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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

May 2026

	EDR 2 - Headwaters	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	490	435	324	-11.2%	-25.5%

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	56	47	37	-16.1%	-21.3%
31	Manufacturing	19	12		-36.8%	0.0%
42	Wholesale Trade				0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	13	27	11	107.7%	-59.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	33	14	20	-57.6%	42.9%
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	12	13		8.3%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services				0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	212	166	162	-21.7%	-2.4%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	47	48	32	2.1%	-33.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	42	28	22	-33.3%	-21.4%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	14	20		42.9%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	10	16		60.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations		11		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	181	155	142	-14.4%	-8.4%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations		10		0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	59	44	37	-25.4%	-15.9%
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	12	15		25.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	25	18		-28.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations		11		0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	64	45	34	-29.7%	-24.4%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	12			0.0%	0.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	46	38	27	-17.4%	-28.9%
990000	Unknown	33	37	33	12.1%	-10.8%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	30	24	21	-20.0%	-12.5%
	12 years	202	187	120	-7.4%	-35.8%
	13-15 years	190	177	141	-6.8%	-20.3%
	Over 15 years	68	47	42	-30.9%	-10.6%
Sex
	Male	192	171	122	-10.9%	-28.7%
	Female	298	264	202	-11.4%	-23.5%
Age
	Under age 22	14	11		-21.4%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	72	69	48	-4.2%	-30.4%
	Age 30 to 39	115	110	87	-4.3%	-20.9%
	Age 40 to 49	99	86	56	-13.1%	-34.9%
	Age 50 to 59	87	82	62	-5.7%	-24.4%
	Age 60 to 64	52	34	30	-34.6%	-11.8%
	Age 65 and over	43	35	26	-18.6%	-25.7%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	384	302	232	-21.4%	-23.2%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	68	91	61	33.8%	-33.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	30	39	25	30.0%	-35.9%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	442	379	296	-14.3%	-21.9%
	Hispanic or Latino		14		0.0%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	39	42	25	7.7%	-40.5%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	701	734	397	4.7%	-45.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	490	435	324	-11.2%	-25.5%
	Beltrami County	231	214	145	-7.4%	-32.2%
	Clearwater County	82	63	56	-23.2%	-11.1%
	Hubbard County	110	108	85	-1.8%	-21.3%
	Lake of the Woods County	20	17		-15.0%	0.0%
	Mahnomen County	47	33	30	-29.8%	-9.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,286	1,649	942	28.2%	-42.9%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	920	808	706	-12.2%	-12.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	678	597	470	-11.9%	-21.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	638	491	460	-23.0%	-6.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	237	212	336	-10.5%	58.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	772	606	559	-21.5%	-7.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,665	1,394	1,276	-16.3%	-8.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	513	529	358	3.1%	-32.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,056	892	840	-15.5%	-5.8%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,648	1,407	1,216	-14.6%	-13.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,034	8,438	7,834	-6.6%	-7.2%

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

May 2026

EDR 2 - Headwaters