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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

November 2025

	EDR 2 - Headwaters	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	763	769	607	0.8%	-21.1%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	18	17	15	-5.6%	-11.8%
21	Mining	12	14	13	16.7%	-7.1%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	431	421	351	-2.3%	-16.6%
31	Manufacturing	43	39	18	-9.3%	-53.8%
42	Wholesale Trade	10	17		70.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	31	31	22	0.0%	-29.0%
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	21	23	18	9.5%	-21.7%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	18	13	11	-27.8%	-15.4%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	26	27	30	3.8%	11.1%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	24	18	15	-25.0%	-16.7%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	16		11	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	22	30	17	36.4%	-43.3%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	15	22	17	46.7%	-22.7%
92	Public Administration	50	61	41	22.0%	-32.8%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	25	10	10	-60.0%	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		10		0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations		16		0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	24	30	24	25.0%	-20.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	31	41	23	32.3%	-43.9%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	22	21	17	-4.5%	-19.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	18	18	12	0.0%	-33.3%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	43	30	26	-30.2%	-13.3%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	383	400	313	4.4%	-21.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	18	12	13	-33.3%	8.3%
510000	Production Occupations	17	12		-29.4%	0.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	75	78	61	4.0%	-21.8%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	68	69	64	1.5%	-7.2%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	95	111	81	16.8%	-27.0%
	12 years	407	397	314	-2.5%	-20.9%
	13-15 years	216	227	169	5.1%	-25.6%
	Over 15 years	45	34	43	-24.4%	26.5%
Sex
	Male	635	637	503	0.3%	-21.0%
	Female	128	132	104	3.1%	-21.2%
Age
	Under age 22	56	59	45	5.4%	-23.7%
	Age 22 to 29	149	162	122	8.7%	-24.7%
	Age 30 to 39	144	185	132	28.5%	-28.6%
	Age 40 to 49	151	143	118	-5.3%	-17.5%
	Age 50 to 59	125	108	97	-13.6%	-10.2%
	Age 60 to 64	87	68	44	-21.8%	-35.3%
	Age 65 and over	45	35	43	-22.2%	22.9%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	644	633	509	-1.7%	-19.6%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	56	70	44	25.0%	-37.1%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	56	60	47	7.1%	-21.7%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	652	656	537	0.6%	-18.1%
	Hispanic or Latino	18	11		-38.9%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	93	102	63	9.7%	-38.2%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	621	965	487	55.4%	-49.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	763	769	607	0.8%	-21.1%
	Beltrami County	340	322	261	-5.3%	-18.9%
	Clearwater County	143	143	112	0.0%	-21.7%
	Hubbard County	196	222	181	13.3%	-18.5%
	Lake of the Woods County	49	43	26	-12.2%	-39.5%
	Mahnomen County	35	39	27	11.4%	-30.8%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2,410	2,154	2,001	-10.6%	-7.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,358	1,341	1,063	-1.3%	-20.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,668	1,631	1,483	-2.2%	-9.1%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	984	810	695	-17.7%	-14.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	218	272	188	24.8%	-30.9%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,868	1,796	1,671	-3.9%	-7.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,999	2,819	2,659	-6.0%	-5.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	454	474	378	4.4%	-20.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,423	1,431	1,170	0.6%	-18.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,297	2,275	1,933	-1.0%	-15.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	12,293	11,094	10,888	-9.8%	-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

November 2025

EDR 2 - Headwaters