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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 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	8,857	9,329	8,538	5.3%	-8.5%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	22	20	19	-9.1%	-5.0%
21	Mining		23		0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	38	60	31	57.9%	-48.3%
23	Construction	1,775	1,933	1,669	8.9%	-13.7%
31	Manufacturing	823	729	729	-11.4%	0.0%
42	Wholesale Trade	314	350	315	11.5%	-10.0%
44	Retail Trade	813	794	674	-2.3%	-15.1%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	422	432	405	2.4%	-6.3%
51	Information	187	176	171	-5.9%	-2.8%
52	Finance and Insurance	260	232	292	-10.8%	25.9%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	132	140	146	6.1%	4.3%
54	Professional and Technical Services	730	762	664	4.4%	-12.9%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	207	299	251	44.4%	-16.1%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	720	762	634	5.8%	-16.8%
61	Educational Services	237	251	235	5.9%	-6.4%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	864	906	1,022	4.9%	12.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	170	169	161	-0.6%	-4.7%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	601	548	578	-8.8%	5.5%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	276	305	276	10.5%	-9.5%
92	Public Administration	137	266	137	94.2%	-48.5%
99	Unclassified	124	172	122	38.7%	-29.1%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	690	743	699	7.7%	-5.9%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	362	384	340	6.1%	-11.5%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	282	327	295	16.0%	-9.8%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	132	116	97	-12.1%	-16.4%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	26	64	48	146.2%	-25.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	79	113	141	43.0%	24.8%
230000	Legal Occupations	54	30	49	-44.4%	63.3%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	165	183	162	10.9%	-11.5%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	266	259	221	-2.6%	-14.7%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	138	140	162	1.4%	15.7%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	310	330	380	6.5%	15.2%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	75	78	81	4.0%	3.8%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	629	611	622	-2.9%	1.8%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	235	239	209	1.7%	-12.6%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	100	87	114	-13.0%	31.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	628	665	596	5.9%	-10.4%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	605	604	532	-0.2%	-11.9%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	29	43	20	48.3%	-53.5%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	1,782	1,956	1,648	9.8%	-15.7%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	282	230	274	-18.4%	19.1%
510000	Production Occupations	505	426	384	-15.6%	-9.9%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	423	500	392	18.2%	-21.6%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	1,054	1,194	1,067	13.3%	-10.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	473	493	464	4.2%	-5.9%
	12 years	3,056	3,314	2,947	8.4%	-11.1%
	13-15 years	2,900	2,853	2,663	-1.6%	-6.7%
	Over 15 years	2,428	2,669	2,464	9.9%	-7.7%
Sex
	Male	5,590	5,952	5,261	6.5%	-11.6%
	Female	3,266	3,377	3,277	3.4%	-3.0%
Age
	Under age 22	391	378	396	-3.3%	4.8%
	Age 22 to 29	1,878	1,887	1,723	0.5%	-8.7%
	Age 30 to 39	2,370	2,431	2,200	2.6%	-9.5%
	Age 40 to 49	1,793	1,963	1,817	9.5%	-7.4%
	Age 50 to 59	1,451	1,630	1,398	12.3%	-14.2%
	Age 60 to 64	628	662	606	5.4%	-8.5%
	Age 65 and over	308	333	356	8.1%	6.9%
	Info. not available	38	45	42	18.4%	-6.7%
Race
	White	5,431	5,860	5,230	7.9%	-10.8%
	Black or African American,	1,480	1,466	1,425	-0.9%	-2.8%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	91	96	89	5.5%	-7.3%
	Asian	500	494	510	-1.2%	3.2%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	19	18	13	-5.3%	-27.8%
	Race Unknown	1,336	1,395	1,271	4.4%	-8.9%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	7,236	7,668	7,025	6.0%	-8.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	785	721	695	-8.2%	-3.6%
	Ethnicity Unknown	836	940	818	12.4%	-13.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	221	295	186	33.5%	-36.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	253	281	217	11.1%	-22.8%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,154	1,228	1,049	6.4%	-14.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	398	453	379	13.8%	-16.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	470	612	472	30.2%	-22.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	313	372	289	18.8%	-22.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	84	125	77	48.8%	-38.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	779	967	691	24.1%	-28.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,453	1,698	1,372	16.9%	-19.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	206	213	155	3.4%	-27.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	679	818	663	20.5%	-18.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,153	1,349	1,187	17.0%	-12.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,857	9,329	8,538	5.3%	-8.5%
	Anoka County	1,190	1,297	1,118	9.0%	-13.8%
	Carver County	238	269	238	13.0%	-11.5%
	Dakota County	1,216	1,247	1,199	2.5%	-3.8%
	Hennepin County	3,521	3,695	3,355	4.9%	-9.2%
	Ramsey County	1,616	1,650	1,593	2.1%	-3.5%
	Scott County	390	402	343	3.1%	-14.7%
	Washington County	686	769	692	12.1%	-10.0%

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

February 2026

EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities