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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 2026

	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,154	1,228	1,049	6.4%	-14.6%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	16	11		-31.3%	0.0%
21	Mining			35	0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	506	572	417	13.0%	-27.1%
31	Manufacturing	74	96	65	29.7%	-32.3%
42	Wholesale Trade	26	29	21	11.5%	-27.6%
44	Retail Trade	72	61	70	-15.3%	14.8%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	31	51	40	64.5%	-21.6%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	12	16	17	33.3%	6.3%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing		11	10	0.0%	-9.1%
54	Professional and Technical Services	30	20	30	-33.3%	50.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	12	15		25.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	62	40	43	-35.5%	7.5%
61	Educational Services	22	23	13	4.5%	-43.5%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	104	93	108	-10.6%	16.1%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	12	14	17	16.7%	21.4%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	88	70	76	-20.5%	8.6%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	21	17	33	-19.0%	94.1%
92	Public Administration	25	45	20	80.0%	-55.6%
99	Unclassified	17	26	13	52.9%	-50.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	34	36	31	5.9%	-13.9%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	17	13	10	-23.5%	-23.1%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	13			0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	11	15	10	36.4%	-33.3%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	13	18	10	38.5%	-44.4%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	10			0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	16	20	14	25.0%	-30.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	34	26	52	-23.5%	100.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations		13		0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	68	56	65	-17.6%	16.1%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	40	33	32	-17.5%	-3.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	11		10	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	47	34	40	-27.7%	17.6%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	44	67	47	52.3%	-29.9%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	16	18		12.5%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	518	579	445	11.8%	-23.1%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	44	47	47	6.8%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	30	46	48	53.3%	4.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	47	68	53	44.7%	-22.1%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	126	105	103	-16.7%	-1.9%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	60	60	42	0.0%	-30.0%
	12 years	493	541	439	9.7%	-18.9%
	13-15 years	479	490	446	2.3%	-9.0%
	Over 15 years	122	137	122	12.3%	-10.9%
Sex
	Male	848	954	778	12.5%	-18.4%
	Female	306	274	271	-10.5%	-1.1%
Age
	Under age 22	69	71	59	2.9%	-16.9%
	Age 22 to 29	217	230	187	6.0%	-18.7%
	Age 30 to 39	325	319	258	-1.8%	-19.1%
	Age 40 to 49	237	274	257	15.6%	-6.2%
	Age 50 to 59	199	227	180	14.1%	-20.7%
	Age 60 to 64	79	69	57	-12.7%	-17.4%
	Age 65 and over	25	35	48	40.0%	37.1%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	995	1,078	898	8.3%	-16.7%
	Black or African American,	23	17	24	-26.1%	41.2%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	46	48	36	4.3%	-25.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	83	82	84	-1.2%	2.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,010	1,076	923	6.5%	-14.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	34	24	23	-29.4%	-4.2%
	Ethnicity Unknown	110	128	103	16.4%	-19.5%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	221	295	186	33.5%	-36.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	253	281	217	11.1%	-22.8%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,154	1,228	1,049	6.4%	-14.6%
	Aitkin County	53	58	34	9.4%	-41.4%
	Carlton County	123	138	131	12.2%	-5.1%
	Cook County	23	11	15	-52.2%	36.4%
	Itasca County	198	230	197	16.2%	-14.3%
	Koochiching County	40	35	23	-12.5%	-34.3%
	Lake County	48	30	32	-37.5%	6.7%
	Saint Louis County	669	726	617	8.5%	-15.0%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	398	453	379	13.8%	-16.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	470	612	472	30.2%	-22.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	313	372	289	18.8%	-22.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	84	125	77	48.8%	-38.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	779	967	691	24.1%	-28.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,453	1,698	1,372	16.9%	-19.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	206	213	155	3.4%	-27.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	679	818	663	20.5%	-18.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,153	1,349	1,187	17.0%	-12.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,857	9,329	8,538	5.3%	-8.5%

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

February 2026

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