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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

November 2025

	EDR 1 - Northwest	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	621	965	487	55.4%	-49.5%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	27	28	19	3.7%	-32.1%
21	Mining	22	25	16	13.6%	-36.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	228	243	202	6.6%	-16.9%
31	Manufacturing	119	376	129	216.0%	-65.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	27	20	18	-25.9%	-10.0%
44	Retail Trade	33	47		42.4%	0.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	25	24	13	-4.0%	-45.8%
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	51	104		103.9%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	24	22	18	-8.3%	-18.2%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	12	14		16.7%	0.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	11	14		27.3%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	12	14	13	16.7%	-7.1%
92	Public Administration			14	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		13		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				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	20	12	53.8%	-40.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.		15	10	0.0%	-33.3%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	13	10		-23.1%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	10	10		0.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	41	41	33	0.0%	-19.5%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	256	277	208	8.2%	-24.9%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		15		0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	135	357	91	164.4%	-74.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	53	67	45	26.4%	-32.8%
990000	Unknown	62	112	51	80.6%	-54.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	51	137	78	168.6%	-43.1%
	12 years	371	561	277	51.2%	-50.6%
	13-15 years	165	224	117	35.8%	-47.8%
	Over 15 years	34	43	15	26.5%	-65.1%
Sex
	Male	503	736	390	46.3%	-47.0%
	Female	118	229	97	94.1%	-57.6%
Age
	Under age 22	38	58	36	52.6%	-37.9%
	Age 22 to 29	116	152	80	31.0%	-47.4%
	Age 30 to 39	138	212	113	53.6%	-46.7%
	Age 40 to 49	114	191	90	67.5%	-52.9%
	Age 50 to 59	115	187	80	62.6%	-57.2%
	Age 60 to 64	53	115	45	117.0%	-60.9%
	Age 65 and over	43	43	38	0.0%	-11.6%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	546	803	422	47.1%	-47.4%
	Black or African American,	15	18		20.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	11	19		72.7%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	48	120	52	150.0%	-56.7%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	515	737	371	43.1%	-49.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	51	125	71	145.1%	-43.2%
	Ethnicity Unknown	55	103	45	87.3%	-56.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	621	965	487	55.4%	-49.5%
	Kittson County	25	26	14	4.0%	-46.2%
	Marshall County	128	127	101	-0.8%	-20.5%
	Norman County	31	42	27	35.5%	-35.7%
	Pennington County	94	303	124	222.3%	-59.1%
	Polk County	130	138	117	6.2%	-15.2%
	Red Lake County	31	68	20	119.4%	-70.6%
	Roseau County	182	261	84	43.4%	-67.8%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	763	769	607	0.8%	-21.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2,410	2,154	2,001	-10.6%	-7.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,358	1,341	1,063	-1.3%	-20.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,668	1,631	1,483	-2.2%	-9.1%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	984	810	695	-17.7%	-14.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	218	272	188	24.8%	-30.9%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,868	1,796	1,671	-3.9%	-7.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,999	2,819	2,659	-6.0%	-5.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	454	474	378	4.4%	-20.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,423	1,431	1,170	0.6%	-18.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,297	2,275	1,933	-1.0%	-15.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	12,293	11,094	10,888	-9.8%	-1.9%

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

November 2025

EDR 1 - Northwest