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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

December 2025

	EDR 2 - Headwaters	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	659	760	727	15.3%	-4.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	16	10	15	-37.5%	50.0%
21	Mining		10		0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	351	404	409	15.1%	1.2%
31	Manufacturing	50	44	47	-12.0%	6.8%
42	Wholesale Trade	12	17		41.7%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	35	48	45	37.1%	-6.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing		13	12	0.0%	-7.7%
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	11	24	15	118.2%	-37.5%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	25	30	26	20.0%	-13.3%
61	Educational Services	10	15		50.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	24	38	22	58.3%	-42.1%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	13			0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	30	40	33	33.3%	-17.5%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	12		19	0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	35	28	35	-20.0%	25.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	10	17	16	70.0%	-5.9%
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	10	24	13	140.0%	-45.8%
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		0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations			13	0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	28	34	34	21.4%	0.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	17	17	22	0.0%	29.4%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	16	24	20	50.0%	-16.7%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	14	16	11	14.3%	-31.3%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	26	19	14	-26.9%	-26.3%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	362	385	386	6.4%	0.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	14	22	25	57.1%	13.6%
510000	Production Occupations	25	30	19	20.0%	-36.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	42	65	56	54.8%	-13.8%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	60	67	75	11.7%	11.9%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	84	88	94	4.8%	6.8%
	12 years	348	403	396	15.8%	-1.7%
	13-15 years	192	220	196	14.6%	-10.9%
	Over 15 years	35	49	41	40.0%	-16.3%
Sex
	Male	554	606	630	9.4%	4.0%
	Female	105	153	97	45.7%	-36.6%
Age
	Under age 22	45	49	70	8.9%	42.9%
	Age 22 to 29	144	155	147	7.6%	-5.2%
	Age 30 to 39	156	186	180	19.2%	-3.2%
	Age 40 to 49	119	145	141	21.8%	-2.8%
	Age 50 to 59	114	120	116	5.3%	-3.3%
	Age 60 to 64	50	65	44	30.0%	-32.3%
	Age 65 and over	27	36	25	33.3%	-30.6%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	544	631	599	16.0%	-5.1%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	60	66	59	10.0%	-10.6%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	43	57	57	32.6%	0.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	588	676	633	15.0%	-6.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	12	11	16	-8.3%	45.5%
	Ethnicity Unknown	59	73	78	23.7%	6.8%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	1,030	1,098	807	6.6%	-26.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	659	760	727	15.3%	-4.3%
	Beltrami County	299	329	310	10.0%	-5.8%
	Clearwater County	150	176	175	17.3%	-0.6%
	Hubbard County	158	205	185	29.7%	-9.8%
	Lake of the Woods County	17	21	19	23.5%	-9.5%
	Mahnomen County	35	29	38	-17.1%	31.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,850	2,414	2,323	30.5%	-3.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,229	1,585	1,536	29.0%	-3.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,396	1,721	1,689	23.3%	-1.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	814	1,059	1,081	30.1%	2.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	233	449	423	92.7%	-5.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,816	2,341	2,381	28.9%	1.7%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,074	3,832	4,009	24.7%	4.6%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	880	1,186	760	34.8%	-35.9%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,561	1,911	1,973	22.4%	3.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,631	3,101	3,414	17.9%	10.1%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	12,651	14,104	15,422	11.5%	9.3%

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

December 2025

EDR 2 - Headwaters