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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

December 2025

	EDR 1 - Northwest	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,030	1,098	807	6.6%	-26.5%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	19	20	21	5.3%	5.0%
21	Mining	20	16	22	-20.0%	37.5%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	169	208	216	23.1%	3.8%
31	Manufacturing	391	339	188	-13.3%	-44.5%
42	Wholesale Trade	23	30	38	30.4%	26.7%
44	Retail Trade	99	123	81	24.2%	-34.1%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	16	28	30	75.0%	7.1%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services				0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	183	199	111	8.7%	-44.2%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	33	31	22	-6.1%	-29.0%
61	Educational Services	20	24	17	20.0%	-29.2%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	14	21	14	50.0%	-33.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	14	10	16	-28.6%	60.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration		12		0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified		18		0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations			13	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		10		0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations		19	14	0.0%	-26.3%
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	29	19	21	-34.5%	10.5%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.		11		0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	19		10	0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	13	17		30.8%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	26	30	29	15.4%	-3.3%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	198	231	244	16.7%	5.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	17	25	11	47.1%	-56.0%
510000	Production Occupations	488	486	293	-0.4%	-39.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	51	65	54	27.5%	-16.9%
990000	Unknown	143	146	87	2.1%	-40.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	137	86	62	-37.2%	-27.9%
	12 years	597	656	473	9.9%	-27.9%
	13-15 years	254	306	236	20.5%	-22.9%
	Over 15 years	42	50	36	19.0%	-28.0%
Sex
	Male	719	812	601	12.9%	-26.0%
	Female	311	286	206	-8.0%	-28.0%
Age
	Under age 22	53	54	34	1.9%	-37.0%
	Age 22 to 29	197	170	144	-13.7%	-15.3%
	Age 30 to 39	217	252	191	16.1%	-24.2%
	Age 40 to 49	191	239	169	25.1%	-29.3%
	Age 50 to 59	224	232	150	3.6%	-35.3%
	Age 60 to 64	103	99	74	-3.9%	-25.3%
	Age 65 and over	41	46	38	12.2%	-17.4%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	824	937	698	13.7%	-25.5%
	Black or African American,	35	31	19	-11.4%	-38.7%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	12	18	14	50.0%	-22.2%
	Asian		11		0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	148	100	67	-32.4%	-33.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	773	900	677	16.4%	-24.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	145	87	58	-40.0%	-33.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	112	111	72	-0.9%	-35.1%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	1,030	1,098	807	6.6%	-26.5%
	Kittson County	26	35	17	34.6%	-51.4%
	Marshall County	78	129	100	65.4%	-22.5%
	Norman County	44	30	24	-31.8%	-20.0%
	Pennington County	277	179	158	-35.4%	-11.7%
	Polk County	139	147	149	5.8%	1.4%
	Red Lake County	57	57	45	0.0%	-21.1%
	Roseau County	409	521	314	27.4%	-39.7%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	659	760	727	15.3%	-4.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,850	2,414	2,323	30.5%	-3.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,229	1,585	1,536	29.0%	-3.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,396	1,721	1,689	23.3%	-1.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	814	1,059	1,081	30.1%	2.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	233	449	423	92.7%	-5.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,816	2,341	2,381	28.9%	1.7%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,074	3,832	4,009	24.7%	4.6%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	880	1,186	760	34.8%	-35.9%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,561	1,911	1,973	22.4%	3.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,631	3,101	3,414	17.9%	10.1%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	12,651	14,104	15,422	11.5%	9.3%

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

December 2025

EDR 1 - Northwest