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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 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	8,706	8,227	8,072	-5.5%	-1.9%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	22	13	14	-40.9%	7.7%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	22	34	36	54.5%	5.9%
23	Construction	989	834	973	-15.7%	16.7%
31	Manufacturing	792	712	678	-10.1%	-4.8%
42	Wholesale Trade	363	355	283	-2.2%	-20.3%
44	Retail Trade	698	601	580	-13.9%	-3.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	568	570	550	0.4%	-3.5%
51	Information	200	164	165	-18.0%	0.6%
52	Finance and Insurance	281	226	260	-19.6%	15.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	132	115	105	-12.9%	-8.7%
54	Professional and Technical Services	636	639	608	0.5%	-4.9%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	236	231	194	-2.1%	-16.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	617	518	501	-16.0%	-3.3%
61	Educational Services	825	837	800	1.5%	-4.4%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	1,033	1,134	1,025	9.8%	-9.6%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	165	173	161	4.8%	-6.9%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	593	504	558	-15.0%	10.7%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	272	296	267	8.8%	-9.8%
92	Public Administration	154	172	187	11.7%	8.7%
99	Unclassified	102	98	126	-3.9%	28.6%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	635	627	651	-1.3%	3.8%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	309	343	326	11.0%	-5.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	316	308	300	-2.5%	-2.6%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	115	101	109	-12.2%	7.9%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	34	46	38	35.3%	-17.4%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	126	196	124	55.6%	-36.7%
230000	Legal Occupations	47	52	52	10.6%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	751	767	660	2.1%	-14.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	236	182	210	-22.9%	15.4%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	151	153	168	1.3%	9.8%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	367	410	398	11.7%	-2.9%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	73	87	99	19.2%	13.8%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	678	563	637	-17.0%	13.1%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	159	122	115	-23.3%	-5.7%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	101	112	111	10.9%	-0.9%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	661	557	508	-15.7%	-8.8%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	631	556	547	-11.9%	-1.6%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	18	14	16	-22.2%	14.3%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	944	839	969	-11.1%	15.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	199	190	168	-4.5%	-11.6%
510000	Production Occupations	479	413	339	-13.8%	-17.9%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	659	581	563	-11.8%	-3.1%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	1,011	1,005	964	-0.6%	-4.1%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	395	321	351	-18.7%	9.3%
	12 years	2,910	2,715	2,557	-6.7%	-5.8%
	13-15 years	2,787	2,573	2,456	-7.7%	-4.5%
	Over 15 years	2,613	2,618	2,708	0.2%	3.4%
Sex
	Male	4,774	4,436	4,403	-7.1%	-0.7%
	Female	3,932	3,791	3,669	-3.6%	-3.2%
Age
	Under age 22	370	340	310	-8.1%	-8.8%
	Age 22 to 29	1,732	1,727	1,582	-0.3%	-8.4%
	Age 30 to 39	2,209	2,054	2,004	-7.0%	-2.4%
	Age 40 to 49	1,786	1,685	1,701	-5.7%	0.9%
	Age 50 to 59	1,462	1,406	1,372	-3.8%	-2.4%
	Age 60 to 64	687	595	625	-13.4%	5.0%
	Age 65 and over	400	368	410	-8.0%	11.4%
	Info. not available	60	52	68	-13.3%	30.8%
Race
	White	5,049	4,700	4,667	-6.9%	-0.7%
	Black or African American,	1,778	1,763	1,644	-0.8%	-6.7%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	98	81	65	-17.3%	-19.8%
	Asian	495	463	468	-6.5%	1.1%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	13	16	11	23.1%	-31.3%
	Race Unknown	1,273	1,204	1,217	-5.4%	1.1%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	7,187	6,831	6,698	-5.0%	-1.9%
	Hispanic or Latino	706	638	607	-9.6%	-4.9%
	Ethnicity Unknown	813	758	767	-6.8%	1.2%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	230	201	156	-12.6%	-22.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	234	188	154	-19.7%	-18.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	710	690	719	-2.8%	4.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	353	301	297	-14.7%	-1.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	391	344	319	-12.0%	-7.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	267	233	262	-12.7%	12.4%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	45	89	154	97.8%	73.0%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	595	494	485	-17.0%	-1.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,186	1,045	1,037	-11.9%	-0.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	270	180	294	-33.3%	63.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	563	450	482	-20.1%	7.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,226	920	923	-25.0%	0.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,706	8,227	8,072	-5.5%	-1.9%
	Anoka County	1,072	958	967	-10.6%	0.9%
	Carver County	228	227	194	-0.4%	-14.5%
	Dakota County	1,150	1,152	1,117	0.2%	-3.0%
	Hennepin County	3,622	3,386	3,400	-6.5%	0.4%
	Ramsey County	1,655	1,559	1,457	-5.8%	-6.5%
	Scott County	360	395	350	9.7%	-11.4%
	Washington County	619	550	587	-11.1%	6.7%

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

August 2026

EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities