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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

June 2026

	EDR 1 - Northwest	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	646	595	514	-7.9%	-13.6%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	11			0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	12	19	15	58.3%	-21.1%
31	Manufacturing	204	168	130	-17.6%	-22.6%
42	Wholesale Trade	16	23	14	43.8%	-39.1%
44	Retail Trade	30	13	14	-56.7%	7.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	27	17	32	-37.0%	88.2%
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	13	11		-15.4%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	12			0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	242	258	221	6.6%	-14.3%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	30	30	30	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	19	15	20	-21.1%	33.3%
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	204	202	193	-1.0%	-4.5%
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				0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	47	48	38	2.1%	-20.8%
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	23	22	25	-4.3%	13.6%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	24	25	22	4.2%	-12.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	171	129	111	-24.6%	-14.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	40	29	44	-27.5%	51.7%
990000	Unknown	76	73	40	-3.9%	-45.2%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	40	48	30	20.0%	-37.5%
	12 years	311	272	239	-12.5%	-12.1%
	13-15 years	229	217	195	-5.2%	-10.1%
	Over 15 years	66	58	50	-12.1%	-13.8%
Sex
	Male	250	213	177	-14.8%	-16.9%
	Female	396	382	337	-3.5%	-11.8%
Age
	Under age 22	20	19	10	-5.0%	-47.4%
	Age 22 to 29	89	82	69	-7.9%	-15.9%
	Age 30 to 39	138	139	98	0.7%	-29.5%
	Age 40 to 49	138	129	113	-6.5%	-12.4%
	Age 50 to 59	129	118	100	-8.5%	-15.3%
	Age 60 to 64	75	45	63	-40.0%	40.0%
	Age 65 and over	49	56	57	14.3%	1.8%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	573	504	449	-12.0%	-10.9%
	Black or African American,		24	13	0.0%	-45.8%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	12	13	13	8.3%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	47	45	34	-4.3%	-24.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	542	499	445	-7.9%	-10.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	50	46	28	-8.0%	-39.1%
	Ethnicity Unknown	54	50	41	-7.4%	-18.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	646	595	514	-7.9%	-13.6%
	Kittson County	28	16	19	-42.9%	18.8%
	Marshall County	73	83	61	13.7%	-26.5%
	Norman County	30	22	20	-26.7%	-9.1%
	Pennington County	138	126	97	-8.7%	-23.0%
	Polk County	169	163	176	-3.6%	8.0%
	Red Lake County	51	35	38	-31.4%	8.6%
	Roseau County	157	150	103	-4.5%	-31.3%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	615	689	638	12.0%	-7.4%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2,060	2,244	2,267	8.9%	1.0%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	830	1,040	955	25.3%	-8.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	964	1,147	984	19.0%	-14.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	875	993	954	13.5%	-3.9%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	249	297	381	19.3%	28.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,662	1,645	1,637	-1.0%	-0.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,517	3,708	3,500	5.4%	-5.6%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	984	964	713	-2.0%	-26.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,541	1,534	1,351	-0.5%	-11.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,753	3,100	2,896	12.6%	-6.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	18,971	21,127	20,970	11.4%	-0.7%

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

June 2026

EDR 1 - Northwest