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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

January 2025

	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,526	1,814	1,568	18.9%	-13.6%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting		30	12	0.0%	-60.0%
21	Mining	17	11	14	-35.3%	27.3%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	805	922	797	14.5%	-13.6%
31	Manufacturing	49	100	71	104.1%	-29.0%
42	Wholesale Trade	26	27	18	3.8%	-33.3%
44	Retail Trade	88	103	92	17.0%	-10.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	39	63	54	61.5%	-14.3%
51	Information	13			0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	16	11	14	-31.3%	27.3%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing		12	10	0.0%	-16.7%
54	Professional and Technical Services	44	30	51	-31.8%	70.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises			14	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	74	66	77	-10.8%	16.7%
61	Educational Services	25	61	30	144.0%	-50.8%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	89	114	123	28.1%	7.9%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	22	23	21	4.5%	-8.7%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	94	109	78	16.0%	-28.4%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	28	37	25	32.1%	-32.4%
92	Public Administration	51	44	37	-13.7%	-15.9%
99	Unclassified	14	29	18	107.1%	-37.9%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	40	48	41	20.0%	-14.6%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations		18	15	0.0%	-16.7%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	12	10		-16.7%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	12		14	0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	14	18	13	28.6%	-27.8%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	12	46	32	283.3%	-30.4%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	10	13		30.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	16	19	25	18.8%	31.6%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	42	38	47	-9.5%	23.7%
330000	Protective Service Occupations		13	12	0.0%	-7.7%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	84	97	68	15.5%	-29.9%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	44	61	31	38.6%	-49.2%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations		15	15	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	63	73	57	15.9%	-21.9%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	55	49	51	-10.9%	4.1%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	17	32	16	88.2%	-50.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	793	885	785	11.6%	-11.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	49	50	57	2.0%	14.0%
510000	Production Occupations	38	52	41	36.8%	-21.2%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	71	104	98	46.5%	-5.8%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	128	163	134	27.3%	-17.8%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	84	91	86	8.3%	-5.5%
	12 years	691	851	692	23.2%	-18.7%
	13-15 years	597	712	634	19.3%	-11.0%
	Over 15 years	154	160	156	3.9%	-2.5%
Sex
	Male	1,210	1,427	1,209	17.9%	-15.3%
	Female	316	387	359	22.5%	-7.2%
Age
	Under age 22	87	109	110	25.3%	0.9%
	Age 22 to 29	312	352	310	12.8%	-11.9%
	Age 30 to 39	408	444	397	8.8%	-10.6%
	Age 40 to 49	305	426	334	39.7%	-21.6%
	Age 50 to 59	263	318	261	20.9%	-17.9%
	Age 60 to 64	101	111	112	9.9%	0.9%
	Age 65 and over	45	44	38	-2.2%	-13.6%
	Info. not available		10		0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,318	1,573	1,380	19.3%	-12.3%
	Black or African American,	26	26	19	0.0%	-26.9%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	64	69	53	7.8%	-23.2%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	112	141	107	25.9%	-24.1%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,331	1,610	1,385	21.0%	-14.0%
	Hispanic or Latino	33	31	25	-6.1%	-19.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	162	173	158	6.8%	-8.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	343	541	408	57.7%	-24.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	403	421	368	4.5%	-12.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,526	1,814	1,568	18.9%	-13.6%
	Aitkin County	80	86	72	7.5%	-16.3%
	Carlton County	174	226	197	29.9%	-12.8%
	Cook County	25	31	12	24.0%	-61.3%
	Itasca County	263	336	251	27.8%	-25.3%
	Koochiching County	52	71	43	36.5%	-39.4%
	Lake County	52	63	44	21.2%	-30.2%
	Saint Louis County	880	1,001	949	13.8%	-5.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	678	891	730	31.4%	-18.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	749	1,055	905	40.9%	-14.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	631	657	516	4.1%	-21.5%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	159	180	182	13.2%	1.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,228	1,621	1,249	32.0%	-22.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,156	2,689	2,360	24.7%	-12.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	448	459	467	2.5%	1.7%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,143	1,360	1,137	19.0%	-16.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,912	2,300	2,008	20.3%	-12.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	11,260	13,061	11,965	16.0%	-8.4%

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

January 2025

EDR 3 - Arrowhead