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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

November 2025

	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	2,410	2,154	2,001	-10.6%	-7.1%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	43	51	41	18.6%	-19.6%
21	Mining	15	16	50	6.7%	212.5%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	1,266	1,140	1,036	-10.0%	-9.1%
31	Manufacturing	147	82	86	-44.2%	4.9%
42	Wholesale Trade	23	24	19	4.3%	-20.8%
44	Retail Trade	103	85	76	-17.5%	-10.6%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	36	31	33	-13.9%	6.5%
51	Information	10	10		0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	13	15		15.4%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	22	16	16	-27.3%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	47	31	30	-34.0%	-3.2%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	19		25	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	112	89	93	-20.5%	4.5%
61	Educational Services	23	17	18	-26.1%	5.9%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	99	94	91	-5.1%	-3.2%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	56	77	67	37.5%	-13.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	195	168	137	-13.8%	-18.5%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	39	64	52	64.1%	-18.8%
92	Public Administration	107	107	89	0.0%	-16.8%
99	Unclassified	27	21	19	-22.2%	-9.5%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	74	49	39	-33.8%	-20.4%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	20	16	19	-20.0%	18.8%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	15			0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations		15	11	0.0%	-26.7%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	22	22	12	0.0%	-45.5%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	26	12		-53.8%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	35	31	44	-11.4%	41.9%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	13	12	18	-7.7%	50.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	127	93	97	-26.8%	4.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	108	116	97	7.4%	-16.4%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	10	12		20.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	72	68	59	-5.6%	-13.2%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	56	57	42	1.8%	-26.3%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	57	69	53	21.1%	-23.2%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	1,178	1,048	984	-11.0%	-6.1%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	66	58	69	-12.1%	19.0%
510000	Production Occupations	58	35	30	-39.7%	-14.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	197	192	162	-2.5%	-15.6%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	250	217	221	-13.2%	1.8%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	169	124	144	-26.6%	16.1%
	12 years	1,180	1,085	1,020	-8.1%	-6.0%
	13-15 years	841	753	661	-10.5%	-12.2%
	Over 15 years	220	191	176	-13.2%	-7.9%
Sex
	Male	1,950	1,681	1,606	-13.8%	-4.5%
	Female	460	473	395	2.8%	-16.5%
Age
	Under age 22	131	130	126	-0.8%	-3.1%
	Age 22 to 29	441	419	371	-5.0%	-11.5%
	Age 30 to 39	555	490	469	-11.7%	-4.3%
	Age 40 to 49	508	441	431	-13.2%	-2.3%
	Age 50 to 59	480	368	343	-23.3%	-6.8%
	Age 60 to 64	177	171	156	-3.4%	-8.8%
	Age 65 and over	102	109	86	6.9%	-21.1%
	Info. not available	16	26	19	62.5%	-26.9%
Race
	White	2,096	1,843	1,726	-12.1%	-6.3%
	Black or African American,	16	17	34	6.3%	100.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	111	127	95	14.4%	-25.2%
	Asian			10	0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	176	156	133	-11.4%	-14.7%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	2,120	1,917	1,795	-9.6%	-6.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	45	32	29	-28.9%	-9.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	245	205	177	-16.3%	-13.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	621	965	487	55.4%	-49.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	763	769	607	0.8%	-21.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2,410	2,154	2,001	-10.6%	-7.1%
	Aitkin County	191	176	153	-7.9%	-13.1%
	Carlton County	289	282	251	-2.4%	-11.0%
	Cook County	63	37	47	-41.3%	27.0%
	Itasca County	489	409	362	-16.4%	-11.5%
	Koochiching County	131	77	84	-41.2%	9.1%
	Lake County	77	66	46	-14.3%	-30.3%
	Saint Louis County	1,170	1,107	1,058	-5.4%	-4.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,358	1,341	1,063	-1.3%	-20.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,668	1,631	1,483	-2.2%	-9.1%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	984	810	695	-17.7%	-14.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	218	272	188	24.8%	-30.9%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,868	1,796	1,671	-3.9%	-7.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,999	2,819	2,659	-6.0%	-5.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	454	474	378	4.4%	-20.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,423	1,431	1,170	0.6%	-18.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,297	2,275	1,933	-1.0%	-15.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	12,293	11,094	10,888	-9.8%	-1.9%

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

November 2025

EDR 3 - Arrowhead