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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

October 2025

	EDR 1 - Northwest	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	302	273	375	-9.6%	37.4%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	60	69	52	15.0%	-24.6%
31	Manufacturing	78	83	176	6.4%	112.0%
42	Wholesale Trade		14	29	0.0%	107.1%
44	Retail Trade	16	18	16	12.5%	-11.1%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	21	10	17	-52.4%	70.0%
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	33	14		-57.6%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services		14	10	0.0%	-28.6%
61	Educational Services	21	10		-52.4%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	13		12	0.0%	0.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	11	12	18	9.1%	50.0%
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				0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	19	15	13	-21.1%	-13.3%
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			13	0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations			11	0.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations			12	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	79	69	58	-12.7%	-15.9%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations			10	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	85	83	160	-2.4%	92.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	23	18	22	-21.7%	22.2%
990000	Unknown	29	37	41	27.6%	10.8%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	31	25	35	-19.4%	40.0%
	12 years	172	153	233	-11.0%	52.3%
	13-15 years	76	80	80	5.3%	0.0%
	Over 15 years	23	15	27	-34.8%	80.0%
Sex
	Male	205	186	242	-9.3%	30.1%
	Female	97	87	133	-10.3%	52.9%
Age
	Under age 22	12	15	17	25.0%	13.3%
	Age 22 to 29	39	49	59	25.6%	20.4%
	Age 30 to 39	63	64	77	1.6%	20.3%
	Age 40 to 49	57	50	77	-12.3%	54.0%
	Age 50 to 59	70	54	72	-22.9%	33.3%
	Age 60 to 64	41	20	41	-51.2%	105.0%
	Age 65 and over	19	19	27	0.0%	42.1%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	267	231	324	-13.5%	40.3%
	Black or African American,		15	15	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	22	19	28	-13.6%	47.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	248	226	313	-8.9%	38.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	26	22	35	-15.4%	59.1%
	Ethnicity Unknown	28	25	27	-10.7%	8.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	302	273	375	-9.6%	37.4%
	Kittson County	12		17	0.0%	0.0%
	Marshall County	41	34	48	-17.1%	41.2%
	Norman County	13	11		-15.4%	0.0%
	Pennington County	59	60	143	1.7%	138.3%
	Polk County	59	57	53	-3.4%	-7.0%
	Red Lake County	29	19	23	-34.5%	21.1%
	Roseau County	89	83	84	-6.7%	1.2%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	332	334	310	0.6%	-7.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,330	1,114	1,080	-16.2%	-3.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	503	590	482	17.3%	-18.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	666	679	708	2.0%	4.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	306	340	337	11.1%	-0.9%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	90	94	77	4.4%	-18.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	833	801	777	-3.8%	-3.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,421	1,480	1,410	4.2%	-4.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	226	222	272	-1.8%	22.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	643	632	592	-1.7%	-6.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,229	1,112	1,187	-9.5%	6.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,189	8,479	9,352	3.5%	10.3%

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

October 2025

EDR 1 - Northwest