0%
	Hispanic or Latino	683	785	721	14.9%	-8.2%
	Ethnicity Unknown	918	836	940	-8.9%	12.4%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	165	221	295	33.9%	33.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	220	253	281	15.0%	11.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,150	1,154	1,228	0.3%	6.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	403	398	453	-1.2%	13.8%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	501	470	612	-6.2%	30.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	644	313	372	-51.4%	18.8%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	95	84	125	-11.6%	48.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	885	779	967	-12.0%	24.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,678	1,453	1,698	-13.4%	16.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	258	206	213	-20.2%	3.4%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	738	679	818	-8.0%	20.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,359	1,153	1,349	-15.2%	17.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,795	8,857	9,329	0.7%	5.3%
	Anoka County	1,274	1,190	1,297	-6.6%	9.0%
	Carver County	251	238	269	-5.2%	13.0%
	Dakota County	1,235	1,216	1,247	-1.5%	2.5%
	Hennepin County	3,295	3,521	3,695	6.9%	4.9%
	Ramsey County	1,551	1,616	1,650	4.2%	2.1%
	Scott County	429	390	402	-9.1%	3.1%
	Washington County	760	686	769	-9.7%	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

February 2025

EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities