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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

July 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	10,274	10,974	10,517	6.8%	-4.2%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	29	18	19	-37.9%	5.6%
21	Mining		13		0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	74	50	28	-32.4%	-44.0%
23	Construction	889	1,045	777	17.5%	-25.6%
31	Manufacturing	719	814	865	13.2%	6.3%
42	Wholesale Trade	325	381	399	17.2%	4.7%
44	Retail Trade	748	830	748	11.0%	-9.9%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	920	846	825	-8.0%	-2.5%
51	Information	165	204	218	23.6%	6.9%
52	Finance and Insurance	303	263	234	-13.2%	-11.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	129	132	143	2.3%	8.3%
54	Professional and Technical Services	825	688	727	-16.6%	5.7%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	293	239	291	-18.4%	21.8%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	673	690	613	2.5%	-11.2%
61	Educational Services	1,705	2,009	1,905	17.8%	-5.2%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	1,050	1,232	1,206	17.3%	-2.1%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	152	208	182	36.8%	-12.5%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	642	675	674	5.1%	-0.1%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	299	304	314	1.7%	3.3%
92	Public Administration	194	179	197	-7.7%	10.1%
99	Unclassified	137	154	149	12.4%	-3.2%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	754	713	693	-5.4%	-2.8%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	413	386	386	-6.5%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	330	327	344	-0.9%	5.2%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	150	174	119	16.0%	-31.6%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	34	46	60	35.3%	30.4%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	129	183	157	41.9%	-14.2%
230000	Legal Occupations	60	47	60	-21.7%	27.7%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	1,501	1,709	1,564	13.9%	-8.5%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	233	249	293	6.9%	17.7%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	164	137	183	-16.5%	33.6%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	374	426	472	13.9%	10.8%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	90	80	92	-11.1%	15.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	825	904	837	9.6%	-7.4%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	119	146	132	22.7%	-9.6%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	104	133	123	27.9%	-7.5%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	711	682	676	-4.1%	-0.9%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	753	743	679	-1.3%	-8.6%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	17	10	11	-41.2%	10.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	919	1,073	777	16.8%	-27.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	147	185	202	25.9%	9.2%
510000	Production Occupations	385	513	493	33.2%	-3.9%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	944	901	922	-4.6%	2.3%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	1,114	1,201	1,235	7.8%	2.8%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	476	518	446	8.8%	-13.9%
	12 years	3,160	3,609	3,435	14.2%	-4.8%
	13-15 years	3,381	3,525	3,308	4.3%	-6.2%
	Over 15 years	3,257	3,322	3,328	2.0%	0.2%
Sex
	Male	4,945	5,423	5,146	9.7%	-5.1%
	Female	5,328	5,551	5,371	4.2%	-3.2%
Age
	Under age 22	342	415	372	21.3%	-10.4%
	Age 22 to 29	1,860	2,054	1,921	10.4%	-6.5%
	Age 30 to 39	2,480	2,712	2,601	9.4%	-4.1%
	Age 40 to 49	2,128	2,321	2,262	9.1%	-2.5%
	Age 50 to 59	1,976	2,027	1,865	2.6%	-8.0%
	Age 60 to 64	897	811	830	-9.6%	2.3%
	Age 65 and over	520	556	580	6.9%	4.3%
	Info. not available	71	78	86	9.9%	10.3%
Race
	White	6,287	6,400	6,084	1.8%	-4.9%
	Black or African American,	1,991	2,237	2,200	12.4%	-1.7%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	107	108	111	0.9%	2.8%
	Asian	518	629	683	21.4%	8.6%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	24	22	10	-8.3%	-54.5%
	Race Unknown	1,347	1,578	1,429	17.1%	-9.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	8,588	9,139	8,821	6.4%	-3.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	652	805	758	23.5%	-5.8%
	Ethnicity Unknown	1,034	1,030	938	-0.4%	-8.9%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	240	656	362	173.3%	-44.8%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	325	375	350	15.4%	-6.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,058	1,004	954	-5.1%	-5.0%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	597	549	471	-8.0%	-14.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	558	524	439	-6.1%	-16.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	356	345	392	-3.1%	13.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	162	128	258	-21.0%	101.6%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	686	808	660	17.8%	-18.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,432	1,582	1,450	10.5%	-8.3%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	500	513	333	2.6%	-35.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	689	817	673	18.6%	-17.6%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,315	1,528	1,188	16.2%	-22.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,274	10,974	10,517	6.8%	-4.2%
	Anoka County	1,321	1,458	1,301	10.4%	-10.8%
	Carver County	315	282	264	-10.5%	-6.4%
	Dakota County	1,415	1,469	1,505	3.8%	2.5%
	Hennepin County	4,226	4,494	4,294	6.3%	-4.5%
	Ramsey County	1,825	2,017	1,994	10.5%	-1.1%
	Scott County	427	446	408	4.4%	-8.5%
	Washington County	745	808	751	8.5%	-7.1%

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

July 2025

EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities