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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

December 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	12,651	14,104	15,422	11.5%	9.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	103	124	117	20.4%	-5.6%
21	Mining	52	67	74	28.8%	10.4%
22	Utilities	98	101	124	3.1%	22.8%
23	Construction	3,728	4,327	4,701	16.1%	8.6%
31	Manufacturing	937	924	1,115	-1.4%	20.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	339	383	360	13.0%	-6.0%
44	Retail Trade	829	765	857	-7.7%	12.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	588	926	1,073	57.5%	15.9%
51	Information	199	169	207	-15.1%	22.5%
52	Finance and Insurance	263	224	301	-14.8%	34.4%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	201	163	194	-18.9%	19.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	771	777	875	0.8%	12.6%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	196	329	283	67.9%	-14.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	1,362	1,478	1,584	8.5%	7.2%
61	Educational Services	379	508	455	34.0%	-10.4%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	959	819	1,059	-14.6%	29.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	184	221	224	20.1%	1.4%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	712	862	880	21.1%	2.1%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	402	467	475	16.2%	1.7%
92	Public Administration	199	268	277	34.7%	3.4%
99	Unclassified	150	202	187	34.7%	-7.4%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	657	680	819	3.5%	20.4%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	369	328	347	-11.1%	5.8%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	253	275	290	8.7%	5.5%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	127	119	137	-6.3%	15.1%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	49	34	49	-30.6%	44.1%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	97	81	126	-16.5%	55.6%
230000	Legal Occupations	53	39	56	-26.4%	43.6%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	262	321	339	22.5%	5.6%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	226	258	260	14.2%	0.8%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	160	114	148	-28.8%	29.8%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	390	343	400	-12.1%	16.6%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	72	94	84	30.6%	-10.6%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	741	917	917	23.8%	0.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	616	690	685	12.0%	-0.7%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	115	112	153	-2.6%	36.6%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	695	655	715	-5.8%	9.2%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	639	644	702	0.8%	9.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	122	139	165	13.9%	18.7%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	3,778	4,457	4,825	18.0%	8.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	278	303	310	9.0%	2.3%
510000	Production Occupations	517	468	629	-9.5%	34.4%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	835	1,244	1,373	49.0%	10.4%
550000	Military Specific Occupations	19			0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	1,581	1,780	1,887	12.6%	6.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	898	1,028	1,084	14.5%	5.4%
	12 years	5,082	5,911	6,437	16.3%	8.9%
	13-15 years	3,837	4,321	4,700	12.6%	8.8%
	Over 15 years	2,834	2,844	3,201	0.4%	12.6%
Sex
	Male	8,811	9,926	10,833	12.7%	9.1%
	Female	3,840	4,178	4,589	8.8%	9.8%
Age
	Under age 22	612	652	730	6.5%	12.0%
	Age 22 to 29	2,698	2,829	3,126	4.9%	10.5%
	Age 30 to 39	3,192	3,607	3,933	13.0%	9.0%
	Age 40 to 49	2,552	2,990	3,283	17.2%	9.8%
	Age 50 to 59	2,151	2,366	2,532	10.0%	7.0%
	Age 60 to 64	867	981	1,048	13.1%	6.8%
	Age 65 and over	496	595	660	20.0%	10.9%
	Info. not available	83	84	110	1.2%	31.0%
Race
	White	8,211	9,211	9,900	12.2%	7.5%
	Black or African American,	1,721	1,935	2,121	12.4%	9.6%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	140	162	168	15.7%	3.7%
	Asian	474	545	696	15.0%	27.7%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	32	32	24	0.0%	-25.0%
	Race Unknown	2,073	2,219	2,513	7.0%	13.2%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	10,029	11,206	12,168	11.7%	8.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	1,327	1,509	1,737	13.7%	15.1%
	Ethnicity Unknown	1,295	1,389	1,517	7.3%	9.2%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	1,030	1,098	807	6.6%	-26.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	659	760	727	15.3%	-4.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,850	2,414	2,323	30.5%	-3.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,229	1,585	1,536	29.0%	-3.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,396	1,721	1,689	23.3%	-1.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	814	1,059	1,081	30.1%	2.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	233	449	423	92.7%	-5.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,816	2,341	2,381	28.9%	1.7%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,074	3,832	4,009	24.7%	4.6%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	880	1,186	760	34.8%	-35.9%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,561	1,911	1,973	22.4%	3.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,631	3,101	3,414	17.9%	10.1%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	12,651	14,104	15,422	11.5%	9.3%
	Anoka County	1,796	2,239	2,408	24.7%	7.5%
	Carver County	408	487	513	19.4%	5.3%
	Dakota County	1,902	2,237	2,456	17.6%	9.8%
	Hennepin County	4,626	5,032	5,325	8.8%	5.8%
	Ramsey County	2,166	2,190	2,563	1.1%	17.0%
	Scott County	665	774	906	16.4%	17.1%
	Washington County	1,088	1,145	1,251	5.2%	9.3%

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

December 2025

EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities