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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2025

	EDR 1 - Northwest	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	258	390	264	51.2%	-32.3%

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	32	38	31	18.8%	-18.4%
31	Manufacturing	54	109	29	101.9%	-73.4%
42	Wholesale Trade	29	25	81	-13.8%	224.0%
44	Retail Trade	27	108	14	300.0%	-87.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	18		12	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		36	34	0.0%	-5.6%
56	Administrative and Waste Services		12		0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	30	11	12	-63.3%	9.1%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	13	18	14	38.5%	-22.2%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	11			0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	10			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%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science 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	15			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			13	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	43			0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	22	11	11	-50.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations			16	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	52	39	37	-25.0%	-5.1%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		10		0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	37	191	93	416.2%	-51.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	11	31	20	181.8%	-35.5%
990000	Unknown	20	57	31	185.0%	-45.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	12	18	17	50.0%	-5.6%
	12 years	173	227	147	31.2%	-35.2%
	13-15 years	56	120	79	114.3%	-34.2%
	Over 15 years	17	25	21	47.1%	-16.0%
Sex
	Male	160	244	168	52.5%	-31.1%
	Female	98	146	96	49.0%	-34.2%
Age
	Under age 22		12		0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	42	52	44	23.8%	-15.4%
	Age 30 to 39	77	97	59	26.0%	-39.2%
	Age 40 to 49	47	105	65	123.4%	-38.1%
	Age 50 to 59	45	81	57	80.0%	-29.6%
	Age 60 to 64	22	31	23	40.9%	-25.8%
	Age 65 and over	15	10		-33.3%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	235	317	232	34.9%	-26.8%
	Black or African American,		15		0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	16	48	17	200.0%	-64.6%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	231	313	217	35.5%	-30.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	11	31	28	181.8%	-9.7%
	Ethnicity Unknown	16	46	19	187.5%	-58.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	258	390	264	51.2%	-32.3%
	Kittson County	12			0.0%	0.0%
	Marshall County	26	27	30	3.8%	11.1%
	Norman County	10		10	0.0%	0.0%
	Pennington County	36	37	25	2.8%	-32.4%
	Polk County	103	57	55	-44.7%	-3.5%
	Red Lake County	14			0.0%	0.0%
	Roseau County	57	245	128	329.8%	-47.8%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	328	292	259	-11.0%	-11.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,397	1,220	1,308	-12.7%	7.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	606	414	407	-31.7%	-1.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	552	446	514	-19.2%	15.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	362	305	383	-15.7%	25.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	130	69	88	-46.9%	27.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	918	813	733	-11.4%	-9.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,592	1,507	1,346	-5.3%	-10.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	322	227	232	-29.5%	2.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	792	698	720	-11.9%	3.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,579	1,180	1,370	-25.3%	16.1%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,559	8,690	9,107	-17.7%	4.8%

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

March 2025

EDR 1 - Northwest