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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 2025

	EDR 1 - Northwest	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	165	221	295	33.9%	33.5%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	52	45	44	-13.5%	-2.2%
31	Manufacturing	28	72	82	157.1%	13.9%
42	Wholesale Trade		18	34	0.0%	88.9%
44	Retail Trade	15	24	54	60.0%	125.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	15		11	0.0%	0.0%
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			15	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services		11		0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance				0.0%	0.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services			10	0.0%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration				0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	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				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations				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				0.0%	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	10			0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations		10	10	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	50	49	53	-2.0%	8.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations			11	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	34	71	102	108.8%	43.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	13	17	18	30.8%	5.9%
990000	Unknown	13	22	45	69.2%	104.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	13	22	18	69.2%	-18.2%
	12 years	90	128	151	42.2%	18.0%
	13-15 years	50	53	97	6.0%	83.0%
	Over 15 years	12	18	29	50.0%	61.1%
Sex
	Male	105	158	221	50.5%	39.9%
	Female	60	63	74	5.0%	17.5%
Age
	Under age 22	12	14		16.7%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	28	42	50	50.0%	19.0%
	Age 30 to 39	40	54	58	35.0%	7.4%
	Age 40 to 49	41	42	73	2.4%	73.8%
	Age 50 to 59	27	38	64	40.7%	68.4%
	Age 60 to 64	11	19	26	72.7%	36.8%
	Age 65 and over			14	0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	140	192	259	37.1%	34.9%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	14	22	26	57.1%	18.2%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	137	172	248	25.5%	44.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	11	24	25	118.2%	4.2%
	Ethnicity Unknown	17	25	22	47.1%	-12.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	165	221	295	33.9%	33.5%
	Kittson County				0.0%	0.0%
	Marshall County	28	23	31	-17.9%	34.8%
	Norman County			11	0.0%	0.0%
	Pennington County	31	50	44	61.3%	-12.0%
	Polk County	47	58	49	23.4%	-15.5%
	Red Lake County		17	19	0.0%	11.8%
	Roseau County	38	60	136	57.9%	126.7%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	220	253	281	15.0%	11.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,150	1,154	1,228	0.3%	6.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	403	398	453	-1.2%	13.8%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	501	470	612	-6.2%	30.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	644	313	372	-51.4%	18.8%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	95	84	125	-11.6%	48.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	885	779	967	-12.0%	24.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,678	1,453	1,698	-13.4%	16.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	258	206	213	-20.2%	3.4%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	738	679	818	-8.0%	20.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,359	1,153	1,349	-15.2%	17.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,795	8,857	9,329	0.7%	5.3%

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

February 2025

EDR 1 - Northwest