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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

October 2025

	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,330	1,114	1,080	-16.2%	-3.1%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	21	15	13	-28.6%	-13.3%
21	Mining	10		11	0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	555	482	354	-13.2%	-26.6%
31	Manufacturing	80	52	50	-35.0%	-3.8%
42	Wholesale Trade	15	21	12	40.0%	-42.9%
44	Retail Trade	79	55	51	-30.4%	-7.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	27	34	27	25.9%	-20.6%
51	Information	12			0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	13			0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	10	13		30.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	32	31	27	-3.1%	-12.9%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	12	13	20.0%	8.3%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	43	39	42	-9.3%	7.7%
61	Educational Services	26	20	21	-23.1%	5.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	100	88	104	-12.0%	18.2%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	38	45	71	18.4%	57.8%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	155	110	131	-29.0%	19.1%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	29	15	31	-48.3%	106.7%
92	Public Administration	51	57	77	11.8%	35.1%
99	Unclassified	20	10	23	-50.0%	130.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	49	48	39	-2.0%	-18.8%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	19	24	14	26.3%	-41.7%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	10		10	0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations			13	0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	17		18	0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	23	16	20	-30.4%	25.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	26	14	14	-46.2%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	40	35	31	-12.5%	-11.4%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	116	94	93	-19.0%	-1.1%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	55	48	66	-12.7%	37.5%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	56	41	50	-26.8%	22.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	36	38	32	5.6%	-15.8%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	26	22	35	-15.4%	59.1%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	519	440	370	-15.2%	-15.9%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	42	29	34	-31.0%	17.2%
510000	Production Occupations	44	29	31	-34.1%	6.9%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	64	72	49	12.5%	-31.9%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	155	112	133	-27.7%	18.8%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	77	52	55	-32.5%	5.8%
	12 years	604	524	491	-13.2%	-6.3%
	13-15 years	493	407	379	-17.4%	-6.9%
	Over 15 years	156	131	155	-16.0%	18.3%
Sex
	Male	936	780	748	-16.7%	-4.1%
	Female	394	334	332	-15.2%	-0.6%
Age
	Under age 22	62	70	77	12.9%	10.0%
	Age 22 to 29	275	228	203	-17.1%	-11.0%
	Age 30 to 39	332	246	272	-25.9%	10.6%
	Age 40 to 49	266	246	206	-7.5%	-16.3%
	Age 50 to 59	238	191	167	-19.7%	-12.6%
	Age 60 to 64	92	72	82	-21.7%	13.9%
	Age 65 and over	55	45	63	-18.2%	40.0%
	Info. not available	10	16	10	60.0%	-37.5%
Race
	White	1,155	956	909	-17.2%	-4.9%
	Black or African American,	13	19	16	46.2%	-15.8%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	59	50	66	-15.3%	32.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	95	81	84	-14.7%	3.7%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,176	983	956	-16.4%	-2.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	26	28	25	7.7%	-10.7%
	Ethnicity Unknown	128	103	99	-19.5%	-3.9%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	302	273	375	-9.6%	37.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	332	334	310	0.6%	-7.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,330	1,114	1,080	-16.2%	-3.1%
	Aitkin County	107	58	66	-45.8%	13.8%
	Carlton County	131	114	114	-13.0%	0.0%
	Cook County	29	21	26	-27.6%	23.8%
	Itasca County	220	201	183	-8.6%	-9.0%
	Koochiching County	75	61	49	-18.7%	-19.7%
	Lake County	42	52	42	23.8%	-19.2%
	Saint Louis County	726	607	600	-16.4%	-1.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	503	590	482	17.3%	-18.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	666	679	708	2.0%	4.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	306	340	337	11.1%	-0.9%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	90	94	77	4.4%	-18.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	833	801	777	-3.8%	-3.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,421	1,480	1,410	4.2%	-4.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	226	222	272	-1.8%	22.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	643	632	592	-1.7%	-6.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,229	1,112	1,187	-9.5%	6.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,189	8,479	9,352	3.5%	10.3%

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

October 2025

EDR 3 - Arrowhead