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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 2026

	EDR 2 - Headwaters	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	253	281	217	11.1%	-22.8%

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	112	116	88	3.6%	-24.1%
31	Manufacturing		17	13	0.0%	-23.5%
42	Wholesale Trade				0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	22	24	20	9.1%	-16.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	13			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				0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	16	23	28	43.8%	21.7%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	13	19		46.2%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	10	14	11	40.0%	-21.4%
99	Unclassified		11		0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations			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			11	0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	17		11	0.0%	0.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.				0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	11	16	12	45.5%	-25.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	10	18		80.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	113	113	94	0.0%	-16.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		13		0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations		16	11	0.0%	-31.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	22	10		-54.5%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	18	36	14	100.0%	-61.1%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	18	28	28	55.6%	0.0%
	12 years	129	112	101	-13.2%	-9.8%
	13-15 years	79	113	66	43.0%	-41.6%
	Over 15 years	27	27	22	0.0%	-18.5%
Sex
	Male	189	208	153	10.1%	-26.4%
	Female	64	73	64	14.1%	-12.3%
Age
	Under age 22	20	31	12	55.0%	-61.3%
	Age 22 to 29	44	51	46	15.9%	-9.8%
	Age 30 to 39	61	75	54	23.0%	-28.0%
	Age 40 to 49	57	55	45	-3.5%	-18.2%
	Age 50 to 59	40	44	38	10.0%	-13.6%
	Age 60 to 64	20		14	0.0%	0.0%
	Age 65 and over		13		0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	197	222	167	12.7%	-24.8%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	35	29	25	-17.1%	-13.8%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	15	24	21	60.0%	-12.5%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	221	245	195	10.9%	-20.4%
	Hispanic or Latino				0.0%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	25	30	20	20.0%	-33.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	221	295	186	33.5%	-36.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	253	281	217	11.1%	-22.8%
	Beltrami County	124	127	104	2.4%	-18.1%
	Clearwater County	46	54	40	17.4%	-25.9%
	Hubbard County	69	77	53	11.6%	-31.2%
	Lake of the Woods County		13		0.0%	0.0%
	Mahnomen County		10	11	0.0%	10.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,154	1,228	1,049	6.4%	-14.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	398	453	379	13.8%	-16.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	470	612	472	30.2%	-22.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	313	372	289	18.8%	-22.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	84	125	77	48.8%	-38.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	779	967	691	24.1%	-28.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,453	1,698	1,372	16.9%	-19.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	206	213	155	3.4%	-27.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	679	818	663	20.5%	-18.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,153	1,349	1,187	17.0%	-12.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,857	9,329	8,538	5.3%	-8.5%

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

February 2026

EDR 2 - Headwaters