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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 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	8,749	8,706	8,227	-0.5%	-5.5%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	14	22	13	57.1%	-40.9%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	36	22	34	-38.9%	54.5%
23	Construction	835	989	834	18.4%	-15.7%
31	Manufacturing	736	792	712	7.6%	-10.1%
42	Wholesale Trade	314	363	355	15.6%	-2.2%
44	Retail Trade	662	698	601	5.4%	-13.9%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	648	568	570	-12.3%	0.4%
51	Information	184	200	164	8.7%	-18.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	340	281	226	-17.4%	-19.6%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	137	132	115	-3.6%	-12.9%
54	Professional and Technical Services	806	636	639	-21.1%	0.5%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	263	236	231	-10.3%	-2.1%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	662	617	518	-6.8%	-16.0%
61	Educational Services	861	825	837	-4.2%	1.5%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	961	1,033	1,134	7.5%	9.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	137	165	173	20.4%	4.8%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	618	593	504	-4.0%	-15.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	267	272	296	1.9%	8.8%
92	Public Administration	147	154	172	4.8%	11.7%
99	Unclassified	119	102	98	-14.3%	-3.9%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	747	635	627	-15.0%	-1.3%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	431	309	343	-28.3%	11.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	336	316	308	-6.0%	-2.5%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	134	115	101	-14.2%	-12.2%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	34	34	46	0.0%	35.3%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	98	126	196	28.6%	55.6%
230000	Legal Occupations	55	47	52	-14.5%	10.6%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	745	751	767	0.8%	2.1%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	211	236	182	11.8%	-22.9%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	141	151	153	7.1%	1.3%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	370	367	410	-0.8%	11.7%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	82	73	87	-11.0%	19.2%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	642	678	563	5.6%	-17.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	148	159	122	7.4%	-23.3%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	115	101	112	-12.2%	10.9%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	640	661	557	3.3%	-15.7%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	682	631	556	-7.5%	-11.9%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	18	18	14	0.0%	-22.2%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	804	944	839	17.4%	-11.1%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	187	199	190	6.4%	-4.5%
510000	Production Occupations	416	479	413	15.1%	-13.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	668	659	581	-1.3%	-11.8%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	1,037	1,011	1,005	-2.5%	-0.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	452	395	321	-12.6%	-18.7%
	12 years	2,695	2,910	2,715	8.0%	-6.7%
	13-15 years	2,796	2,787	2,573	-0.3%	-7.7%
	Over 15 years	2,806	2,613	2,618	-6.9%	0.2%
Sex
	Male	4,629	4,774	4,436	3.1%	-7.1%
	Female	4,118	3,932	3,791	-4.5%	-3.6%
Age
	Under age 22	325	370	340	13.8%	-8.1%
	Age 22 to 29	1,693	1,732	1,727	2.3%	-0.3%
	Age 30 to 39	2,250	2,209	2,054	-1.8%	-7.0%
	Age 40 to 49	1,719	1,786	1,685	3.9%	-5.7%
	Age 50 to 59	1,623	1,462	1,406	-9.9%	-3.8%
	Age 60 to 64	697	687	595	-1.4%	-13.4%
	Age 65 and over	373	400	368	7.2%	-8.0%
	Info. not available	69	60	52	-13.0%	-13.3%
Race
	White	5,243	5,049	4,700	-3.7%	-6.9%
	Black or African American,	1,706	1,778	1,763	4.2%	-0.8%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	89	98	81	10.1%	-17.3%
	Asian	460	495	463	7.6%	-6.5%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	18	13	16	-27.8%	23.1%
	Race Unknown	1,233	1,273	1,204	3.2%	-5.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	7,343	7,187	6,831	-2.1%	-5.0%
	Hispanic or Latino	550	706	638	28.4%	-9.6%
	Ethnicity Unknown	856	813	758	-5.0%	-6.8%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	162	230	201	42.0%	-12.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	204	234	188	14.7%	-19.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	932	710	690	-23.8%	-2.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	374	353	301	-5.6%	-14.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	376	391	344	4.0%	-12.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	274	267	233	-2.6%	-12.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	81	45	89	-44.4%	97.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	516	595	494	15.3%	-17.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,206	1,186	1,045	-1.7%	-11.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	366	270	180	-26.2%	-33.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	512	563	450	10.0%	-20.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,181	1,226	920	3.8%	-25.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,749	8,706	8,227	-0.5%	-5.5%
	Anoka County	1,056	1,072	958	1.5%	-10.6%
	Carver County	235	228	227	-3.0%	-0.4%
	Dakota County	1,217	1,150	1,152	-5.5%	0.2%
	Hennepin County	3,687	3,622	3,386	-1.8%	-6.5%
	Ramsey County	1,528	1,655	1,559	8.3%	-5.8%
	Scott County	382	360	395	-5.8%	9.7%
	Washington County	644	619	550	-3.9%	-11.1%

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

August 2025

EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities