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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2026

	EDR 1 - Northwest	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	249	257	158	3.2%	-38.5%

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	26	25	25	-3.8%	0.0%
31	Manufacturing	64	44	21	-31.3%	-52.3%
42	Wholesale Trade	18	59	21	227.8%	-64.4%
44	Retail Trade	45	16	13	-64.4%	-18.8%
48	Transportation and Warehousing		25	15	0.0%	-40.0%
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	21	29		38.1%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	16			0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	15	18		20.0%	0.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services			12	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%
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				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	11	12		9.1%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	37	29	26	-21.6%	-10.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	96	81	31	-15.6%	-61.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	22	32	16	45.5%	-50.0%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	34	41	22	20.6%	-46.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	22	21	20	-4.5%	-4.8%
	12 years	140	127	86	-9.3%	-32.3%
	13-15 years	73	83	43	13.7%	-48.2%
	Over 15 years	14	26		85.7%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	160	162	104	1.3%	-35.8%
	Female	89	95	54	6.7%	-43.2%
Age
	Under age 22	13			0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	44	41	34	-6.8%	-17.1%
	Age 30 to 39	57	64	33	12.3%	-48.4%
	Age 40 to 49	51	43	37	-15.7%	-14.0%
	Age 50 to 59	44	62	22	40.9%	-64.5%
	Age 60 to 64	32	28	14	-12.5%	-50.0%
	Age 65 and over		10		0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	211	221	129	4.7%	-41.6%
	Black or African American,	12	10		-16.7%	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	18	16	11	-11.1%	-31.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	207	208	131	0.5%	-37.0%
	Hispanic or Latino	17	29	14	70.6%	-51.7%
	Ethnicity Unknown	25	20	13	-20.0%	-35.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	249	257	158	3.2%	-38.5%
	Kittson County				0.0%	0.0%
	Marshall County	19	23	17	21.1%	-26.1%
	Norman County			10	0.0%	0.0%
	Pennington County	30	49	29	63.3%	-40.8%
	Polk County	45	49	47	8.9%	-4.1%
	Red Lake County	15	12		-20.0%	0.0%
	Roseau County	128	107	46	-16.4%	-57.0%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	198	213	220	7.6%	3.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,112	1,004	893	-9.7%	-11.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	338	404	326	19.5%	-19.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	459	344	382	-25.1%	11.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	341	275	292	-19.4%	6.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	90	86	72	-4.4%	-16.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	701	602	588	-14.1%	-2.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,302	1,170	1,213	-10.1%	3.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	191	193	148	1.0%	-23.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	639	559	510	-12.5%	-8.8%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,133	1,100	995	-2.9%	-9.5%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,539	8,586	8,222	0.6%	-4.2%

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

April 2026

EDR 1 - Northwest