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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

October 2025

	EDR 2 - Headwaters	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	332	334	310	0.6%	-7.2%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting		12	12	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	123	136	100	10.6%	-26.5%
31	Manufacturing	23	36	33	56.5%	-8.3%
42	Wholesale Trade				0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	25	12	13	-52.0%	8.3%
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			13	0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	14			0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	22	11		-50.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	18	13	26	-27.8%	100.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	11			0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	27	24	31	-11.1%	29.2%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	30	32	39	6.7%	21.9%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	10		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%
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				0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	34	29	26	-14.7%	-10.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	25	23	10	-8.0%	-56.5%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	17		10	0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	15	13	11	-13.3%	-15.4%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	10	16	18	60.0%	12.5%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	124	126	94	1.6%	-25.4%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		11		0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations		29	28	0.0%	-3.4%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	17	15	17	-11.8%	13.3%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	39	26	34	-33.3%	30.8%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	38	35	25	-7.9%	-28.6%
	12 years	168	154	143	-8.3%	-7.1%
	13-15 years	107	114	100	6.5%	-12.3%
	Over 15 years	19	31	42	63.2%	35.5%
Sex
	Male	231	229	204	-0.9%	-10.9%
	Female	101	105	106	4.0%	1.0%
Age
	Under age 22	24	17	16	-29.2%	-5.9%
	Age 22 to 29	55	63	57	14.5%	-9.5%
	Age 30 to 39	67	85	74	26.9%	-12.9%
	Age 40 to 49	68	50	57	-26.5%	14.0%
	Age 50 to 59	62	65	58	4.8%	-10.8%
	Age 60 to 64	34	29	28	-14.7%	-3.4%
	Age 65 and over	18	20	19	11.1%	-5.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	257	256	242	-0.4%	-5.5%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	42	37	40	-11.9%	8.1%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	29	33	20	13.8%	-39.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	287	284	273	-1.0%	-3.9%
	Hispanic or Latino		15	11	0.0%	-26.7%
	Ethnicity Unknown	37	35	26	-5.4%	-25.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	302	273	375	-9.6%	37.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	332	334	310	0.6%	-7.2%
	Beltrami County	139	132	126	-5.0%	-4.5%
	Clearwater County	43	48	43	11.6%	-10.4%
	Hubbard County	101	119	99	17.8%	-16.8%
	Lake of the Woods County	32	22	28	-31.3%	27.3%
	Mahnomen County	17	13	14	-23.5%	7.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,330	1,114	1,080	-16.2%	-3.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	503	590	482	17.3%	-18.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	666	679	708	2.0%	4.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	306	340	337	11.1%	-0.9%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	90	94	77	4.4%	-18.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	833	801	777	-3.8%	-3.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,421	1,480	1,410	4.2%	-4.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	226	222	272	-1.8%	22.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	643	632	592	-1.7%	-6.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,229	1,112	1,187	-9.5%	6.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,189	8,479	9,352	3.5%	10.3%

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

October 2025

EDR 2 - Headwaters