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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 2025

	EDR 1 - Northwest	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	162	230	201	42.0%	-12.6%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	19	14	21	-26.3%	50.0%
31	Manufacturing	26	108	82	315.4%	-24.1%
42	Wholesale Trade	15		16	0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	14	15		7.1%	0.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing				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				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	12			0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	24	18	17	-25.0%	-5.6%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	14	13	22	-7.1%	69.2%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services		11		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			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%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	16	16		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		19	18	0.0%	-5.3%
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				0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	22	22	27	0.0%	22.7%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	40	89	60	122.5%	-32.6%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	11			0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	15	30	28	100.0%	-6.7%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	16	26		62.5%	0.0%
	12 years	79	104	112	31.6%	7.7%
	13-15 years	54	83	66	53.7%	-20.5%
	Over 15 years	13	17	15	30.8%	-11.8%
Sex
	Male	82	132	126	61.0%	-4.5%
	Female	80	98	75	22.5%	-23.5%
Age
	Under age 22		10		0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	32	38	28	18.8%	-26.3%
	Age 30 to 39	37	44	46	18.9%	4.5%
	Age 40 to 49	28	44	46	57.1%	4.5%
	Age 50 to 59	34	58	41	70.6%	-29.3%
	Age 60 to 64	13	27	24	107.7%	-11.1%
	Age 65 and over				0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	137	184	176	34.3%	-4.3%
	Black or African American,	10			0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	11	27	15	145.5%	-44.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	137	184	170	34.3%	-7.6%
	Hispanic or Latino		25	13	0.0%	-48.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	16	21	18	31.3%	-14.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	162	230	201	42.0%	-12.6%
	Kittson County				0.0%	0.0%
	Marshall County	18	27	24	50.0%	-11.1%
	Norman County		10		0.0%	0.0%
	Pennington County	38	93	42	144.7%	-54.8%
	Polk County	39	33	37	-15.4%	12.1%
	Red Lake County		16	21	0.0%	31.3%
	Roseau County	45	43	63	-4.4%	46.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	204	234	188	14.7%	-19.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	932	710	690	-23.8%	-2.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	374	353	301	-5.6%	-14.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	376	391	344	4.0%	-12.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	274	267	233	-2.6%	-12.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	81	45	89	-44.4%	97.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	516	595	494	15.3%	-17.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,206	1,186	1,045	-1.7%	-11.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	366	270	180	-26.2%	-33.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	512	563	450	10.0%	-20.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,181	1,226	920	3.8%	-25.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,749	8,706	8,227	-0.5%	-5.5%

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

August 2025

EDR 1 - Northwest