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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

January 2026

	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,814	1,568	1,580	-13.6%	0.8%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	30	12	13	-60.0%	8.3%
21	Mining	11	14	12	27.3%	-14.3%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	922	797	721	-13.6%	-9.5%
31	Manufacturing	100	71	82	-29.0%	15.5%
42	Wholesale Trade	27	18	37	-33.3%	105.6%
44	Retail Trade	103	92	106	-10.7%	15.2%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	63	54	60	-14.3%	11.1%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	11	14		27.3%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	12	10	10	-16.7%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	30	51	40	70.0%	-21.6%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises		14		0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	66	77	67	16.7%	-13.0%
61	Educational Services	61	30	36	-50.8%	20.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	114	123	162	7.9%	31.7%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	23	21	31	-8.7%	47.6%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	109	78	80	-28.4%	2.6%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	37	25	32	-32.4%	28.0%
92	Public Administration	44	37	34	-15.9%	-8.1%
99	Unclassified	29	18	25	-37.9%	38.9%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	48	41	32	-14.6%	-22.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	18	15	19	-16.7%	26.7%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	10		11	0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations		14	10	0.0%	-28.6%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	18	13	23	-27.8%	76.9%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	46	32	38	-30.4%	18.8%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	13			0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	19	25	21	31.6%	-16.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	38	47	65	23.7%	38.3%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	13	12	15	-7.7%	25.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	97	68	72	-29.9%	5.9%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	61	31	52	-49.2%	67.7%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	15	15	28	0.0%	86.7%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	73	57	67	-21.9%	17.5%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	49	51	54	4.1%	5.9%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	32	16	20	-50.0%	25.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	885	785	714	-11.3%	-9.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	50	57	42	14.0%	-26.3%
510000	Production Occupations	52	41	38	-21.2%	-7.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	104	98	95	-5.8%	-3.1%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	163	134	149	-17.8%	11.2%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	91	86	90	-5.5%	4.7%
	12 years	851	692	740	-18.7%	6.9%
	13-15 years	712	634	552	-11.0%	-12.9%
	Over 15 years	160	156	198	-2.5%	26.9%
Sex
	Male	1,427	1,209	1,176	-15.3%	-2.7%
	Female	387	359	404	-7.2%	12.5%
Age
	Under age 22	109	110	128	0.9%	16.4%
	Age 22 to 29	352	310	315	-11.9%	1.6%
	Age 30 to 39	444	397	401	-10.6%	1.0%
	Age 40 to 49	426	334	333	-21.6%	-0.3%
	Age 50 to 59	318	261	248	-17.9%	-5.0%
	Age 60 to 64	111	112	94	0.9%	-16.1%
	Age 65 and over	44	38	56	-13.6%	47.4%
	Info. not available	10			0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,573	1,380	1,347	-12.3%	-2.4%
	Black or African American,	26	19	23	-26.9%	21.1%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	69	53	69	-23.2%	30.2%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	141	107	129	-24.1%	20.6%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,610	1,385	1,402	-14.0%	1.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	31	25	31	-19.4%	24.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	173	158	147	-8.7%	-7.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	541	408	361	-24.6%	-11.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	421	368	401	-12.6%	9.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,814	1,568	1,580	-13.6%	0.8%
	Aitkin County	86	72	74	-16.3%	2.8%
	Carlton County	226	197	197	-12.8%	0.0%
	Cook County	31	12	20	-61.3%	66.7%
	Itasca County	336	251	271	-25.3%	8.0%
	Koochiching County	71	43	47	-39.4%	9.3%
	Lake County	63	44	57	-30.2%	29.5%
	Saint Louis County	1,001	949	914	-5.2%	-3.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	891	730	666	-18.1%	-8.8%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,055	905	842	-14.2%	-7.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	657	516	472	-21.5%	-8.5%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	180	182	161	1.1%	-11.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,621	1,249	1,275	-22.9%	2.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,689	2,360	2,316	-12.2%	-1.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	459	467	367	1.7%	-21.4%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,360	1,137	1,098	-16.4%	-3.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,300	2,008	1,972	-12.7%	-1.8%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	13,061	11,965	12,560	-8.4%	5.0%

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

January 2026

EDR 3 - Arrowhead