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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 2025

	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	932	710	690	-23.8%	-2.8%

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	250	247	240	-1.2%	-2.8%
31	Manufacturing	196	50	47	-74.5%	-6.0%
42	Wholesale Trade	10		10	0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	51	51	36	0.0%	-29.4%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	24	21	29	-12.5%	38.1%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	19	17		-10.5%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			14	0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	28	35	27	25.0%	-22.9%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	18			0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	38	18	23	-52.6%	27.8%
61	Educational Services	51	40	48	-21.6%	20.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	81	91	79	12.3%	-13.2%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	10			0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	44	46	32	4.5%	-30.4%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	45	15	30	-66.7%	100.0%
92	Public Administration	26	24	18	-7.7%	-25.0%
99	Unclassified	15	13		-13.3%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	33	23	26	-30.3%	13.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	14	11	13	-21.4%	18.2%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations		12		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	14	13	40.0%	-7.1%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	56	38	48	-32.1%	26.3%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	11			0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	17	15		-11.8%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	35	26	33	-25.7%	26.9%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	35	42	31	20.0%	-26.2%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	19	19	15	0.0%	-21.1%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	42	39	26	-7.1%	-33.3%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	47	35	31	-25.5%	-11.4%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	10			0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	255	251	244	-1.6%	-2.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	53	19	30	-64.2%	57.9%
510000	Production Occupations	149	32	23	-78.5%	-28.1%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	29	43	29	48.3%	-32.6%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	95	54	73	-43.2%	35.2%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	46	39	32	-15.2%	-17.9%
	12 years	330	274	251	-17.0%	-8.4%
	13-15 years	440	284	297	-35.5%	4.6%
	Over 15 years	116	113	110	-2.6%	-2.7%
Sex
	Male	641	477	454	-25.6%	-4.8%
	Female	291	233	236	-19.9%	1.3%
Age
	Under age 22	47	25	33	-46.8%	32.0%
	Age 22 to 29	143	119	109	-16.8%	-8.4%
	Age 30 to 39	224	202	188	-9.8%	-6.9%
	Age 40 to 49	218	160	156	-26.6%	-2.5%
	Age 50 to 59	205	123	126	-40.0%	2.4%
	Age 60 to 64	64	55	45	-14.1%	-18.2%
	Age 65 and over	25	20	29	-20.0%	45.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	801	582	587	-27.3%	0.9%
	Black or African American,	20	17	14	-15.0%	-17.6%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	44	38	28	-13.6%	-26.3%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	62	67	58	8.1%	-13.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	826	628	619	-24.0%	-1.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	23	19	16	-17.4%	-15.8%
	Ethnicity Unknown	83	63	55	-24.1%	-12.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	162	230	201	42.0%	-12.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	204	234	188	14.7%	-19.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	932	710	690	-23.8%	-2.8%
	Aitkin County	41	31	29	-24.4%	-6.5%
	Carlton County	93	79	78	-15.1%	-1.3%
	Cook County	10			0.0%	0.0%
	Itasca County	281	103	115	-63.3%	11.7%
	Koochiching County	39	26	21	-33.3%	-19.2%
	Lake County	37	21	11	-43.2%	-47.6%
	Saint Louis County	431	447	430	3.7%	-3.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	374	353	301	-5.6%	-14.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	376	391	344	4.0%	-12.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	274	267	233	-2.6%	-12.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	81	45	89	-44.4%	97.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	516	595	494	15.3%	-17.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,206	1,186	1,045	-1.7%	-11.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	366	270	180	-26.2%	-33.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	512	563	450	10.0%	-20.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,181	1,226	920	3.8%	-25.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,749	8,706	8,227	-0.5%	-5.5%

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

August 2025

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