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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

July 2026

	EDR 2 - Headwaters	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	375	350	239	-6.7%	-31.7%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting		10		0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	65	54	33	-16.9%	-38.9%
31	Manufacturing	106	68		-35.8%	0.0%
42	Wholesale Trade		12		0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	17		12	0.0%	0.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing		11	12	0.0%	9.1%
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	67	70	59	4.5%	-15.7%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	34	37	30	8.8%	-18.9%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	22	17	17	-22.7%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin		10		0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	21	18	17	-14.3%	-5.6%
99	Unclassified				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%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	59	63	54	6.8%	-14.3%
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		10		0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	35	16	23	-54.3%	43.8%
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	11	0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	17	20	19	17.6%	-5.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	69	46	30	-33.3%	-34.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	14			0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	72	69		-4.2%	0.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	16	26	21	62.5%	-19.2%
990000	Unknown	38	30	24	-21.1%	-20.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	27	35	20	29.6%	-42.9%
	12 years	152	147	83	-3.3%	-43.5%
	13-15 years	141	124	100	-12.1%	-19.4%
	Over 15 years	55	44	36	-20.0%	-18.2%
Sex
	Male	206	182	110	-11.7%	-39.6%
	Female	169	168	129	-0.6%	-23.2%
Age
	Under age 22	15	20		33.3%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	51	50	25	-2.0%	-50.0%
	Age 30 to 39	91	73	55	-19.8%	-24.7%
	Age 40 to 49	93	73	54	-21.5%	-26.0%
	Age 50 to 59	80	68	48	-15.0%	-29.4%
	Age 60 to 64	27	38	20	40.7%	-47.4%
	Age 65 and over	17	25	19	47.1%	-24.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	274	248	182	-9.5%	-26.6%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	54	46	31	-14.8%	-32.6%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	38	45	22	18.4%	-51.1%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	321	290	212	-9.7%	-26.9%
	Hispanic or Latino		29		0.0%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	46	31	24	-32.6%	-22.6%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	656	362	168	-44.8%	-53.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	375	350	239	-6.7%	-31.7%
	Beltrami County	187	167	130	-10.7%	-22.2%
	Clearwater County	72	36	23	-50.0%	-36.1%
	Hubbard County	85	115	59	35.3%	-48.7%
	Lake of the Woods County		11	11	0.0%	0.0%
	Mahnomen County	23	21	16	-8.7%	-23.8%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,004	954	969	-5.0%	1.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	549	471	388	-14.2%	-17.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	524	439	415	-16.2%	-5.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	345	392	307	13.6%	-21.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	128	258	148	101.6%	-42.6%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	808	660	614	-18.3%	-7.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,582	1,450	1,341	-8.3%	-7.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	513	333	420	-35.1%	26.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	817	673	594	-17.6%	-11.7%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,528	1,188	1,216	-22.3%	2.4%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,974	10,517	10,295	-4.2%	-2.1%

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

July 2026

EDR 2 - Headwaters