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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

July 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	10,974	10,517	10,295	-4.2%	-2.1%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	18	19	17	5.6%	-10.5%
21	Mining	13			0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	50	28	53	-44.0%	89.3%
23	Construction	1,045	777	989	-25.6%	27.3%
31	Manufacturing	814	865	749	6.3%	-13.4%
42	Wholesale Trade	381	399	294	4.7%	-26.3%
44	Retail Trade	830	748	728	-9.9%	-2.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	846	825	846	-2.5%	2.5%
51	Information	204	218	214	6.9%	-1.8%
52	Finance and Insurance	263	234	268	-11.0%	14.5%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	132	143	145	8.3%	1.4%
54	Professional and Technical Services	688	727	676	5.7%	-7.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	239	291	225	21.8%	-22.7%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	690	613	572	-11.2%	-6.7%
61	Educational Services	2,009	1,905	1,780	-5.2%	-6.6%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	1,232	1,206	1,272	-2.1%	5.5%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	208	182	169	-12.5%	-7.1%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	675	674	691	-0.1%	2.5%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	304	314	297	3.3%	-5.4%
92	Public Administration	179	197	181	10.1%	-8.1%
99	Unclassified	154	149	125	-3.2%	-16.1%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	713	693	736	-2.8%	6.2%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	386	386	393	0.0%	1.8%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	327	344	291	5.2%	-15.4%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	174	119	111	-31.6%	-6.7%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	46	60	41	30.4%	-31.7%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	183	157	175	-14.2%	11.5%
230000	Legal Occupations	47	60	45	27.7%	-25.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	1,709	1,564	1,484	-8.5%	-5.1%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	249	293	213	17.7%	-27.3%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	137	183	199	33.6%	8.7%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	426	472	508	10.8%	7.6%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	80	92	80	15.0%	-13.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	904	837	845	-7.4%	1.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	146	132	128	-9.6%	-3.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	133	123	141	-7.5%	14.6%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	682	676	617	-0.9%	-8.7%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	743	679	722	-8.6%	6.3%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	10	11	12	10.0%	9.1%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	1,073	777	1,020	-27.6%	31.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	185	202	148	9.2%	-26.7%
510000	Production Occupations	513	493	369	-3.9%	-25.2%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	901	922	901	2.3%	-2.3%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	1,201	1,235	1,111	2.8%	-10.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	518	446	448	-13.9%	0.4%
	12 years	3,609	3,435	3,318	-4.8%	-3.4%
	13-15 years	3,525	3,308	3,196	-6.2%	-3.4%
	Over 15 years	3,322	3,328	3,333	0.2%	0.2%
Sex
	Male	5,423	5,146	5,061	-5.1%	-1.7%
	Female	5,551	5,371	5,232	-3.2%	-2.6%
	Unspecified				0.0%	0.0%
Age
	Under age 22	415	372	379	-10.4%	1.9%
	Age 22 to 29	2,054	1,921	1,976	-6.5%	2.9%
	Age 30 to 39	2,712	2,601	2,566	-4.1%	-1.3%
	Age 40 to 49	2,321	2,262	2,199	-2.5%	-2.8%
	Age 50 to 59	2,027	1,865	1,736	-8.0%	-6.9%
	Age 60 to 64	811	830	791	2.3%	-4.7%
	Age 65 and over	556	580	549	4.3%	-5.3%
	Info. not available	78	86	99	10.3%	15.1%
Race
	White	6,400	6,084	5,856	-4.9%	-3.7%
	Black or African American,	2,237	2,200	2,184	-1.7%	-0.7%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	108	111	143	2.8%	28.8%
	Asian	629	683	602	8.6%	-11.9%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	22	10	13	-54.5%	30.0%
	Race Unknown	1,578	1,429	1,497	-9.4%	4.8%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	9,139	8,821	8,475	-3.5%	-3.9%
	Hispanic or Latino	805	758	812	-5.8%	7.1%
	Ethnicity Unknown	1,030	938	1,008	-8.9%	7.5%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	656	362	168	-44.8%	-53.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	375	350	239	-6.7%	-31.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,004	954	969	-5.0%	1.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	549	471	388	-14.2%	-17.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	524	439	415	-16.2%	-5.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	345	392	307	13.6%	-21.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	128	258	148	101.6%	-42.6%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	808	660	614	-18.3%	-7.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,582	1,450	1,341	-8.3%	-7.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	513	333	420	-35.1%	26.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	817	673	594	-17.6%	-11.7%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,528	1,188	1,216	-22.3%	2.4%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,974	10,517	10,295	-4.2%	-2.1%
	Anoka County	1,458	1,301	1,295	-10.8%	-0.5%
	Carver County	282	264	239	-6.4%	-9.5%
	Dakota County	1,469	1,505	1,446	2.5%	-3.9%
	Hennepin County	4,494	4,294	4,212	-4.5%	-1.9%
	Ramsey County	2,017	1,994	1,989	-1.1%	-0.3%
	Scott County	446	408	406	-8.5%	-0.5%
	Washington County	808	751	708	-7.1%	-5.7%

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

July 2026

EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities