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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

September 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	6,828	7,733	8,154	13.3%	5.4%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	14	12	22	-14.3%	83.3%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	20	38	32	90.0%	-15.8%
23	Construction	1,048	1,239	1,140	18.2%	-8.0%
31	Manufacturing	603	719	796	19.2%	10.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	283	336	311	18.7%	-7.4%
44	Retail Trade	589	666	682	13.1%	2.4%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	292	347	345	18.8%	-0.6%
51	Information	184	189	196	2.7%	3.7%
52	Finance and Insurance	269	244	271	-9.3%	11.1%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	137	114	131	-16.8%	14.9%
54	Professional and Technical Services	635	688	683	8.3%	-0.7%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	196	256	256	30.6%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	519	542	558	4.4%	3.0%
61	Educational Services	278	293	345	5.4%	17.7%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	734	863	1,079	17.6%	25.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	115	121	145	5.2%	19.8%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	427	525	557	23.0%	6.1%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	261	296	306	13.4%	3.4%
92	Public Administration	119	148	186	24.4%	25.7%
99	Unclassified	100	92	111	-8.0%	20.7%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	604	694	729	14.9%	5.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	353	346	377	-2.0%	9.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	281	302	340	7.5%	12.6%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	130	118	114	-9.2%	-3.4%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	27	50	64	85.2%	28.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	80	103	137	28.8%	33.0%
230000	Legal Occupations	50	59	52	18.0%	-11.9%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	222	222	273	0.0%	23.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	185	209	196	13.0%	-6.2%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	110	131	117	19.1%	-10.7%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	292	330	447	13.0%	35.5%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	66	74	86	12.1%	16.2%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	427	507	567	18.7%	11.8%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	121	123	140	1.7%	13.8%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	90	91	128	1.1%	40.7%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	567	621	621	9.5%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	558	564	596	1.1%	5.7%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	18	14	17	-22.2%	21.4%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	1,023	1,227	1,159	19.9%	-5.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	151	224	178	48.3%	-20.5%
510000	Production Occupations	319	407	459	27.6%	12.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	307	319	323	3.9%	1.3%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	842	992	1,029	17.8%	3.7%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	344	344	378	0.0%	9.9%
	12 years	2,169	2,600	2,703	19.9%	4.0%
	13-15 years	2,150	2,430	2,490	13.0%	2.5%
	Over 15 years	2,165	2,358	2,583	8.9%	9.5%
Sex
	Male	3,962	4,628	4,648	16.8%	0.4%
	Female	2,866	3,105	3,505	8.3%	12.9%
	Unspecified				0.0%	0.0%
Age
	Under age 22	264	340	322	28.8%	-5.3%
	Age 22 to 29	1,385	1,532	1,683	10.6%	9.9%
	Age 30 to 39	1,824	2,101	2,105	15.2%	0.2%
	Age 40 to 49	1,418	1,559	1,667	9.9%	6.9%
	Age 50 to 59	1,172	1,288	1,429	9.9%	10.9%
	Age 60 to 64	468	563	550	20.3%	-2.3%
	Age 65 and over	256	308	349	20.3%	13.3%
	Info. not available	41	42	49	2.4%	16.7%
Race
	White	4,074	4,637	4,779	13.8%	3.1%
	Black or African American,	1,283	1,400	1,560	9.1%	11.4%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	72	58	76	-19.4%	31.0%
	Asian	384	454	514	18.2%	13.2%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	16	14	15	-12.5%	7.1%
	Race Unknown	999	1,170	1,210	17.1%	3.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	5,687	6,379	6,752	12.2%	5.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	493	601	622	21.9%	3.5%
	Ethnicity Unknown	648	753	780	16.2%	3.6%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	162	216	113	33.3%	-47.7%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	169	213	164	26.0%	-23.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	782	911	853	16.5%	-6.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	285	474	382	66.3%	-19.4%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	396	421	373	6.3%	-11.4%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	242	337	261	39.3%	-22.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	71	235	208	231.0%	-11.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	513	566	522	10.3%	-7.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	974	1,235	1,027	26.8%	-16.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	287	410	383	42.9%	-6.6%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	526	556	520	5.7%	-6.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	960	976	948	1.7%	-2.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,828	7,733	8,154	13.3%	5.4%
	Anoka County	797	988	1,041	24.0%	5.4%
	Carver County	207	202	218	-2.4%	7.9%
	Dakota County	915	986	1,104	7.8%	12.0%
	Hennepin County	2,907	3,247	3,407	11.7%	4.9%
	Ramsey County	1,208	1,383	1,426	14.5%	3.1%
	Scott County	311	329	352	5.8%	7.0%
	Washington County	483	598	606	23.8%	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

September 2025

EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities