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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

May 2025

	EDR 2 - Headwaters	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	309	490	435	58.6%	-11.2%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	41	56	47	36.6%	-16.1%
31	Manufacturing	20	19	12	-5.0%	-36.8%
42	Wholesale Trade				0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	18	13	27	-27.8%	107.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	15	33	14	120.0%	-57.6%
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	13	12	13	-7.7%	8.3%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services				0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	65	212	166	226.2%	-21.7%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	43	47	48	9.3%	2.1%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	39	42	28	7.7%	-33.3%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	13	14	20	7.7%	42.9%
92	Public Administration	20	10	16	-50.0%	60.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	15		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%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	72	181	155	151.4%	-14.4%
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	15		10	0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	40	59	44	47.5%	-25.4%
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	11	12	15	9.1%	25.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	10	25	18	150.0%	-28.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations			11	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	46	64	45	39.1%	-29.7%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	15	12		-20.0%	0.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	22	46	38	109.1%	-17.4%
990000	Unknown	25	33	37	32.0%	12.1%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	25	30	24	20.0%	-20.0%
	12 years	122	202	187	65.6%	-7.4%
	13-15 years	122	190	177	55.7%	-6.8%
	Over 15 years	40	68	47	70.0%	-30.9%
Sex
	Male	130	192	171	47.7%	-10.9%
	Female	179	298	264	66.5%	-11.4%
Age
	Under age 22	13	14	11	7.7%	-21.4%
	Age 22 to 29	43	72	69	67.4%	-4.2%
	Age 30 to 39	74	115	110	55.4%	-4.3%
	Age 40 to 49	58	99	86	70.7%	-13.1%
	Age 50 to 59	60	87	82	45.0%	-5.7%
	Age 60 to 64	35	52	34	48.6%	-34.6%
	Age 65 and over	24	43	35	79.2%	-18.6%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	251	384	302	53.0%	-21.4%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	34	68	91	100.0%	33.8%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	19	30	39	57.9%	30.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	276	442	379	60.1%	-14.3%
	Hispanic or Latino			14	0.0%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	28	39	42	39.3%	7.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	301	701	734	132.9%	4.7%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	309	490	435	58.6%	-11.2%
	Beltrami County	158	231	214	46.2%	-7.4%
	Clearwater County	46	82	63	78.3%	-23.2%
	Hubbard County	74	110	108	48.6%	-1.8%
	Lake of the Woods County		20	17	0.0%	-15.0%
	Mahnomen County	23	47	33	104.3%	-29.8%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,083	1,286	1,649	18.7%	28.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	514	920	808	79.0%	-12.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	491	678	597	38.1%	-11.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	306	638	491	108.5%	-23.0%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	103	237	212	130.1%	-10.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	498	772	606	55.0%	-21.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,256	1,665	1,394	32.6%	-16.3%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	358	513	529	43.3%	3.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	721	1,056	892	46.5%	-15.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,191	1,648	1,407	38.4%	-14.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,094	9,034	8,438	11.6%	-6.6%

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 2025

EDR 2 - Headwaters