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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 2026

	EDR 1 - Northwest	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	221	295	186	33.5%	-36.9%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	45	44	42	-2.2%	-4.5%
31	Manufacturing	72	82	43	13.9%	-47.6%
42	Wholesale Trade	18	34	15	88.9%	-55.9%
44	Retail Trade	24	54	18	125.0%	-66.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing		11		0.0%	0.0%
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		15		0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	11		10	0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance				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%
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			14	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	10	10	13	0.0%	30.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	49	53	49	8.2%	-7.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		11		0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	71	102	45	43.7%	-55.9%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	17	18	11	5.9%	-38.9%
990000	Unknown	22	45	12	104.5%	-73.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	22	18	24	-18.2%	33.3%
	12 years	128	151	97	18.0%	-35.8%
	13-15 years	53	97	53	83.0%	-45.4%
	Over 15 years	18	29	12	61.1%	-58.6%
Sex
	Male	158	221	127	39.9%	-42.5%
	Female	63	74	59	17.5%	-20.3%
Age
	Under age 22	14		11	0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	42	50	38	19.0%	-24.0%
	Age 30 to 39	54	58	33	7.4%	-43.1%
	Age 40 to 49	42	73	41	73.8%	-43.8%
	Age 50 to 59	38	64	41	68.4%	-35.9%
	Age 60 to 64	19	26	13	36.8%	-50.0%
	Age 65 and over		14		0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	192	259	159	34.9%	-38.6%
	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	22	26	13	18.2%	-50.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	172	248	151	44.2%	-39.1%
	Hispanic or Latino	24	25	25	4.2%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	25	22	10	-12.0%	-54.5%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	221	295	186	33.5%	-36.9%
	Kittson County				0.0%	0.0%
	Marshall County	23	31	28	34.8%	-9.7%
	Norman County		11	10	0.0%	-9.1%
	Pennington County	50	44	50	-12.0%	13.6%
	Polk County	58	49	41	-15.5%	-16.3%
	Red Lake County	17	19	10	11.8%	-47.4%
	Roseau County	60	136	38	126.7%	-72.1%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	253	281	217	11.1%	-22.8%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,154	1,228	1,049	6.4%	-14.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	398	453	379	13.8%	-16.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	470	612	472	30.2%	-22.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	313	372	289	18.8%	-22.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	84	125	77	48.8%	-38.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	779	967	691	24.1%	-28.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,453	1,698	1,372	16.9%	-19.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	206	213	155	3.4%	-27.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	679	818	663	20.5%	-18.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,153	1,349	1,187	17.0%	-12.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,857	9,329	8,538	5.3%	-8.5%

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

February 2026

EDR 1 - Northwest