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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

October 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	8,189	8,479	9,352	3.5%	10.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	24	25	23	4.2%	-8.0%
21	Mining		10		0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	27	30	34	11.1%	13.3%
23	Construction	1,476	1,491	1,498	1.0%	0.5%
31	Manufacturing	679	827	873	21.8%	5.6%
42	Wholesale Trade	309	339	334	9.7%	-1.5%
44	Retail Trade	673	708	709	5.2%	0.1%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	362	378	442	4.4%	16.9%
51	Information	170	142	193	-16.5%	35.9%
52	Finance and Insurance	284	240	299	-15.5%	24.6%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	162	147	156	-9.3%	6.1%
54	Professional and Technical Services	732	718	695	-1.9%	-3.2%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	220	228	286	3.6%	25.4%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	701	703	669	0.3%	-4.8%
61	Educational Services	278	321	339	15.5%	5.6%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	826	911	1,076	10.3%	18.1%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	166	140	162	-15.7%	15.7%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	523	523	620	0.0%	18.5%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	260	258	309	-0.8%	19.8%
92	Public Administration	207	227	514	9.7%	126.4%
99	Unclassified	104	113	115	8.7%	1.8%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	684	688	818	0.6%	18.9%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	331	333	453	0.6%	36.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	301	287	355	-4.7%	23.7%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	119	134	131	12.6%	-2.2%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	43	48	83	11.6%	72.9%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	89	123	155	38.2%	26.0%
230000	Legal Occupations	52	47	64	-9.6%	36.2%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	188	234	232	24.5%	-0.9%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	202	199	208	-1.5%	4.5%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	153	152	164	-0.7%	7.9%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	333	357	417	7.2%	16.8%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	80	76	104	-5.0%	36.8%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	525	549	608	4.6%	10.7%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	179	208	250	16.2%	20.2%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	108	101	110	-6.5%	8.9%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	667	638	666	-4.3%	4.4%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	607	633	721	4.3%	13.9%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	35	39	41	11.4%	5.1%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	1,509	1,418	1,441	-6.0%	1.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	172	212	200	23.3%	-5.7%
510000	Production Occupations	403	504	457	25.1%	-9.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	372	399	444	7.3%	11.3%
550000	Military Specific Occupations		11	17	0.0%	54.5%
990000	Unknown	1,030	1,089	1,213	5.7%	11.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	398	419	405	5.3%	-3.3%
	12 years	2,750	3,005	3,067	9.3%	2.1%
	13-15 years	2,656	2,627	2,808	-1.1%	6.9%
	Over 15 years	2,385	2,428	3,072	1.8%	26.5%
Sex
	Male	4,905	5,164	5,584	5.3%	8.1%
	Female	3,284	3,315	3,767	0.9%	13.6%
	Unspecified				0.0%	0.0%
Age
	Under age 22	295	336	388	13.9%	15.5%
	Age 22 to 29	1,705	1,795	1,830	5.3%	1.9%
	Age 30 to 39	2,237	2,262	2,427	1.1%	7.3%
	Age 40 to 49	1,656	1,669	2,010	0.8%	20.4%
	Age 50 to 59	1,346	1,415	1,572	5.1%	11.1%
	Age 60 to 64	588	622	669	5.8%	7.6%
	Age 65 and over	313	333	403	6.4%	21.0%
	Info. not available	49	47	53	-4.1%	12.8%
Race
	White	5,112	5,087	5,713	-0.5%	12.3%
	Black or African American,	1,363	1,527	1,575	12.0%	3.1%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	91	97	125	6.6%	28.9%
	Asian	416	511	523	22.8%	2.3%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	19	19	23	0.0%	21.1%
	Race Unknown	1,188	1,238	1,393	4.2%	12.5%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	6,763	6,964	7,718	3.0%	10.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	631	675	732	7.0%	8.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	795	840	902	5.7%	7.4%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	302	273	375	-9.6%	37.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	332	334	310	0.6%	-7.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,330	1,114	1,080	-16.2%	-3.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	503	590	482	17.3%	-18.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	666	679	708	2.0%	4.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	306	340	337	11.1%	-0.9%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	90	94	77	4.4%	-18.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	833	801	777	-3.8%	-3.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,421	1,480	1,410	4.2%	-4.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	226	222	272	-1.8%	22.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	643	632	592	-1.7%	-6.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,229	1,112	1,187	-9.5%	6.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,189	8,479	9,352	3.5%	10.3%
	Anoka County	1,054	1,117	1,183	6.0%	5.9%
	Carver County	212	240	262	13.2%	9.2%
	Dakota County	1,099	1,169	1,344	6.4%	15.0%
	Hennepin County	3,378	3,483	3,746	3.1%	7.6%
	Ramsey County	1,426	1,478	1,641	3.6%	11.0%
	Scott County	364	367	447	0.8%	21.8%
	Washington County	656	625	729	-4.7%	16.6%

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

October 2025

EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities