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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

September 2025

	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	782	911	853	16.5%	-6.4%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	15		14	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	345	422	318	22.3%	-24.6%
31	Manufacturing	59	40	52	-32.2%	30.0%
42	Wholesale Trade	11	21	10	90.9%	-52.4%
44	Retail Trade	42	57	63	35.7%	10.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	16	18	35	12.5%	94.4%
51	Information		10		0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	14		12	0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	23	22	24	-4.3%	9.1%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises			11	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	30	31	40	3.3%	29.0%
61	Educational Services	23	24	29	4.3%	20.8%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	80	98	90	22.5%	-8.2%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation		18	16	0.0%	-11.1%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	36	60	53	66.7%	-11.7%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	19	30	23	57.9%	-23.3%
92	Public Administration	24	17	22	-29.2%	29.4%
99	Unclassified			13	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	29	30	33	3.4%	10.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	19	14		-26.3%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				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			12	0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	17	19	20	11.8%	5.3%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	26	20	20	-23.1%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	30	41	39	36.7%	-4.9%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	33	59	51	78.8%	-13.6%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	14	18	20	28.6%	11.1%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations		10		0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	28	47	33	67.9%	-29.8%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	30	42	41	40.0%	-2.4%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	13		15	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	317	395	330	24.6%	-16.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	30	28	29	-6.7%	3.6%
510000	Production Occupations	47	23	30	-51.1%	30.4%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	43	34	49	-20.9%	44.1%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	70	83	79	18.6%	-4.8%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	30	31	40	3.3%	29.0%
	12 years	322	390	363	21.1%	-6.9%
	13-15 years	336	378	326	12.5%	-13.8%
	Over 15 years	94	111	124	18.1%	11.7%
Sex
	Male	551	642	584	16.5%	-9.0%
	Female	231	269	269	16.5%	0.0%
Age
	Under age 22	34	45	44	32.4%	-2.2%
	Age 22 to 29	136	177	157	30.1%	-11.3%
	Age 30 to 39	183	239	206	30.6%	-13.8%
	Age 40 to 49	188	232	213	23.4%	-8.2%
	Age 50 to 59	172	134	141	-22.1%	5.2%
	Age 60 to 64	45	58	56	28.9%	-3.4%
	Age 65 and over	21	24	30	14.3%	25.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	684	787	717	15.1%	-8.9%
	Black or African American,	15	12	26	-20.0%	116.7%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	31	41	37	32.3%	-9.8%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	49	68	68	38.8%	0.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	688	814	750	18.3%	-7.9%
	Hispanic or Latino	12	14	19	16.7%	35.7%
	Ethnicity Unknown	82	83	84	1.2%	1.2%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	162	216	113	33.3%	-47.7%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	169	213	164	26.0%	-23.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	782	911	853	16.5%	-6.4%
	Aitkin County	26	49	43	88.5%	-12.2%
	Carlton County	86	114	79	32.6%	-30.7%
	Cook County			11	0.0%	0.0%
	Itasca County	135	156	157	15.6%	0.6%
	Koochiching County	32	26	27	-18.8%	3.8%
	Lake County	32	20	19	-37.5%	-5.0%
	Saint Louis County	466	542	517	16.3%	-4.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	285	474	382	66.3%	-19.4%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	396	421	373	6.3%	-11.4%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	242	337	261	39.3%	-22.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	71	235	208	231.0%	-11.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	513	566	522	10.3%	-7.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	974	1,235	1,027	26.8%	-16.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	287	410	383	42.9%	-6.6%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	526	556	520	5.7%	-6.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	960	976	948	1.7%	-2.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,828	7,733	8,154	13.3%	5.4%

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

September 2025

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