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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

September 2026

	EDR 2 - Headwaters	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	213	164	144	-23.0%	-12.2%

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	57	38	40	-33.3%	5.3%
31	Manufacturing	22	11		-50.0%	0.0%
42	Wholesale Trade				0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	27	22	12	-18.5%	-45.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing				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	18			0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	17	21	20	23.5%	-4.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	17	15	11	-11.8%	-26.7%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	19	14	14	-26.3%	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%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal 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		12	11	0.0%	-8.3%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	17	16		-5.9%	0.0%
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	16			0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	11		10	0.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	59	44	39	-25.4%	-11.4%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	16			0.0%	0.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	32	22	16	-31.3%	-27.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	34	18	19	-47.1%	5.6%
	12 years	83	70	69	-15.7%	-1.4%
	13-15 years	70	56	40	-20.0%	-28.6%
	Over 15 years	26	20	16	-23.1%	-20.0%
Sex
	Male	142	90	86	-36.6%	-4.4%
	Female	71	74	58	4.2%	-21.6%
Age
	Under age 22			13	0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	41	33	23	-19.5%	-30.3%
	Age 30 to 39	50	31	33	-38.0%	6.5%
	Age 40 to 49	49	37	35	-24.5%	-5.4%
	Age 50 to 59	29	26	13	-10.3%	-50.0%
	Age 60 to 64	19	13	10	-31.6%	-23.1%
	Age 65 and over	15	12	14	-20.0%	16.7%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	149	120	113	-19.5%	-5.8%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	36	23	23	-36.1%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	21	15		-28.6%	0.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	178	144	130	-19.1%	-9.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	10			0.0%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	25	17	13	-32.0%	-23.5%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	216	113	92	-47.7%	-18.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	213	164	144	-23.0%	-12.2%
	Beltrami County	98	74	67	-24.5%	-9.5%
	Clearwater County	32	31	18	-3.1%	-41.9%
	Hubbard County	56	45	46	-19.6%	2.2%
	Lake of the Woods County	18			0.0%	0.0%
	Mahnomen County				0.0%	0.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	911	853	724	-6.4%	-15.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	474	382	286	-19.4%	-25.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	421	373	303	-11.4%	-18.8%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	337	261	207	-22.6%	-20.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	235	208	53	-11.5%	-74.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	566	522	505	-7.8%	-3.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,235	1,027	1,012	-16.8%	-1.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	410	383	289	-6.6%	-24.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	556	520	427	-6.5%	-17.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	976	948	864	-2.9%	-8.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	7,733	8,154	7,168	5.4%	-12.1%

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

September 2026

EDR 2 - Headwaters