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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 2026

	EDR 1 - Northwest	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	230	201	156	-12.6%	-22.4%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	14	21	14	50.0%	-33.3%
31	Manufacturing	108	82	37	-24.1%	-54.9%
42	Wholesale Trade		16	11	0.0%	-31.3%
44	Retail Trade	15		15	0.0%	0.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing				0.0%	0.0%
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			10	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services				0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	18	17	22	-5.6%	29.4%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	13	22	15	69.2%	-31.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	11		11	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	16		20	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	19	18	16	-5.3%	-11.1%
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			14	0.0%	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	22	27	18	22.7%	-33.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	89	60	29	-32.6%	-51.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	30	28	14	-6.7%	-50.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	26		14	0.0%	0.0%
	12 years	104	112	80	7.7%	-28.6%
	13-15 years	83	66	48	-20.5%	-27.3%
	Over 15 years	17	15	14	-11.8%	-6.7%
Sex
	Male	132	126	79	-4.5%	-37.3%
	Female	98	75	77	-23.5%	2.7%
Age
	Under age 22	10			0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	38	28	23	-26.3%	-17.9%
	Age 30 to 39	44	46	32	4.5%	-30.4%
	Age 40 to 49	44	46	33	4.5%	-28.3%
	Age 50 to 59	58	41	34	-29.3%	-17.1%
	Age 60 to 64	27	24	19	-11.1%	-20.8%
	Age 65 and over				0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	184	176	134	-4.3%	-23.9%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	27	15	11	-44.4%	-26.7%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	184	170	131	-7.6%	-22.9%
	Hispanic or Latino	25	13	16	-48.0%	23.1%
	Ethnicity Unknown	21	18		-14.3%	0.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	230	201	156	-12.6%	-22.4%
	Kittson County				0.0%	0.0%
	Marshall County	27	24	20	-11.1%	-16.7%
	Norman County	10			0.0%	0.0%
	Pennington County	93	42	44	-54.8%	4.8%
	Polk County	33	37	48	12.1%	29.7%
	Red Lake County	16	21	10	31.3%	-52.4%
	Roseau County	43	63	26	46.5%	-58.7%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	234	188	154	-19.7%	-18.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	710	690	719	-2.8%	4.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	353	301	297	-14.7%	-1.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	391	344	319	-12.0%	-7.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	267	233	262	-12.7%	12.4%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	45	89	154	97.8%	73.0%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	595	494	485	-17.0%	-1.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,186	1,045	1,037	-11.9%	-0.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	270	180	294	-33.3%	63.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	563	450	482	-20.1%	7.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,226	920	923	-25.0%	0.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,706	8,227	8,072	-5.5%	-1.9%

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

August 2026

EDR 1 - Northwest