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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

January 2025

	EDR 1 - Northwest	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	343	541	408	57.7%	-24.6%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	16	12	10	-25.0%	-16.7%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	80	105	82	31.3%	-21.9%
31	Manufacturing	82	173	81	111.0%	-53.2%
42	Wholesale Trade	17	28	25	64.7%	-10.7%
44	Retail Trade	37	48	60	29.7%	25.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	13	12	22	-7.7%	83.3%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance				0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services				0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	20	44	49	120.0%	11.4%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	17	28		64.7%	0.0%
61	Educational Services		19	11	0.0%	-42.1%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	12	14	17	16.7%	21.4%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	15	24		60.0%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration				0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	12	16		33.3%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations		11		0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations		10		0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	17	21		23.5%	0.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.				0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	19			0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations		11	15	0.0%	36.4%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	21	26	18	23.8%	-30.8%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	96	119	87	24.0%	-26.9%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	10	10	11	0.0%	10.0%
510000	Production Occupations	83	204	144	145.8%	-29.4%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	21	27	34	28.6%	25.9%
990000	Unknown	43	65	42	51.2%	-35.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	35	34	40	-2.9%	17.6%
	12 years	184	315	228	71.2%	-27.6%
	13-15 years	99	167	117	68.7%	-29.9%
	Over 15 years	25	25	23	0.0%	-8.0%
Sex
	Male	235	379	295	61.3%	-22.2%
	Female	108	162	113	50.0%	-30.2%
Age
	Under age 22	19	40	15	110.5%	-62.5%
	Age 22 to 29	69	82	88	18.8%	7.3%
	Age 30 to 39	86	117	97	36.0%	-17.1%
	Age 40 to 49	58	99	76	70.7%	-23.2%
	Age 50 to 59	66	118	76	78.8%	-35.6%
	Age 60 to 64	28	49	35	75.0%	-28.6%
	Age 65 and over	13	32	17	146.2%	-46.9%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	290	467	357	61.0%	-23.6%
	Black or African American,		12	10	0.0%	-16.7%
	American Indian or Alaska Native		11		0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	35	46	32	31.4%	-30.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	287	442	334	54.0%	-24.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	30	49	39	63.3%	-20.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	26	50	35	92.3%	-30.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	343	541	408	57.7%	-24.6%
	Kittson County	10	15		50.0%	0.0%
	Marshall County	41	64	44	56.1%	-31.3%
	Norman County	21	18	10	-14.3%	-44.4%
	Pennington County	43	143	54	232.6%	-62.2%
	Polk County	91	109	92	19.8%	-15.6%
	Red Lake County	31	38	23	22.6%	-39.5%
	Roseau County	106	154	178	45.3%	15.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	403	421	368	4.5%	-12.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,526	1,814	1,568	18.9%	-13.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	678	891	730	31.4%	-18.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	749	1,055	905	40.9%	-14.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	631	657	516	4.1%	-21.5%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	159	180	182	13.2%	1.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,228	1,621	1,249	32.0%	-22.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,156	2,689	2,360	24.7%	-12.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	448	459	467	2.5%	1.7%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,143	1,360	1,137	19.0%	-16.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,912	2,300	2,008	20.3%	-12.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	11,260	13,061	11,965	16.0%	-8.4%

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

January 2025

EDR 1 - Northwest