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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

January 2026

	EDR 2 - Headwaters	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	421	368	401	-12.6%	9.0%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting		11	15	0.0%	36.4%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	179	175	173	-2.2%	-1.1%
31	Manufacturing	58	14	18	-75.9%	28.6%
42	Wholesale Trade				0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	32	29	33	-9.4%	13.8%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	12			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		12	0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	12	11	14	-8.3%	27.3%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	23	19	38	-17.4%	100.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	19	25	23	31.6%	-8.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	11			0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	19	23	25	21.1%	8.7%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	18	15	10	-16.7%	-33.3%
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			12	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		13	15	0.0%	15.4%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	15	14	21	-6.7%	50.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	14	17	17	21.4%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	17	18	14	5.9%	-22.2%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations		10	13	0.0%	30.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	16			0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	188	170	175	-9.6%	2.9%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		10	15	0.0%	50.0%
510000	Production Occupations	25		10	0.0%	0.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	27	22	22	-18.5%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	47	36	44	-23.4%	22.2%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	43	52	44	20.9%	-15.4%
	12 years	200	182	201	-9.0%	10.4%
	13-15 years	147	108	120	-26.5%	11.1%
	Over 15 years	31	26	36	-16.1%	38.5%
Sex
	Male	325	282	316	-13.2%	12.1%
	Female	96	86	85	-10.4%	-1.2%
Age
	Under age 22	26	33	22	26.9%	-33.3%
	Age 22 to 29	71	65	77	-8.5%	18.5%
	Age 30 to 39	105	87	95	-17.1%	9.2%
	Age 40 to 49	93	71	97	-23.7%	36.6%
	Age 50 to 59	73	65	57	-11.0%	-12.3%
	Age 60 to 64	36	28	27	-22.2%	-3.6%
	Age 65 and over	15	17	23	13.3%	35.3%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	336	287	326	-14.6%	13.6%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	46	49	37	6.5%	-24.5%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	31	27	25	-12.9%	-7.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	364	314	355	-13.7%	13.1%
	Hispanic or Latino	17	10	12	-41.2%	20.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	40	44	34	10.0%	-22.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	541	408	361	-24.6%	-11.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	421	368	401	-12.6%	9.0%
	Beltrami County	186	186	199	0.0%	7.0%
	Clearwater County	87	64	63	-26.4%	-1.6%
	Hubbard County	112	88	112	-21.4%	27.3%
	Lake of the Woods County	17	11		-35.3%	0.0%
	Mahnomen County	19	19	18	0.0%	-5.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,814	1,568	1,580	-13.6%	0.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	891	730	666	-18.1%	-8.8%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,055	905	842	-14.2%	-7.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	657	516	472	-21.5%	-8.5%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	180	182	161	1.1%	-11.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,621	1,249	1,275	-22.9%	2.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,689	2,360	2,316	-12.2%	-1.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	459	467	367	1.7%	-21.4%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,360	1,137	1,098	-16.4%	-3.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,300	2,008	1,972	-12.7%	-1.8%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	13,061	11,965	12,560	-8.4%	5.0%

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

January 2026

EDR 2 - Headwaters