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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2026

	EDR 2 - Headwaters	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	198	213	220	7.6%	3.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	14	10	14	-28.6%	40.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	59	67	60	13.6%	-10.4%
31	Manufacturing	10	10	27	0.0%	170.0%
42	Wholesale Trade				0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	16	15	12	-6.3%	-20.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing		10		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			11	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	24	25	18	4.2%	-28.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services		19	15	0.0%	-21.1%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin		16	16	0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	14			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				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			0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations		11	16	0.0%	45.5%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	10			0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations		14		0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations		13	14	0.0%	7.7%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	15			0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	62	64	56	3.2%	-12.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	11		21	0.0%	0.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations		24	21	0.0%	-12.5%
990000	Unknown	27	27	34	0.0%	25.9%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	21	21	32	0.0%	52.4%
	12 years	97	99	94	2.1%	-5.1%
	13-15 years	67	76	73	13.4%	-3.9%
	Over 15 years	13	17	21	30.8%	23.5%
Sex
	Male	134	135	142	0.7%	5.2%
	Female	64	78	78	21.9%	0.0%
Age
	Under age 22	16	11	11	-31.3%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	33	32	47	-3.0%	46.9%
	Age 30 to 39	48	57	51	18.8%	-10.5%
	Age 40 to 49	48	48	44	0.0%	-8.3%
	Age 50 to 59	37	32	38	-13.5%	18.8%
	Age 60 to 64	11	20	16	81.8%	-20.0%
	Age 65 and over		12		0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	131	157	168	19.8%	7.0%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	45	26	25	-42.2%	-3.8%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	19	23	20	21.1%	-13.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	173	187	190	8.1%	1.6%
	Hispanic or Latino				0.0%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	20	20	22	0.0%	10.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	249	257	158	3.2%	-38.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	198	213	220	7.6%	3.3%
	Beltrami County	95	107	107	12.6%	0.0%
	Clearwater County	41	38	33	-7.3%	-13.2%
	Hubbard County	33	47	56	42.4%	19.1%
	Lake of the Woods County	16	13	18	-18.8%	38.5%
	Mahnomen County	13			0.0%	0.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,112	1,004	893	-9.7%	-11.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	338	404	326	19.5%	-19.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	459	344	382	-25.1%	11.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	341	275	292	-19.4%	6.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	90	86	72	-4.4%	-16.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	701	602	588	-14.1%	-2.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,302	1,170	1,213	-10.1%	3.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	191	193	148	1.0%	-23.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	639	559	510	-12.5%	-8.8%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,133	1,100	995	-2.9%	-9.5%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,539	8,586	8,222	0.6%	-4.2%

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

April 2026

EDR 2 - Headwaters