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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

December 2025

	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,850	2,414	2,323	30.5%	-3.8%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	32	17	17	-46.9%	0.0%
21	Mining	28	25	42	-10.7%	68.0%
22	Utilities		10	10	0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	976	1,471	1,346	50.7%	-8.5%
31	Manufacturing	91	88	105	-3.3%	19.3%
42	Wholesale Trade	31	20	25	-35.5%	25.0%
44	Retail Trade	74	82	93	10.8%	13.4%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	40	50	48	25.0%	-4.0%
51	Information		11		0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	11		12	0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	20	15	12	-25.0%	-20.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	37	33	48	-10.8%	45.5%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	13	15	29	15.4%	93.3%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	96	102	74	6.3%	-27.5%
61	Educational Services	38	70	61	84.2%	-12.9%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	89	99	117	11.2%	18.2%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	28	35	29	25.0%	-17.1%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	111	129	111	16.2%	-14.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	36	53	50	47.2%	-5.7%
92	Public Administration	47	54	60	14.9%	11.1%
99	Unclassified	36	28	28	-22.2%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	42	35	34	-16.7%	-2.9%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	28		15	0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	11			0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	11	11	17	0.0%	54.5%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	32	71	64	121.9%	-9.9%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ		11	10	0.0%	-9.1%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	20	20	15	0.0%	-25.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	44	37	32	-15.9%	-13.5%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	13	11		-15.4%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	93	105	88	12.9%	-16.2%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	64	60	74	-6.3%	23.3%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations			10	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	51	53	61	3.9%	15.1%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	50	52	58	4.0%	11.5%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	40	36	30	-10.0%	-16.7%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	960	1,401	1,306	45.9%	-6.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	54	71	72	31.5%	1.4%
510000	Production Occupations	40	37	39	-7.5%	5.4%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	125	173	186	38.4%	7.5%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	155	194	178	25.2%	-8.2%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	120	132	113	10.0%	-14.4%
	12 years	873	1,176	1,195	34.7%	1.6%
	13-15 years	697	947	835	35.9%	-11.8%
	Over 15 years	160	157	180	-1.9%	14.6%
Sex
	Male	1,521	1,974	1,901	29.8%	-3.7%
	Female	329	440	422	33.7%	-4.1%
Age
	Under age 22	131	138	147	5.3%	6.5%
	Age 22 to 29	346	467	472	35.0%	1.1%
	Age 30 to 39	432	601	542	39.1%	-9.8%
	Age 40 to 49	386	535	519	38.6%	-3.0%
	Age 50 to 59	346	430	396	24.3%	-7.9%
	Age 60 to 64	132	148	143	12.1%	-3.4%
	Age 65 and over	72	87	92	20.8%	5.7%
	Info. not available			12	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,605	2,092	2,024	30.3%	-3.3%
	Black or African American,	24	27	35	12.5%	29.6%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	75	88	78	17.3%	-11.4%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	143	194	175	35.7%	-9.8%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,614	2,131	2,033	32.0%	-4.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	42	45	41	7.1%	-8.9%
	Ethnicity Unknown	194	238	249	22.7%	4.6%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	1,030	1,098	807	6.6%	-26.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	659	760	727	15.3%	-4.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,850	2,414	2,323	30.5%	-3.8%
	Aitkin County	129	171	167	32.6%	-2.3%
	Carlton County	247	309	311	25.1%	0.6%
	Cook County	29	50	38	72.4%	-24.0%
	Itasca County	366	445	436	21.6%	-2.0%
	Koochiching County	73	66	57	-9.6%	-13.6%
	Lake County	65	73	72	12.3%	-1.4%
	Saint Louis County	941	1,300	1,242	38.2%	-4.5%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,229	1,585	1,536	29.0%	-3.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,396	1,721	1,689	23.3%	-1.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	814	1,059	1,081	30.1%	2.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	233	449	423	92.7%	-5.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,816	2,341	2,381	28.9%	1.7%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,074	3,832	4,009	24.7%	4.6%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	880	1,186	760	34.8%	-35.9%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,561	1,911	1,973	22.4%	3.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,631	3,101	3,414	17.9%	10.1%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	12,651	14,104	15,422	11.5%	9.3%

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

December 2025

EDR 3 - Arrowhead