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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

May 2025

	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,083	1,286	1,649	18.7%	28.2%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting		11	12	0.0%	9.1%
21	Mining			394	0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	357	379	384	6.2%	1.3%
31	Manufacturing	43	67	72	55.8%	7.5%
42	Wholesale Trade	10	20	19	100.0%	-5.0%
44	Retail Trade	60	52	67	-13.3%	28.8%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	26	50	42	92.3%	-16.0%
51	Information	13			0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	14		16	0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	11			0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	41	39	46	-4.9%	17.9%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	15			0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	33	38	23	15.2%	-39.5%
61	Educational Services	169	326	294	92.9%	-9.8%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	121	99	122	-18.2%	23.2%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	14	19		35.7%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	65	86	57	32.3%	-33.7%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	39	27	35	-30.8%	29.6%
92	Public Administration	23	27	26	17.4%	-3.7%
99	Unclassified	10	18	14	80.0%	-22.2%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	41	28	39	-31.7%	39.3%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	23	16	24	-30.4%	50.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	11			0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations			11	0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations			11	0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	10		14	0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	187	267	256	42.8%	-4.1%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ			13	0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	26	23	19	-11.5%	-17.4%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	43	39	31	-9.3%	-20.5%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	60	126	95	110.0%	-24.6%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	19	20	26	5.3%	30.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	16	10	10	-37.5%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	44	29	46	-34.1%	58.6%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	46	44	58	-4.3%	31.8%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	12	14	14	16.7%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	347	376	525	8.4%	39.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	41	48	124	17.1%	158.3%
510000	Production Occupations	33	31	78	-6.1%	151.6%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	43	84	85	95.3%	1.2%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	67	101	159	50.7%	57.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	49	61	43	24.5%	-29.5%
	12 years	421	513	544	21.9%	6.0%
	13-15 years	471	551	855	17.0%	55.2%
	Over 15 years	142	161	207	13.4%	28.6%
Sex
	Male	619	720	1,052	16.3%	46.1%
	Female	464	566	597	22.0%	5.5%
Age
	Under age 22	43	43	51	0.0%	18.6%
	Age 22 to 29	185	217	190	17.3%	-12.4%
	Age 30 to 39	305	320	463	4.9%	44.7%
	Age 40 to 49	251	288	395	14.7%	37.2%
	Age 50 to 59	175	248	327	41.7%	31.9%
	Age 60 to 64	77	102	153	32.5%	50.0%
	Age 65 and over	42	57	63	35.7%	10.5%
	Info. not available		11		0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	933	1,121	1,447	20.2%	29.1%
	Black or African American,	23	15	36	-34.8%	140.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	36	45	40	25.0%	-11.1%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	86	98	116	14.0%	18.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	967	1,144	1,492	18.3%	30.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	15	27	24	80.0%	-11.1%
	Ethnicity Unknown	101	115	133	13.9%	15.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	301	701	734	132.9%	4.7%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	309	490	435	58.6%	-11.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,083	1,286	1,649	18.7%	28.2%
	Aitkin County	40	59	49	47.5%	-16.9%
	Carlton County	115	150	129	30.4%	-14.0%
	Cook County	15	14		-6.7%	0.0%
	Itasca County	173	234	301	35.3%	28.6%
	Koochiching County	59	51	63	-13.6%	23.5%
	Lake County	25	29	21	16.0%	-27.6%
	Saint Louis County	656	749	1,079	14.2%	44.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	514	920	808	79.0%	-12.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	491	678	597	38.1%	-11.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	306	638	491	108.5%	-23.0%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	103	237	212	130.1%	-10.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	498	772	606	55.0%	-21.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,256	1,665	1,394	32.6%	-16.3%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	358	513	529	43.3%	3.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	721	1,056	892	46.5%	-15.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,191	1,648	1,407	38.4%	-14.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,094	9,034	8,438	11.6%	-6.6%

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

May 2025

EDR 3 - Arrowhead