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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 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	8,353	8,539	8,586	2.2%	0.6%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting		21	17	0.0%	-19.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	28	45	33	60.7%	-26.7%
23	Construction	1,247	1,327	998	6.4%	-24.8%
31	Manufacturing	811	839	832	3.5%	-0.8%
42	Wholesale Trade	346	374	376	8.1%	0.5%
44	Retail Trade	833	729	762	-12.5%	4.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	374	448	500	19.8%	11.6%
51	Information	184	194	198	5.4%	2.1%
52	Finance and Insurance	341	275	276	-19.4%	0.4%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	155	145	142	-6.5%	-2.1%
54	Professional and Technical Services	774	784	794	1.3%	1.3%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	224	232	243	3.6%	4.7%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	651	633	677	-2.8%	7.0%
61	Educational Services	230	276	313	20.0%	13.4%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	919	939	1,056	2.2%	12.5%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	108	134	161	24.1%	20.1%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	551	506	576	-8.2%	13.8%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	270	313	272	15.9%	-13.1%
92	Public Administration	171	163	216	-4.7%	32.5%
99	Unclassified	119	156	137	31.1%	-12.2%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	793	727	769	-8.3%	5.8%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	349	424	412	21.5%	-2.8%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	278	313	347	12.6%	10.9%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	124	139	123	12.1%	-11.5%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	39	38	64	-2.6%	68.4%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	81	93	172	14.8%	84.9%
230000	Legal Occupations	49	68	45	38.8%	-33.8%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	157	227	216	44.6%	-4.8%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	215	231	234	7.4%	1.3%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	137	137	153	0.0%	11.7%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	322	385	399	19.6%	3.6%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	74	85	80	14.9%	-5.9%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	536	534	585	-0.4%	9.6%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	181	172	156	-5.0%	-9.3%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	115	110	117	-4.3%	6.4%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	854	695	659	-18.6%	-5.2%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	883	622	685	-29.6%	10.1%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	24	16	20	-33.3%	25.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	1,272	1,338	1,021	5.2%	-23.7%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	171	242	174	41.5%	-28.1%
510000	Production Occupations	438	462	480	5.5%	3.9%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	376	477	488	26.9%	2.3%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	876	999	1,179	14.0%	18.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	459	384	403	-16.3%	4.9%
	12 years	3,152	2,957	2,873	-6.2%	-2.8%
	13-15 years	2,652	2,749	2,617	3.7%	-4.8%
	Over 15 years	2,090	2,448	2,693	17.1%	10.0%
Sex
	Male	4,951	5,113	4,872	3.3%	-4.7%
	Female	3,401	3,426	3,714	0.7%	8.4%
Age
	Under age 22	335	328	328	-2.1%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	1,734	1,735	1,726	0.1%	-0.5%
	Age 30 to 39	2,325	2,219	2,231	-4.6%	0.5%
	Age 40 to 49	1,703	1,790	1,728	5.1%	-3.5%
	Age 50 to 59	1,361	1,488	1,480	9.3%	-0.5%
	Age 60 to 64	567	605	665	6.7%	9.9%
	Age 65 and over	282	324	385	14.9%	18.8%
	Info. not available	46	50	43	8.7%	-14.0%
Race
	White	5,201	5,217	5,058	0.3%	-3.0%
	Black or African American,	1,442	1,527	1,646	5.9%	7.8%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	79	66	83	-16.5%	25.8%
	Asian	439	487	491	10.9%	0.8%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander		15	18	0.0%	20.0%
	Race Unknown	1,184	1,227	1,290	3.6%	5.1%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	6,831	7,074	7,086	3.6%	0.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	555	622	674	12.1%	8.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	967	843	826	-12.8%	-2.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	262	249	257	-5.0%	3.2%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	274	198	213	-27.7%	7.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,157	1,112	1,004	-3.9%	-9.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	564	338	404	-40.1%	19.5%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	489	459	344	-6.1%	-25.1%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	355	341	275	-3.9%	-19.4%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	171	90	86	-47.4%	-4.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	651	701	602	7.7%	-14.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,314	1,302	1,170	-0.9%	-10.1%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	254	191	193	-24.8%	1.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	600	639	559	6.5%	-12.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,091	1,133	1,100	3.8%	-2.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,353	8,539	8,586	2.2%	0.6%
	Anoka County	1,088	1,079	1,027	-0.8%	-4.8%
	Carver County	195	233	222	19.5%	-4.7%
	Dakota County	1,201	1,147	1,175	-4.5%	2.4%
	Hennepin County	3,363	3,516	3,564	4.5%	1.4%
	Ramsey County	1,477	1,523	1,592	3.1%	4.5%
	Scott County	382	418	391	9.4%	-6.5%
	Washington County	647	623	615	-3.7%	-1.3%

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

April 2025

EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities