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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

September 2025

	EDR 2 - Headwaters	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	169	213	164	26.0%	-23.0%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	61	57	38	-6.6%	-33.3%
31	Manufacturing		22	11	0.0%	-50.0%
42	Wholesale Trade				0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	22	27	22	22.7%	-18.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing				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				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	11	18		63.6%	0.0%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	17	17	21	0.0%	23.5%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	12	17	15	41.7%	-11.8%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	11	19	14	72.7%	-26.3%

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%
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				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			12	0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	12	17	16	41.7%	-5.9%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.		10		0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations		16		0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations		11		0.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	61	59	44	-3.3%	-25.4%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations		16		0.0%	0.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	23	32	22	39.1%	-31.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	15	34	18	126.7%	-47.1%
	12 years	76	83	70	9.2%	-15.7%
	13-15 years	58	70	56	20.7%	-20.0%
	Over 15 years	20	26	20	30.0%	-23.1%
Sex
	Male	112	142	90	26.8%	-36.6%
	Female	57	71	74	24.6%	4.2%
Age
	Under age 22	10			0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	26	41	33	57.7%	-19.5%
	Age 30 to 39	44	50	31	13.6%	-38.0%
	Age 40 to 49	42	49	37	16.7%	-24.5%
	Age 50 to 59	28	29	26	3.6%	-10.3%
	Age 60 to 64	13	19	13	46.2%	-31.6%
	Age 65 and over		15	12	0.0%	-20.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	117	149	120	27.4%	-19.5%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	28	36	23	28.6%	-36.1%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	20	21	15	5.0%	-28.6%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	140	178	144	27.1%	-19.1%
	Hispanic or Latino		10		0.0%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	24	25	17	4.2%	-32.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	162	216	113	33.3%	-47.7%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	169	213	164	26.0%	-23.0%
	Beltrami County	88	98	74	11.4%	-24.5%
	Clearwater County	20	32	31	60.0%	-3.1%
	Hubbard County	44	56	45	27.3%	-19.6%
	Lake of the Woods County		18		0.0%	0.0%
	Mahnomen County	10			0.0%	0.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	782	911	853	16.5%	-6.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	285	474	382	66.3%	-19.4%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	396	421	373	6.3%	-11.4%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	242	337	261	39.3%	-22.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	71	235	208	231.0%	-11.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	513	566	522	10.3%	-7.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	974	1,235	1,027	26.8%	-16.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	287	410	383	42.9%	-6.6%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	526	556	520	5.7%	-6.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	960	976	948	1.7%	-2.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,828	7,733	8,154	13.3%	5.4%

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 2025

EDR 2 - Headwaters