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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2026

	EDR 2 - Headwaters	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	292	259	277	-11.3%	6.9%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	11	23	18	109.1%	-21.7%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	91	66	110	-27.5%	66.7%
31	Manufacturing	15	18	12	20.0%	-33.3%
42	Wholesale Trade				0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	16	17	20	6.3%	17.6%
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				0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	17	10		-41.2%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	14	12		-14.3%	0.0%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	29	31	19	6.9%	-38.7%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	44	29	29	-34.1%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration		11		0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations				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			14	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			12	0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	40	29	23	-27.5%	-20.7%
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	17	45.5%	6.3%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	12		12	0.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	21	27	16	28.6%	-40.7%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	96	63	106	-34.4%	68.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	14	11		-21.4%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	15			0.0%	0.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations		15	18	0.0%	20.0%
990000	Unknown	29	30	30	3.4%	0.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	32	24	22	-25.0%	-8.3%
	12 years	150	136	139	-9.3%	2.2%
	13-15 years	87	84	91	-3.4%	8.3%
	Over 15 years	23	15	25	-34.8%	66.7%
Sex
	Male	199	179	213	-10.1%	19.0%
	Female	93	80	64	-14.0%	-20.0%
Age
	Under age 22	21	15	20	-28.6%	33.3%
	Age 22 to 29	61	48	54	-21.3%	12.5%
	Age 30 to 39	75	72	64	-4.0%	-11.1%
	Age 40 to 49	50	43	62	-14.0%	44.2%
	Age 50 to 59	44	38	45	-13.6%	18.4%
	Age 60 to 64	21	24	17	14.3%	-29.2%
	Age 65 and over	16	15	14	-6.3%	-6.7%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	236	199	229	-15.7%	15.1%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	22	25	25	13.6%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	23	32	17	39.1%	-46.9%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	249	226	242	-9.2%	7.1%
	Hispanic or Latino				0.0%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	36	30	27	-16.7%	-10.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	390	264	155	-32.3%	-41.3%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	292	259	277	-11.3%	6.9%
	Beltrami County	123	113	120	-8.1%	6.2%
	Clearwater County	42	42	56	0.0%	33.3%
	Hubbard County	51	59	63	15.7%	6.8%
	Lake of the Woods County	61	34	26	-44.3%	-23.5%
	Mahnomen County	15	11	12	-26.7%	9.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,220	1,308	1,227	7.2%	-6.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	414	407	428	-1.7%	5.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	446	514	483	15.2%	-6.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	305	383	331	25.6%	-13.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	69	88	63	27.5%	-28.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	813	733	806	-9.8%	10.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,507	1,346	1,501	-10.7%	11.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	227	232	162	2.2%	-30.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	698	720	717	3.2%	-0.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,180	1,370	1,321	16.1%	-3.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,690	9,107	9,372	4.8%	2.9%

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

March 2026

EDR 2 - Headwaters