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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 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	8,539	8,586	8,222	0.6%	-4.2%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	21	17		-19.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	45	33	40	-26.7%	21.2%
23	Construction	1,327	998	1,088	-24.8%	9.0%
31	Manufacturing	839	832	787	-0.8%	-5.4%
42	Wholesale Trade	374	376	314	0.5%	-16.5%
44	Retail Trade	729	762	619	4.5%	-18.8%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	448	500	493	11.6%	-1.4%
51	Information	194	198	152	2.1%	-23.2%
52	Finance and Insurance	275	276	317	0.4%	14.9%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	145	142	137	-2.1%	-3.5%
54	Professional and Technical Services	784	794	797	1.3%	0.4%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	232	243	238	4.7%	-2.1%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	633	677	612	7.0%	-9.6%
61	Educational Services	276	313	303	13.4%	-3.2%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	939	1,056	1,077	12.5%	2.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	134	161	134	20.1%	-16.8%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	506	576	595	13.8%	3.3%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	313	272	245	-13.1%	-9.9%
92	Public Administration	163	216	141	32.5%	-34.7%
99	Unclassified	156	137	116	-12.2%	-15.3%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	727	769	677	5.8%	-12.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	424	412	398	-2.8%	-3.4%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	313	347	346	10.9%	-0.3%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	139	123	104	-11.5%	-15.4%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	38	64	35	68.4%	-45.3%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	93	172	111	84.9%	-35.5%
230000	Legal Occupations	68	45	49	-33.8%	8.9%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	227	216	221	-4.8%	2.3%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	231	234	230	1.3%	-1.7%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	137	153	179	11.7%	17.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	385	399	418	3.6%	4.8%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	85	80	61	-5.9%	-23.8%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	534	585	594	9.6%	1.5%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	172	156	148	-9.3%	-5.1%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	110	117	115	6.4%	-1.7%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	695	659	588	-5.2%	-10.8%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	622	685	626	10.1%	-8.6%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	16	20	14	25.0%	-30.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	1,338	1,021	1,166	-23.7%	14.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	242	174	162	-28.1%	-6.9%
510000	Production Occupations	462	480	416	3.9%	-13.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	477	488	542	2.3%	11.1%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	999	1,179	1,020	18.0%	-13.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	384	403	351	4.9%	-12.9%
	12 years	2,957	2,873	2,757	-2.8%	-4.0%
	13-15 years	2,749	2,617	2,584	-4.8%	-1.3%
	Over 15 years	2,448	2,693	2,530	10.0%	-6.1%
Sex
	Male	5,113	4,872	4,694	-4.7%	-3.7%
	Female	3,426	3,714	3,528	8.4%	-5.0%
Age
	Under age 22	328	328	299	0.0%	-8.8%
	Age 22 to 29	1,735	1,726	1,614	-0.5%	-6.5%
	Age 30 to 39	2,219	2,231	2,075	0.5%	-7.0%
	Age 40 to 49	1,790	1,728	1,802	-3.5%	4.3%
	Age 50 to 59	1,488	1,480	1,428	-0.5%	-3.5%
	Age 60 to 64	605	665	587	9.9%	-11.7%
	Age 65 and over	324	385	370	18.8%	-3.9%
	Info. not available	50	43	47	-14.0%	9.3%
Race
	White	5,217	5,058	4,716	-3.0%	-6.8%
	Black or African American,	1,527	1,646	1,622	7.8%	-1.5%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	66	83	90	25.8%	8.4%
	Asian	487	491	515	0.8%	4.9%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	15	18	18	20.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	1,227	1,290	1,261	5.1%	-2.2%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	7,074	7,086	6,804	0.2%	-4.0%
	Hispanic or Latino	622	674	649	8.4%	-3.7%
	Ethnicity Unknown	843	826	769	-2.0%	-6.9%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	249	257	158	3.2%	-38.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	198	213	220	7.6%	3.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,112	1,004	893	-9.7%	-11.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	338	404	326	19.5%	-19.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	459	344	382	-25.1%	11.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	341	275	292	-19.4%	6.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	90	86	72	-4.4%	-16.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	701	602	588	-14.1%	-2.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,302	1,170	1,213	-10.1%	3.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	191	193	148	1.0%	-23.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	639	559	510	-12.5%	-8.8%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,133	1,100	995	-2.9%	-9.5%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,539	8,586	8,222	0.6%	-4.2%
	Anoka County	1,079	1,027	1,037	-4.8%	1.0%
	Carver County	233	222	190	-4.7%	-14.4%
	Dakota County	1,147	1,175	1,120	2.4%	-4.7%
	Hennepin County	3,516	3,564	3,441	1.4%	-3.5%
	Ramsey County	1,523	1,592	1,497	4.5%	-6.0%
	Scott County	418	391	328	-6.5%	-16.1%
	Washington County	623	615	609	-1.3%	-1.0%

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

April 2026

EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities