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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

May 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	8,094	9,034	8,438	11.6%	-6.6%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	10	13	17	30.0%	30.8%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	25	26	25	4.0%	-3.8%
23	Construction	853	1,078	912	26.4%	-15.4%
31	Manufacturing	695	734	628	5.6%	-14.4%
42	Wholesale Trade	295	286	359	-3.1%	25.5%
44	Retail Trade	788	757	683	-3.9%	-9.8%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	447	493	393	10.3%	-20.3%
51	Information	194	199	183	2.6%	-8.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	295	310	251	5.1%	-19.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	132	119	138	-9.8%	16.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	894	818	763	-8.5%	-6.7%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	193	224	235	16.1%	4.9%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	617	624	586	1.1%	-6.1%
61	Educational Services	561	1,028	802	83.2%	-22.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	833	942	966	13.1%	2.5%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	121	150	167	24.0%	11.3%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	639	660	693	3.3%	5.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	282	304	352	7.8%	15.8%
92	Public Administration	101	128	169	26.7%	32.0%
99	Unclassified	114	138	110	21.1%	-20.3%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	695	701	673	0.9%	-4.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	436	419	426	-3.9%	1.7%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	384	331	315	-13.8%	-4.8%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	117	121	99	3.4%	-18.2%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	34	41	55	20.6%	34.1%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	92	108	143	17.4%	32.4%
230000	Legal Occupations	67	48	58	-28.4%	20.8%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	460	753	578	63.7%	-23.2%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	243	247	283	1.6%	14.6%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	159	129	131	-18.9%	1.6%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	341	387	377	13.5%	-2.6%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	59	75	68	27.1%	-9.3%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	628	822	797	30.9%	-3.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	113	159	125	40.7%	-21.4%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	115	112	88	-2.6%	-21.4%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	611	657	654	7.5%	-0.5%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	662	660	631	-0.3%	-4.4%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	10	12	13	20.0%	8.3%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	901	1,115	930	23.8%	-16.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	148	181	181	22.3%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	460	422	386	-8.3%	-8.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	303	466	381	53.8%	-18.2%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	1,055	1,063	1,041	0.8%	-2.1%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	399	416	345	4.3%	-17.1%
	12 years	2,531	3,072	2,759	21.4%	-10.2%
	13-15 years	2,572	2,822	2,642	9.7%	-6.4%
	Over 15 years	2,592	2,724	2,692	5.1%	-1.2%
Sex
	Male	4,319	4,927	4,502	14.1%	-8.6%
	Female	3,775	4,107	3,936	8.8%	-4.2%
Age
	Under age 22	320	322	300	0.6%	-6.8%
	Age 22 to 29	1,638	1,792	1,687	9.4%	-5.9%
	Age 30 to 39	2,078	2,390	2,151	15.0%	-10.0%
	Age 40 to 49	1,593	1,817	1,779	14.1%	-2.1%
	Age 50 to 59	1,467	1,635	1,485	11.5%	-9.2%
	Age 60 to 64	636	652	609	2.5%	-6.6%
	Age 65 and over	314	371	373	18.2%	0.5%
	Info. not available	48	55	54	14.6%	-1.8%
Race
	White	4,863	5,389	5,023	10.8%	-6.8%
	Black or African American,	1,567	1,719	1,593	9.7%	-7.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	72	87	94	20.8%	8.0%
	Asian	491	519	474	5.7%	-8.7%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	21	17	14	-19.0%	-17.6%
	Race Unknown	1,080	1,303	1,240	20.6%	-4.8%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	6,830	7,529	7,036	10.2%	-6.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	491	620	601	26.3%	-3.1%
	Ethnicity Unknown	773	885	801	14.5%	-9.5%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	301	701	734	132.9%	4.7%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	309	490	435	58.6%	-11.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,083	1,286	1,649	18.7%	28.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	514	920	808	79.0%	-12.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	491	678	597	38.1%	-11.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	306	638	491	108.5%	-23.0%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	103	237	212	130.1%	-10.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	498	772	606	55.0%	-21.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,256	1,665	1,394	32.6%	-16.3%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	358	513	529	43.3%	3.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	721	1,056	892	46.5%	-15.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,191	1,648	1,407	38.4%	-14.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,094	9,034	8,438	11.6%	-6.6%
	Anoka County	947	1,113	1,001	17.5%	-10.1%
	Carver County	232	286	237	23.3%	-17.1%
	Dakota County	1,061	1,188	1,099	12.0%	-7.5%
	Hennepin County	3,417	3,770	3,548	10.3%	-5.9%
	Ramsey County	1,467	1,576	1,562	7.4%	-0.9%
	Scott County	395	452	384	14.4%	-15.0%
	Washington County	575	649	607	12.9%	-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

May 2025

EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities