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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

January 2026

	EDR 1 - Northwest	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	541	408	361	-24.6%	-11.5%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	12	10		-16.7%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	105	82	69	-21.9%	-15.9%
31	Manufacturing	173	81	130	-53.2%	60.5%
42	Wholesale Trade	28	25	22	-10.7%	-12.0%
44	Retail Trade	48	60	26	25.0%	-56.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	12	22	17	83.3%	-22.7%
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	44	49	23	11.4%	-53.1%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	28		10	0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	19	11		-42.1%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	14	17	19	21.4%	11.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	24			0.0%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration				0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	16			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	11			0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	10			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			12	0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	21			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	11	15		36.4%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	26	18	11	-30.8%	-38.9%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	119	87	88	-26.9%	1.1%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	10	11		10.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	204	144	130	-29.4%	-9.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	27	34	27	25.9%	-20.6%
990000	Unknown	65	42	45	-35.4%	7.1%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	34	40	38	17.6%	-5.0%
	12 years	315	228	214	-27.6%	-6.1%
	13-15 years	167	117	83	-29.9%	-29.1%
	Over 15 years	25	23	26	-8.0%	13.0%
Sex
	Male	379	295	260	-22.2%	-11.9%
	Female	162	113	101	-30.2%	-10.6%
Age
	Under age 22	40	15	17	-62.5%	13.3%
	Age 22 to 29	82	88	62	7.3%	-29.5%
	Age 30 to 39	117	97	85	-17.1%	-12.4%
	Age 40 to 49	99	76	62	-23.2%	-18.4%
	Age 50 to 59	118	76	70	-35.6%	-7.9%
	Age 60 to 64	49	35	42	-28.6%	20.0%
	Age 65 and over	32	17	21	-46.9%	23.5%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	467	357	310	-23.6%	-13.2%
	Black or African American,	12	10		-16.7%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	11		11	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	46	32	29	-30.4%	-9.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	442	334	288	-24.4%	-13.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	49	39	33	-20.4%	-15.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	50	35	40	-30.0%	14.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	541	408	361	-24.6%	-11.5%
	Kittson County	15		11	0.0%	0.0%
	Marshall County	64	44	53	-31.3%	20.5%
	Norman County	18	10	20	-44.4%	100.0%
	Pennington County	143	54	108	-62.2%	100.0%
	Polk County	109	92	68	-15.6%	-26.1%
	Red Lake County	38	23	22	-39.5%	-4.3%
	Roseau County	154	178	79	15.6%	-55.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	421	368	401	-12.6%	9.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,814	1,568	1,580	-13.6%	0.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	891	730	666	-18.1%	-8.8%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,055	905	842	-14.2%	-7.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	657	516	472	-21.5%	-8.5%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	180	182	161	1.1%	-11.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,621	1,249	1,275	-22.9%	2.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,689	2,360	2,316	-12.2%	-1.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	459	467	367	1.7%	-21.4%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,360	1,137	1,098	-16.4%	-3.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,300	2,008	1,972	-12.7%	-1.8%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	13,061	11,965	12,560	-8.4%	5.0%

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

January 2026

EDR 1 - Northwest