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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2025

	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,157	1,112	1,004	-3.9%	-9.7%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	68	61	46	-10.3%	-24.6%
21	Mining			10	0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	436	406	387	-6.9%	-4.7%
31	Manufacturing	61	94	48	54.1%	-48.9%
42	Wholesale Trade	28	19	27	-32.1%	42.1%
44	Retail Trade	68	70	54	2.9%	-22.9%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	32	28	36	-12.5%	28.6%
51	Information	11			0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	14	15	17	7.1%	13.3%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing		11		0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	45	42	37	-6.7%	-11.9%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	13	10	11	-23.1%	10.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	34	30	40	-11.8%	33.3%
61	Educational Services	16	24	21	50.0%	-12.5%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	97	89	97	-8.2%	9.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	24	14	15	-41.7%	7.1%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	128	113	70	-11.7%	-38.1%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	21	15	25	-28.6%	66.7%
92	Public Administration	28	29	27	3.6%	-6.9%
99	Unclassified	12	24	21	100.0%	-12.5%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	48	42	26	-12.5%	-38.1%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	15	29	20	93.3%	-31.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	10			0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	10	12	14	20.0%	16.7%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	13	18	16	38.5%	-11.1%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	11		13	0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	15	24	20	60.0%	-16.7%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	42	28	35	-33.3%	25.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	102	86	75	-15.7%	-12.8%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	29	30	25	3.4%	-16.7%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations		10		0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	83	50	30	-39.8%	-40.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	58	49	34	-15.5%	-30.6%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	54	56	42	3.7%	-25.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	427	409	404	-4.2%	-1.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	36	39	37	8.3%	-5.1%
510000	Production Occupations	37	49	30	32.4%	-38.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	62	62	75	0.0%	21.0%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	82	100	84	22.0%	-16.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	67	60	53	-10.4%	-11.7%
	12 years	534	504	439	-5.6%	-12.9%
	13-15 years	440	428	385	-2.7%	-10.0%
	Over 15 years	116	119	127	2.6%	6.7%
Sex
	Male	837	791	743	-5.5%	-6.1%
	Female	320	321	261	0.3%	-18.7%
Age
	Under age 22	61	59	57	-3.3%	-3.4%
	Age 22 to 29	249	209	185	-16.1%	-11.5%
	Age 30 to 39	290	268	230	-7.6%	-14.2%
	Age 40 to 49	254	267	227	5.1%	-15.0%
	Age 50 to 59	180	175	178	-2.8%	1.7%
	Age 60 to 64	88	92	81	4.5%	-12.0%
	Age 65 and over	28	35	36	25.0%	2.9%
	Info. not available			10	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,008	925	842	-8.2%	-9.0%
	Black or African American,	18	28	17	55.6%	-39.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	44	58	40	31.8%	-31.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	80	90	96	12.5%	6.7%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,030	973	866	-5.5%	-11.0%
	Hispanic or Latino	17	21	21	23.5%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	110	118	117	7.3%	-0.8%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	262	249	257	-5.0%	3.2%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	274	198	213	-27.7%	7.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,157	1,112	1,004	-3.9%	-9.7%
	Aitkin County	54	40	37	-25.9%	-7.5%
	Carlton County	144	113	126	-21.5%	11.5%
	Cook County	30	35	12	16.7%	-65.7%
	Itasca County	197	167	168	-15.2%	0.6%
	Koochiching County	77	56	55	-27.3%	-1.8%
	Lake County	37	32	31	-13.5%	-3.1%
	Saint Louis County	618	669	575	8.3%	-14.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	564	338	404	-40.1%	19.5%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	489	459	344	-6.1%	-25.1%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	355	341	275	-3.9%	-19.4%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	171	90	86	-47.4%	-4.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	651	701	602	7.7%	-14.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,314	1,302	1,170	-0.9%	-10.1%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	254	191	193	-24.8%	1.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	600	639	559	6.5%	-12.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,091	1,133	1,100	3.8%	-2.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,353	8,539	8,586	2.2%	0.6%

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

April 2025

EDR 3 - Arrowhead