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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

May 2025

	EDR 1 - Northwest	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	301	701	734	132.9%	4.7%

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	10	31	24	210.0%	-22.6%
31	Manufacturing	38	219	275	476.3%	25.6%
42	Wholesale Trade	21	15	52	-28.6%	246.7%
44	Retail Trade	22	76	23	245.5%	-69.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	41	29	24	-29.3%	-17.2%
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	26	18	23	-30.8%	27.8%
56	Administrative and Waste Services		10		0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	55	229	245	316.4%	7.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	34	23	26	-32.4%	13.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	12	16		33.3%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin		15	11	0.0%	-26.7%
92	Public Administration				0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations		11		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	58	187	209	222.4%	11.8%
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	15	10		-33.3%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	14	49	42	250.0%	-14.3%
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	22	10		-54.5%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	13	12	17	-7.7%	41.7%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	14	40	42	185.7%	5.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations			18	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	65	216	240	232.3%	11.1%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	39	52	45	33.3%	-13.5%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	18	77	74	327.8%	-3.9%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	15	35	44	133.3%	25.7%
	12 years	147	368	396	150.3%	7.6%
	13-15 years	106	239	244	125.5%	2.1%
	Over 15 years	33	59	50	78.8%	-15.3%
Sex
	Male	136	283	336	108.1%	18.7%
	Female	164	418	398	154.9%	-4.8%
Age
	Under age 22	10	21	21	110.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	41	87	89	112.2%	2.3%
	Age 30 to 39	78	153	158	96.2%	3.3%
	Age 40 to 49	64	144	158	125.0%	9.7%
	Age 50 to 59	63	159	165	152.4%	3.8%
	Age 60 to 64	31	87	96	180.6%	10.3%
	Age 65 and over	13	44	42	238.5%	-4.5%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	261	601	639	130.3%	6.3%
	Black or African American,	10	16	15	60.0%	-6.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native		14	14	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	19	64	63	236.8%	-1.6%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	261	585	608	124.1%	3.9%
	Hispanic or Latino	24	50	52	108.3%	4.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	16	66	74	312.5%	12.1%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	301	701	734	132.9%	4.7%
	Kittson County	11	21	23	90.9%	9.5%
	Marshall County	20	68	82	240.0%	20.6%
	Norman County	17	41	32	141.2%	-22.0%
	Pennington County	36	159	217	341.7%	36.5%
	Polk County	136	192	180	41.2%	-6.3%
	Red Lake County	15	52	54	246.7%	3.8%
	Roseau County	66	168	146	154.5%	-13.1%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	309	490	435	58.6%	-11.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,083	1,286	1,649	18.7%	28.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	514	920	808	79.0%	-12.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	491	678	597	38.1%	-11.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	306	638	491	108.5%	-23.0%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	103	237	212	130.1%	-10.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	498	772	606	55.0%	-21.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,256	1,665	1,394	32.6%	-16.3%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	358	513	529	43.3%	3.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	721	1,056	892	46.5%	-15.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,191	1,648	1,407	38.4%	-14.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,094	9,034	8,438	11.6%	-6.6%

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

May 2025

EDR 1 - Northwest