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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

January 2026

	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	13,061	11,965	12,560	-8.4%	5.0%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	48	50	47	4.2%	-6.0%
21	Mining	24	26	22	8.3%	-15.4%
22	Utilities	96	50	50	-47.9%	0.0%
23	Construction	3,280	2,536	2,868	-22.7%	13.1%
31	Manufacturing	1,180	998	820	-15.4%	-17.8%
42	Wholesale Trade	506	474	472	-6.3%	-0.4%
44	Retail Trade	1,053	1,014	922	-3.7%	-9.1%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	598	675	681	12.9%	0.9%
51	Information	212	222	187	4.7%	-15.8%
52	Finance and Insurance	335	275	315	-17.9%	14.5%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	201	200	158	-0.5%	-21.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	877	815	860	-7.1%	5.5%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	270	377	387	39.6%	2.7%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	1,140	1,074	1,024	-5.8%	-4.7%
61	Educational Services	353	396	382	12.2%	-3.5%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	963	1,001	1,539	3.9%	53.7%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	253	225	216	-11.1%	-4.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	846	790	817	-6.6%	3.4%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	457	415	394	-9.2%	-5.1%
92	Public Administration	193	211	214	9.3%	1.4%
99	Unclassified	176	141	185	-19.9%	31.2%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	859	824	900	-4.1%	9.2%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	387	372	392	-3.9%	5.4%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	355	372	331	4.8%	-11.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	146	148	132	1.4%	-10.8%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	33	49	58	48.5%	18.4%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	113	109	215	-3.5%	97.2%
230000	Legal Occupations	55	48	50	-12.7%	4.2%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	230	273	297	18.7%	8.8%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	310	312	296	0.6%	-5.1%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	157	134	164	-14.6%	22.4%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	402	408	636	1.5%	55.9%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	79	86	97	8.9%	12.8%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	866	776	833	-10.4%	7.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	417	357	333	-14.4%	-6.7%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	101	125	213	23.8%	70.4%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	890	898	769	0.9%	-14.4%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	801	721	724	-10.0%	0.4%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	87	75	77	-13.8%	2.7%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	3,403	2,573	2,865	-24.4%	11.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	306	287	290	-6.2%	1.0%
510000	Production Occupations	675	598	439	-11.4%	-26.6%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	774	812	848	4.9%	4.4%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	1,611	1,602	1,595	-0.6%	-0.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	848	739	728	-12.9%	-1.5%
	12 years	5,021	4,695	4,718	-6.5%	0.5%
	13-15 years	4,139	3,557	3,900	-14.1%	9.6%
	Over 15 years	3,053	2,974	3,214	-2.6%	8.1%
Sex
	Male	8,748	7,820	8,025	-10.6%	2.6%
	Female	4,312	4,144	4,535	-3.9%	9.4%
Age
	Under age 22	634	620	603	-2.2%	-2.7%
	Age 22 to 29	2,732	2,550	2,692	-6.7%	5.6%
	Age 30 to 39	3,375	3,079	3,250	-8.8%	5.6%
	Age 40 to 49	2,753	2,441	2,660	-11.3%	9.0%
	Age 50 to 59	2,204	1,943	1,988	-11.8%	2.3%
	Age 60 to 64	851	820	800	-3.6%	-2.4%
	Age 65 and over	445	447	493	0.4%	10.3%
	Info. not available	67	65	74	-3.0%	13.8%
Race
	White	8,236	7,308	7,569	-11.3%	3.6%
	Black or African American,	1,959	1,994	2,172	1.8%	8.9%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	143	123	130	-14.0%	5.7%
	Asian	642	633	678	-1.4%	7.1%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	22	30	20	36.4%	-33.3%
	Race Unknown	2,059	1,877	1,991	-8.8%	6.1%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	10,510	9,688	10,203	-7.8%	5.3%
	Hispanic or Latino	1,177	1,056	1,109	-10.3%	5.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	1,374	1,221	1,248	-11.1%	2.2%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	541	408	361	-24.6%	-11.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	421	368	401	-12.6%	9.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,814	1,568	1,580	-13.6%	0.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	891	730	666	-18.1%	-8.8%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,055	905	842	-14.2%	-7.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	657	516	472	-21.5%	-8.5%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	180	182	161	1.1%	-11.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,621	1,249	1,275	-22.9%	2.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,689	2,360	2,316	-12.2%	-1.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	459	467	367	1.7%	-21.4%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,360	1,137	1,098	-16.4%	-3.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,300	2,008	1,972	-12.7%	-1.8%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	13,061	11,965	12,560	-8.4%	5.0%
	Anoka County	1,835	1,656	1,719	-9.8%	3.8%
	Carver County	389	373	372	-4.1%	-0.3%
	Dakota County	1,867	1,644	1,804	-11.9%	9.7%
	Hennepin County	4,947	4,521	4,876	-8.6%	7.9%
	Ramsey County	2,232	2,133	2,190	-4.4%	2.7%
	Scott County	683	602	597	-11.9%	-0.8%
	Washington County	1,108	1,036	1,002	-6.5%	-3.3%

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

January 2026

EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities