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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

July 2026

	EDR 1 - Northwest	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	656	362	168	-44.8%	-53.6%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	30	22	12	-26.7%	-45.5%
31	Manufacturing	262	133	35	-49.2%	-73.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	42	49	14	16.7%	-71.4%
44	Retail Trade	105	27	12	-74.3%	-55.6%
48	Transportation and Warehousing		10		0.0%	0.0%
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	100	28		-72.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services				0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	44	34	39	-22.7%	14.7%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	16	16	10	0.0%	-37.5%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	18		13	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	10			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	38	34	32	-10.5%	-5.9%
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	16	16	12	0.0%	-25.0%
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	13	12		-7.7%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	18		13	0.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	36	26	14	-27.8%	-46.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	15	15		0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	354	167	30	-52.8%	-82.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	27	15		-44.4%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	95	39	25	-58.9%	-35.9%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	39	26		-33.3%	0.0%
	12 years	379	197	92	-48.0%	-53.3%
	13-15 years	195	112	54	-42.6%	-51.8%
	Over 15 years	43	26	13	-39.5%	-50.0%
Sex
	Male	381	211	66	-44.6%	-68.7%
	Female	275	151	102	-45.1%	-32.5%
Age
	Under age 22	19			0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	82	56	29	-31.7%	-48.2%
	Age 30 to 39	152	113	43	-25.7%	-61.9%
	Age 40 to 49	170	86	36	-49.4%	-58.1%
	Age 50 to 59	136	56	30	-58.8%	-46.4%
	Age 60 to 64	72	27	12	-62.5%	-55.6%
	Age 65 and over	22	12	11	-45.5%	-8.3%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	568	296	144	-47.9%	-51.4%
	Black or African American,	13	17		30.8%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	10			0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	55	45	12	-18.2%	-73.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	540	271	144	-49.8%	-46.9%
	Hispanic or Latino	45	54	16	20.0%	-70.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	71	37		-47.9%	0.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	656	362	168	-44.8%	-53.6%
	Kittson County	11			0.0%	0.0%
	Marshall County	50	38	17	-24.0%	-55.3%
	Norman County	15		10	0.0%	0.0%
	Pennington County	112	39	31	-65.2%	-20.5%
	Polk County	83	63	52	-24.1%	-17.5%
	Red Lake County	25	17	11	-32.0%	-35.3%
	Roseau County	360	193	47	-46.4%	-75.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	375	350	239	-6.7%	-31.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,004	954	969	-5.0%	1.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	549	471	388	-14.2%	-17.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	524	439	415	-16.2%	-5.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	345	392	307	13.6%	-21.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	128	258	148	101.6%	-42.6%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	808	660	614	-18.3%	-7.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,582	1,450	1,341	-8.3%	-7.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	513	333	420	-35.1%	26.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	817	673	594	-17.6%	-11.7%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,528	1,188	1,216	-22.3%	2.4%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,974	10,517	10,295	-4.2%	-2.1%

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

July 2026

EDR 1 - Northwest