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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

September 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	7,733	8,154	7,168	5.4%	-12.1%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	12	22	21	83.3%	-4.5%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	38	32	27	-15.8%	-15.6%
23	Construction	1,239	1,140	1,224	-8.0%	7.4%
31	Manufacturing	719	796	554	10.7%	-30.4%
42	Wholesale Trade	336	311	267	-7.4%	-14.1%
44	Retail Trade	666	682	571	2.4%	-16.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	347	345	260	-0.6%	-24.6%
51	Information	189	196	150	3.7%	-23.5%
52	Finance and Insurance	244	271	235	11.1%	-13.3%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	114	131	122	14.9%	-6.9%
54	Professional and Technical Services	688	683	616	-0.7%	-9.8%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	256	256	189	0.0%	-26.2%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	542	558	505	3.0%	-9.5%
61	Educational Services	293	345	300	17.7%	-13.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	863	1,079	981	25.0%	-9.1%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	121	145	117	19.8%	-19.3%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	525	557	525	6.1%	-5.7%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	296	306	256	3.4%	-16.3%
92	Public Administration	148	186	144	25.7%	-22.6%
99	Unclassified	92	111	102	20.7%	-8.1%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	694	729	620	5.0%	-15.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	346	377	337	9.0%	-10.6%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	302	340	275	12.6%	-19.1%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	118	114	104	-3.4%	-8.8%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	50	64	30	28.0%	-53.1%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	103	137	121	33.0%	-11.7%
230000	Legal Occupations	59	52	62	-11.9%	19.2%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	222	273	239	23.0%	-12.5%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	209	196	164	-6.2%	-16.3%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	131	117	130	-10.7%	11.1%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	330	447	405	35.5%	-9.4%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	74	86	88	16.2%	2.3%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	507	567	521	11.8%	-8.1%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	123	140	129	13.8%	-7.9%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	91	128	120	40.7%	-6.3%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	621	621	554	0.0%	-10.8%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	564	596	468	5.7%	-21.5%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	14	17	19	21.4%	11.8%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	1,227	1,159	1,193	-5.5%	2.9%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	224	178	170	-20.5%	-4.5%
510000	Production Occupations	407	459	276	12.8%	-39.9%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	319	323	237	1.3%	-26.6%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	992	1,029	903	3.7%	-12.2%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	344	378	303	9.9%	-19.8%
	12 years	2,600	2,703	2,515	4.0%	-7.0%
	13-15 years	2,430	2,490	2,117	2.5%	-15.0%
	Over 15 years	2,358	2,583	2,233	9.5%	-13.6%
Sex
	Male	4,628	4,648	4,150	0.4%	-10.7%
	Female	3,105	3,505	3,016	12.9%	-14.0%
	Unspecified				0.0%	0.0%
Age
	Under age 22	340	322	321	-5.3%	-0.3%
	Age 22 to 29	1,532	1,683	1,485	9.9%	-11.8%
	Age 30 to 39	2,101	2,105	1,845	0.2%	-12.4%
	Age 40 to 49	1,559	1,667	1,515	6.9%	-9.1%
	Age 50 to 59	1,288	1,429	1,196	10.9%	-16.3%
	Age 60 to 64	563	550	477	-2.3%	-13.3%
	Age 65 and over	308	349	297	13.3%	-14.9%
	Info. not available	42	49	32	16.7%	-34.7%
Race
	White	4,637	4,779	4,226	3.1%	-11.6%
	Black or African American,	1,400	1,560	1,388	11.4%	-11.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	58	76	80	31.0%	5.3%
	Asian	454	514	405	13.2%	-21.2%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	14	15	18	7.1%	20.0%
	Race Unknown	1,170	1,210	1,051	3.4%	-13.1%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	6,379	6,752	5,933	5.8%	-12.1%
	Hispanic or Latino	601	622	551	3.5%	-11.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	753	780	684	3.6%	-12.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	216	113	92	-47.7%	-18.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	213	164	144	-23.0%	-12.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	911	853	724	-6.4%	-15.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	474	382	286	-19.4%	-25.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	421	373	303	-11.4%	-18.8%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	337	261	207	-22.6%	-20.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	235	208	53	-11.5%	-74.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	566	522	505	-7.8%	-3.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,235	1,027	1,012	-16.8%	-1.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	410	383	289	-6.6%	-24.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	556	520	427	-6.5%	-17.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	976	948	864	-2.9%	-8.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	7,733	8,154	7,168	5.4%	-12.1%
	Anoka County	988	1,041	885	5.4%	-15.0%
	Carver County	202	218	194	7.9%	-11.0%
	Dakota County	986	1,104	894	12.0%	-19.0%
	Hennepin County	3,247	3,407	2,956	4.9%	-13.2%
	Ramsey County	1,383	1,426	1,372	3.1%	-3.8%
	Scott County	329	352	288	7.0%	-18.2%
	Washington County	598	606	579	1.3%	-4.5%

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

September 2026

EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities