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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

May 2026

	EDR 1 - Northwest	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	701	734	397	4.7%	-45.9%

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	31	24	16	-22.6%	-33.3%
31	Manufacturing	219	275	20	25.6%	-92.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	15	52		246.7%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	76	23	11	-69.7%	-52.2%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	29	24	18	-17.2%	-25.0%
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	18	23	13	27.8%	-43.5%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	10			0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	229	245	259	7.0%	5.7%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	23	26	23	13.0%	-11.5%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	16			0.0%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	15	11		-26.7%	0.0%
92	Public Administration				0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	11			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	187	209	208	11.8%	-0.5%
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	10		15	0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	49	42	39	-14.3%	-7.1%
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	10			0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	12	17		41.7%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	40	42	27	5.0%	-35.7%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		18		0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	216	240	23	11.1%	-90.4%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	52	45	31	-13.5%	-31.1%
990000	Unknown	77	74	15	-3.9%	-79.7%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	35	44	11	25.7%	-75.0%
	12 years	368	396	184	7.6%	-53.5%
	13-15 years	239	244	167	2.1%	-31.6%
	Over 15 years	59	50	35	-15.3%	-30.0%
Sex
	Male	283	336	99	18.7%	-70.5%
	Female	418	398	298	-4.8%	-25.1%
Age
	Under age 22	21	21	16	0.0%	-23.8%
	Age 22 to 29	87	89	46	2.3%	-48.3%
	Age 30 to 39	153	158	85	3.3%	-46.2%
	Age 40 to 49	144	158	71	9.7%	-55.1%
	Age 50 to 59	159	165	90	3.8%	-45.5%
	Age 60 to 64	87	96	48	10.3%	-50.0%
	Age 65 and over	44	42	35	-4.5%	-16.7%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	601	639	353	6.3%	-44.8%
	Black or African American,	16	15		-6.3%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	14	14		0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	64	63	28	-1.6%	-55.6%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	585	608	337	3.9%	-44.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	50	52	32	4.0%	-38.5%
	Ethnicity Unknown	66	74	28	12.1%	-62.2%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	701	734	397	4.7%	-45.9%
	Kittson County	21	23	17	9.5%	-26.1%
	Marshall County	68	82	45	20.6%	-45.1%
	Norman County	41	32	37	-22.0%	15.6%
	Pennington County	159	217	67	36.5%	-69.1%
	Polk County	192	180	143	-6.3%	-20.6%
	Red Lake County	52	54	31	3.8%	-42.6%
	Roseau County	168	146	57	-13.1%	-61.0%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	490	435	324	-11.2%	-25.5%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,286	1,649	942	28.2%	-42.9%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	920	808	706	-12.2%	-12.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	678	597	470	-11.9%	-21.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	638	491	460	-23.0%	-6.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	237	212	336	-10.5%	58.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	772	606	559	-21.5%	-7.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,665	1,394	1,276	-16.3%	-8.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	513	529	358	3.1%	-32.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,056	892	840	-15.5%	-5.8%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,648	1,407	1,216	-14.6%	-13.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,034	8,438	7,834	-6.6%	-7.2%

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

May 2026

EDR 1 - Northwest