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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

September 2025

	EDR 1 - Northwest	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	162	216	113	33.3%	-47.7%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	20	18	22	-10.0%	22.2%
31	Manufacturing	63	89	27	41.3%	-69.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	14	11	16	-21.4%	45.5%
44	Retail Trade	12	32	13	166.7%	-59.4%
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				0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	15			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%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science 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				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	11			0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations		11		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				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	20	31	25	55.0%	-19.4%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	63	83	28	31.7%	-66.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	27	37		37.0%	0.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years		25		0.0%	0.0%
	12 years	85	124	57	45.9%	-54.0%
	13-15 years	61	53	42	-13.1%	-20.8%
	Over 15 years		14		0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	99	132	72	33.3%	-45.5%
	Female	63	84	41	33.3%	-51.2%
Age
	Under age 22				0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	36	28	19	-22.2%	-32.1%
	Age 30 to 39	43	58	26	34.9%	-55.2%
	Age 40 to 49	27	39	22	44.4%	-43.6%
	Age 50 to 59	34	48	26	41.2%	-45.8%
	Age 60 to 64	12	22	12	83.3%	-45.5%
	Age 65 and over		12		0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	131	176	99	34.4%	-43.8%
	Black or African American,				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	20	23		15.0%	0.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	136	180	101	32.4%	-43.9%
	Hispanic or Latino		20		0.0%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	17	16		-5.9%	0.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	162	216	113	33.3%	-47.7%
	Kittson County				0.0%	0.0%
	Marshall County	14	21	18	50.0%	-14.3%
	Norman County		14		0.0%	0.0%
	Pennington County	27	51	22	88.9%	-56.9%
	Polk County	34	43	21	26.5%	-51.2%
	Red Lake County	13	22		69.2%	0.0%
	Roseau County	65	57	36	-12.3%	-36.8%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	169	213	164	26.0%	-23.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	782	911	853	16.5%	-6.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	285	474	382	66.3%	-19.4%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	396	421	373	6.3%	-11.4%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	242	337	261	39.3%	-22.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	71	235	208	231.0%	-11.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	513	566	522	10.3%	-7.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	974	1,235	1,027	26.8%	-16.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	287	410	383	42.9%	-6.6%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	526	556	520	5.7%	-6.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	960	976	948	1.7%	-2.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,828	7,733	8,154	13.3%	5.4%

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

September 2025

EDR 1 - Northwest