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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 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	10,559	8,690	9,107	-17.7%	4.8%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	21	16		-23.8%	0.0%
21	Mining	13		10	0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	50	26	38	-48.0%	46.2%
23	Construction	1,685	1,607	1,248	-4.6%	-22.3%
31	Manufacturing	965	833	762	-13.7%	-8.5%
42	Wholesale Trade	459	320	368	-30.3%	15.0%
44	Retail Trade	1,040	717	850	-31.1%	18.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	491	514	665	4.7%	29.4%
51	Information	279	172	226	-38.4%	31.4%
52	Finance and Insurance	427	227	277	-46.8%	22.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	177	117	154	-33.9%	31.6%
54	Professional and Technical Services	911	762	792	-16.4%	3.9%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	303	221	242	-27.1%	9.5%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	876	692	707	-21.0%	2.2%
61	Educational Services	253	259	301	2.4%	16.2%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	1,073	872	962	-18.7%	10.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	188	153	181	-18.6%	18.3%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	595	600	640	0.8%	6.7%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	344	294	364	-14.5%	23.8%
92	Public Administration	226	146	177	-35.4%	21.2%
99	Unclassified	183	134	137	-26.8%	2.2%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	836	673	752	-19.5%	11.7%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	383	334	396	-12.8%	18.6%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	339	288	385	-15.0%	33.7%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	150	107	116	-28.7%	8.4%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	51	52	50	2.0%	-3.8%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	93	94	134	1.1%	42.6%
230000	Legal Occupations	51	64	61	25.5%	-4.7%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	125	191	232	52.8%	21.5%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	604	216	296	-64.2%	37.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	164	167	131	1.8%	-21.6%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	364	317	365	-12.9%	15.1%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	66	83	93	25.8%	12.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	585	643	649	9.9%	0.9%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	252	179	201	-29.0%	12.3%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	106	102	109	-3.8%	6.9%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	1,303	601	681	-53.9%	13.3%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	962	580	675	-39.7%	16.4%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	16	20	19	25.0%	-5.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	1,701	1,579	1,234	-7.2%	-21.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	267	262	267	-1.9%	1.9%
510000	Production Occupations	524	513	442	-2.1%	-13.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	459	574	638	25.1%	11.1%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	1,153	1,046	1,175	-9.3%	12.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	501	449	422	-10.4%	-6.0%
	12 years	4,359	3,108	3,124	-28.7%	0.5%
	13-15 years	3,277	2,816	2,822	-14.1%	0.2%
	Over 15 years	2,422	2,317	2,739	-4.3%	18.2%
Sex
	Male	6,446	5,333	5,331	-17.3%	0.0%
	Female	4,113	3,357	3,775	-18.4%	12.5%
	Unspecified				0.0%	0.0%
Age
	Under age 22	405	388	375	-4.2%	-3.4%
	Age 22 to 29	2,036	1,766	1,817	-13.3%	2.9%
	Age 30 to 39	2,922	2,266	2,310	-22.5%	1.9%
	Age 40 to 49	2,152	1,767	1,931	-17.9%	9.3%
	Age 50 to 59	1,938	1,560	1,568	-19.5%	0.5%
	Age 60 to 64	709	576	663	-18.8%	15.1%
	Age 65 and over	355	323	391	-9.0%	21.1%
	Info. not available	42	44	52	4.8%	18.2%
Race
	White	7,189	5,331	5,550	-25.8%	4.1%
	Black or African American,	1,536	1,540	1,579	0.3%	2.5%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	83	78	83	-6.0%	6.4%
	Asian	440	508	547	15.5%	7.7%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	21	20	17	-4.8%	-15.0%
	Race Unknown	1,290	1,213	1,331	-6.0%	9.7%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	8,905	7,233	7,523	-18.8%	4.0%
	Hispanic or Latino	625	621	702	-0.6%	13.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	1,029	836	882	-18.8%	5.5%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	258	390	264	51.2%	-32.3%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	328	292	259	-11.0%	-11.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,397	1,220	1,308	-12.7%	7.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	606	414	407	-31.7%	-1.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	552	446	514	-19.2%	15.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	362	305	383	-15.7%	25.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	130	69	88	-46.9%	27.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	918	813	733	-11.4%	-9.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,592	1,507	1,346	-5.3%	-10.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	322	227	232	-29.5%	2.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	792	698	720	-11.9%	3.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,579	1,180	1,370	-25.3%	16.1%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,559	8,690	9,107	-17.7%	4.8%
	Anoka County	1,312	1,169	1,237	-10.9%	5.8%
	Carver County	308	275	234	-10.7%	-14.9%
	Dakota County	1,502	1,217	1,244	-19.0%	2.2%
	Hennepin County	4,290	3,428	3,769	-20.1%	9.9%
	Ramsey County	1,855	1,523	1,504	-17.9%	-1.2%
	Scott County	480	421	421	-12.3%	0.0%
	Washington County	812	657	698	-19.1%	6.2%

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

March 2025

EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities