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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

May 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	9,034	8,438	7,834	-6.6%	-7.2%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	13	17	11	30.8%	-35.3%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	26	25	35	-3.8%	40.0%
23	Construction	1,078	912	874	-15.4%	-4.2%
31	Manufacturing	734	628	693	-14.4%	10.4%
42	Wholesale Trade	286	359	252	25.5%	-29.8%
44	Retail Trade	757	683	566	-9.8%	-17.1%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	493	393	383	-20.3%	-2.5%
51	Information	199	183	151	-8.0%	-17.5%
52	Finance and Insurance	310	251	212	-19.0%	-15.5%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	119	138	126	16.0%	-8.7%
54	Professional and Technical Services	818	763	752	-6.7%	-1.4%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	224	235	213	4.9%	-9.4%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	624	586	573	-6.1%	-2.2%
61	Educational Services	1,028	802	733	-22.0%	-8.6%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	942	966	968	2.5%	0.2%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	150	167	149	11.3%	-10.8%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	660	693	690	5.0%	-0.4%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	304	352	233	15.8%	-33.8%
92	Public Administration	128	169	121	32.0%	-28.4%
99	Unclassified	138	110	98	-20.3%	-10.9%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	701	673	641	-4.0%	-4.8%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	419	426	425	1.7%	-0.2%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	331	315	283	-4.8%	-10.2%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	121	99	83	-18.2%	-16.2%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	41	55	31	34.1%	-43.6%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	108	143	113	32.4%	-21.0%
230000	Legal Occupations	48	58	48	20.8%	-17.2%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	753	578	545	-23.2%	-5.7%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	247	283	205	14.6%	-27.6%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	129	131	168	1.6%	28.2%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	387	377	399	-2.6%	5.8%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	75	68	68	-9.3%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	822	797	807	-3.0%	1.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	159	125	119	-21.4%	-4.8%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	112	88	120	-21.4%	36.4%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	657	654	553	-0.5%	-15.4%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	660	631	564	-4.4%	-10.6%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	12	13		8.3%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	1,115	930	852	-16.6%	-8.4%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	181	181	162	0.0%	-10.5%
510000	Production Occupations	422	386	325	-8.5%	-15.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	466	381	350	-18.2%	-8.1%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	1,063	1,041	961	-2.1%	-7.7%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	416	345	344	-17.1%	-0.3%
	12 years	3,072	2,759	2,498	-10.2%	-9.5%
	13-15 years	2,822	2,642	2,422	-6.4%	-8.3%
	Over 15 years	2,724	2,692	2,570	-1.2%	-4.5%
Sex
	Male	4,927	4,502	4,241	-8.6%	-5.8%
	Female	4,107	3,936	3,591	-4.2%	-8.8%
	Unspecified				0.0%	0.0%
Age
	Under age 22	322	300	254	-6.8%	-15.3%
	Age 22 to 29	1,792	1,687	1,526	-5.9%	-9.5%
	Age 30 to 39	2,390	2,151	1,960	-10.0%	-8.9%
	Age 40 to 49	1,817	1,779	1,708	-2.1%	-4.0%
	Age 50 to 59	1,635	1,485	1,418	-9.2%	-4.5%
	Age 60 to 64	652	609	545	-6.6%	-10.5%
	Age 65 and over	371	373	363	0.5%	-2.7%
	Info. not available	55	54	60	-1.8%	11.1%
Race
	White	5,389	5,023	4,630	-6.8%	-7.8%
	Black or African American,	1,719	1,593	1,523	-7.3%	-4.4%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	87	94	75	8.0%	-20.2%
	Asian	519	474	473	-8.7%	-0.2%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	17	14	20	-17.6%	42.9%
	Race Unknown	1,303	1,240	1,113	-4.8%	-10.2%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	7,529	7,036	6,623	-6.5%	-5.9%
	Hispanic or Latino	620	601	498	-3.1%	-17.1%
	Ethnicity Unknown	885	801	713	-9.5%	-11.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	701	734	397	4.7%	-45.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	490	435	324	-11.2%	-25.5%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,286	1,649	942	28.2%	-42.9%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	920	808	706	-12.2%	-12.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	678	597	470	-11.9%	-21.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	638	491	460	-23.0%	-6.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	237	212	336	-10.5%	58.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	772	606	559	-21.5%	-7.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,665	1,394	1,276	-16.3%	-8.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	513	529	358	3.1%	-32.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,056	892	840	-15.5%	-5.8%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,648	1,407	1,216	-14.6%	-13.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,034	8,438	7,834	-6.6%	-7.2%
	Anoka County	1,113	1,001	965	-10.1%	-3.6%
	Carver County	286	237	238	-17.1%	0.4%
	Dakota County	1,188	1,099	1,007	-7.5%	-8.4%
	Hennepin County	3,770	3,548	3,251	-5.9%	-8.4%
	Ramsey County	1,576	1,562	1,342	-0.9%	-14.1%
	Scott County	452	384	345	-15.0%	-10.2%
	Washington County	649	607	686	-6.5%	13.0%

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

May 2026

EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities