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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 2025

	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,150	1,154	1,228	0.3%	6.4%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting		16	11	0.0%	-31.3%
21	Mining	12			0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	614	506	572	-17.6%	13.0%
31	Manufacturing	45	74	96	64.4%	29.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	25	26	29	4.0%	11.5%
44	Retail Trade	62	72	61	16.1%	-15.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	29	31	51	6.9%	64.5%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	15	12	16	-20.0%	33.3%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			11	0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	21	30	20	42.9%	-33.3%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises		12	15	0.0%	25.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	46	62	40	34.8%	-35.5%
61	Educational Services	19	22	23	15.8%	4.5%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	88	104	93	18.2%	-10.6%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation		12	14	0.0%	16.7%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	67	88	70	31.3%	-20.5%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	21	21	17	0.0%	-19.0%
92	Public Administration	25	25	45	0.0%	80.0%
99	Unclassified	17	17	26	0.0%	52.9%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	29	34	36	17.2%	5.9%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	10	17	13	70.0%	-23.5%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	13	13		0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	15	11	15	-26.7%	36.4%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations		13	18	0.0%	38.5%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ		10		0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	27	16	20	-40.7%	25.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	34	34	26	0.0%	-23.5%
330000	Protective Service Occupations			13	0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	60	68	56	13.3%	-17.6%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	37	40	33	8.1%	-17.5%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations		11		0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	49	47	34	-4.1%	-27.7%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	29	44	67	51.7%	52.3%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations		16	18	0.0%	12.5%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	593	518	579	-12.6%	11.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	50	44	47	-12.0%	6.8%
510000	Production Occupations	20	30	46	50.0%	53.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	56	47	68	-16.1%	44.7%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	94	126	105	34.0%	-16.7%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	58	60	60	3.4%	0.0%
	12 years	513	493	541	-3.9%	9.7%
	13-15 years	465	479	490	3.0%	2.3%
	Over 15 years	114	122	137	7.0%	12.3%
Sex
	Male	887	848	954	-4.4%	12.5%
	Female	263	306	274	16.3%	-10.5%
Age
	Under age 22	42	69	71	64.3%	2.9%
	Age 22 to 29	224	217	230	-3.1%	6.0%
	Age 30 to 39	294	325	319	10.5%	-1.8%
	Age 40 to 49	264	237	274	-10.2%	15.6%
	Age 50 to 59	216	199	227	-7.9%	14.1%
	Age 60 to 64	80	79	69	-1.3%	-12.7%
	Age 65 and over	24	25	35	4.2%	40.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	988	995	1,078	0.7%	8.3%
	Black or African American,	16	23	17	43.8%	-26.1%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	40	46	48	15.0%	4.3%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	100	83	82	-17.0%	-1.2%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,016	1,010	1,076	-0.6%	6.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	22	34	24	54.5%	-29.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	112	110	128	-1.8%	16.4%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	165	221	295	33.9%	33.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	220	253	281	15.0%	11.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,150	1,154	1,228	0.3%	6.4%
	Aitkin County	54	53	58	-1.9%	9.4%
	Carlton County	138	123	138	-10.9%	12.2%
	Cook County	15	23	11	53.3%	-52.2%
	Itasca County	183	198	230	8.2%	16.2%
	Koochiching County	26	40	35	53.8%	-12.5%
	Lake County	49	48	30	-2.0%	-37.5%
	Saint Louis County	685	669	726	-2.3%	8.5%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	403	398	453	-1.2%	13.8%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	501	470	612	-6.2%	30.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	644	313	372	-51.4%	18.8%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	95	84	125	-11.6%	48.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	885	779	967	-12.0%	24.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,678	1,453	1,698	-13.4%	16.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	258	206	213	-20.2%	3.4%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	738	679	818	-8.0%	20.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,359	1,153	1,349	-15.2%	17.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,795	8,857	9,329	0.7%	5.3%

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

February 2025

EDR 3 - Arrowhead