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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

September 2026

	EDR 1 - Northwest	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	216	113	92	-47.7%	-18.6%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	18	22	15	22.2%	-31.8%
31	Manufacturing	89	27	19	-69.7%	-29.6%
42	Wholesale Trade	11	16		45.5%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	32	13	11	-59.4%	-15.4%
48	Transportation and Warehousing				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				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services				0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance			14	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				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	11			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				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	31	25	13	-19.4%	-48.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	83	28	18	-66.3%	-35.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	37		12	0.0%	0.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	25			0.0%	0.0%
	12 years	124	57	47	-54.0%	-17.5%
	13-15 years	53	42	35	-20.8%	-16.7%
	Over 15 years	14			0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	132	72	49	-45.5%	-31.9%
	Female	84	41	42	-51.2%	2.4%
Age
	Under age 22				0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	28	19	15	-32.1%	-21.1%
	Age 30 to 39	58	26	15	-55.2%	-42.3%
	Age 40 to 49	39	22	20	-43.6%	-9.1%
	Age 50 to 59	48	26	18	-45.8%	-30.8%
	Age 60 to 64	22	12	10	-45.5%	-16.7%
	Age 65 and over	12			0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	176	99	76	-43.8%	-23.2%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	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	23			0.0%	0.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	180	101	81	-43.9%	-19.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	20			0.0%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	16			0.0%	0.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	216	113	92	-47.7%	-18.6%
	Kittson County				0.0%	0.0%
	Marshall County	21	18	11	-14.3%	-38.9%
	Norman County	14			0.0%	0.0%
	Pennington County	51	22	21	-56.9%	-4.5%
	Polk County	43	21	20	-51.2%	-4.8%
	Red Lake County	22			0.0%	0.0%
	Roseau County	57	36	30	-36.8%	-16.7%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	213	164	144	-23.0%	-12.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	911	853	724	-6.4%	-15.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	474	382	286	-19.4%	-25.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	421	373	303	-11.4%	-18.8%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	337	261	207	-22.6%	-20.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	235	208	53	-11.5%	-74.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	566	522	505	-7.8%	-3.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,235	1,027	1,012	-16.8%	-1.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	410	383	289	-6.6%	-24.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	556	520	427	-6.5%	-17.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	976	948	864	-2.9%	-8.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	7,733	8,154	7,168	5.4%	-12.1%

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

September 2026

EDR 1 - Northwest