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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2026

	EDR 1 - Northwest	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	390	264	155	-32.3%	-41.3%

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	38	31	42	-18.4%	35.5%
31	Manufacturing	109	29	19	-73.4%	-34.5%
42	Wholesale Trade	25	81	11	224.0%	-86.4%
44	Retail Trade	108	14	13	-87.0%	-7.1%
48	Transportation and Warehousing		12	11	0.0%	-8.3%
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	36	34		-5.6%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	12			0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	11	12	11	9.1%	-8.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	18	14	13	-22.2%	-7.1%
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%
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	12	0.0%	-7.7%
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	11		0.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations		16		0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	39	37	44	-5.1%	18.9%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	10			0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	191	93	19	-51.3%	-79.6%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	31	20	14	-35.5%	-30.0%
990000	Unknown	57	31	13	-45.6%	-58.1%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	18	17	13	-5.6%	-23.5%
	12 years	227	147	76	-35.2%	-48.3%
	13-15 years	120	79	51	-34.2%	-35.4%
	Over 15 years	25	21	15	-16.0%	-28.6%
Sex
	Male	244	168	113	-31.1%	-32.7%
	Female	146	96	42	-34.2%	-56.3%
Age
	Under age 22	12			0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	52	44	34	-15.4%	-22.7%
	Age 30 to 39	97	59	41	-39.2%	-30.5%
	Age 40 to 49	105	65	26	-38.1%	-60.0%
	Age 50 to 59	81	57	26	-29.6%	-54.4%
	Age 60 to 64	31	23	15	-25.8%	-34.8%
	Age 65 and over	10			0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	317	232	138	-26.8%	-40.5%
	Black or African American,	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	48	17	11	-64.6%	-35.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	313	217	134	-30.7%	-38.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	31	28		-9.7%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	46	19	13	-58.7%	-31.6%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	390	264	155	-32.3%	-41.3%
	Kittson County				0.0%	0.0%
	Marshall County	27	30	16	11.1%	-46.7%
	Norman County		10	11	0.0%	10.0%
	Pennington County	37	25	25	-32.4%	0.0%
	Polk County	57	55	56	-3.5%	1.8%
	Red Lake County				0.0%	0.0%
	Roseau County	245	128	38	-47.8%	-70.3%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	292	259	277	-11.3%	6.9%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,220	1,308	1,227	7.2%	-6.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	414	407	428	-1.7%	5.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	446	514	483	15.2%	-6.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	305	383	331	25.6%	-13.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	69	88	63	27.5%	-28.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	813	733	806	-9.8%	10.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,507	1,346	1,501	-10.7%	11.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	227	232	162	2.2%	-30.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	698	720	717	3.2%	-0.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,180	1,370	1,321	16.1%	-3.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,690	9,107	9,372	4.8%	2.9%

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

March 2026

EDR 1 - Northwest