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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 2026

	EDR 2 - Headwaters	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	234	188	154	-19.7%	-18.1%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	47	32	35	-31.9%	9.4%
31	Manufacturing	15	32		113.3%	0.0%
42	Wholesale Trade	12			0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	35	15	13	-57.1%	-13.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing		11		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	29	16	23	-44.8%	43.8%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	27	27	17	0.0%	-37.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	17	11	18	-35.3%	63.6%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	15	13		-13.3%	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%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	27	16	15	-40.7%	-6.3%
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	11			0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	38	14	19	-63.2%	35.7%
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	16			0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	10			0.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	47	27	34	-42.6%	25.9%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	12	23		91.7%	0.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	11	18	11	63.6%	-38.9%
990000	Unknown	19	24	17	26.3%	-29.2%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	25	20	14	-20.0%	-30.0%
	12 years	80	77	59	-3.8%	-23.4%
	13-15 years	99	67	58	-32.3%	-13.4%
	Over 15 years	30	24	23	-20.0%	-4.2%
Sex
	Male	121	105	90	-13.2%	-14.3%
	Female	113	83	64	-26.5%	-22.9%
Age
	Under age 22	14	15	15	7.1%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	34	20	22	-41.2%	10.0%
	Age 30 to 39	56	42	28	-25.0%	-33.3%
	Age 40 to 49	51	48	38	-5.9%	-20.8%
	Age 50 to 59	46	36	30	-21.7%	-16.7%
	Age 60 to 64	17	19	13	11.8%	-31.6%
	Age 65 and over	13			0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	172	136	111	-20.9%	-18.4%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	29	26	24	-10.3%	-7.7%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	28	20	17	-28.6%	-15.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	192	161	134	-16.1%	-16.8%
	Hispanic or Latino				0.0%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	34	19	18	-44.1%	-5.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	230	201	156	-12.6%	-22.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	234	188	154	-19.7%	-18.1%
	Beltrami County	129	97	84	-24.8%	-13.4%
	Clearwater County	22	20	17	-9.1%	-15.0%
	Hubbard County	67	57	40	-14.9%	-29.8%
	Lake of the Woods County				0.0%	0.0%
	Mahnomen County	12			0.0%	0.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	710	690	719	-2.8%	4.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	353	301	297	-14.7%	-1.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	391	344	319	-12.0%	-7.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	267	233	262	-12.7%	12.4%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	45	89	154	97.8%	73.0%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	595	494	485	-17.0%	-1.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,186	1,045	1,037	-11.9%	-0.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	270	180	294	-33.3%	63.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	563	450	482	-20.1%	7.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,226	920	923	-25.0%	0.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,706	8,227	8,072	-5.5%	-1.9%

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

August 2026

EDR 2 - Headwaters