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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2026

	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,220	1,308	1,227	7.2%	-6.2%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	89	92	94	3.4%	2.2%
21	Mining	10	11	14	10.0%	27.3%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	554	464	453	-16.2%	-2.4%
31	Manufacturing	60	133	56	121.7%	-57.9%
42	Wholesale Trade	13	21	27	61.5%	28.6%
44	Retail Trade	56	71	55	26.8%	-22.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	56	58	45	3.6%	-22.4%
51	Information			11	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	10	14	15	40.0%	7.1%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	32	38	29	18.8%	-23.7%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises			13	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	34	42	48	23.5%	14.3%
61	Educational Services	12	27	26	125.0%	-3.7%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	84	102	110	21.4%	7.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	23	14	20	-39.1%	42.9%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	92	103	101	12.0%	-1.9%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	32	37	34	15.6%	-8.1%
92	Public Administration	27	39	40	44.4%	2.6%
99	Unclassified	22	16	25	-27.3%	56.3%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	43	30	33	-30.2%	10.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	11	11	18	0.0%	63.6%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations		17	11	0.0%	-35.3%
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	15	22	12	46.7%	-45.5%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	21	34	22	61.9%	-35.3%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ		11	10	0.0%	-9.1%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	10	11		10.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	26	37	50	42.3%	35.1%
330000	Protective Service Occupations			11	0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	78	80	89	2.6%	11.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	24	36	49	50.0%	36.1%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	14	10		-28.6%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	36	48	40	33.3%	-16.7%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	38	46	49	21.1%	6.5%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	63	74	73	17.5%	-1.4%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	540	484	480	-10.4%	-0.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	50	52	47	4.0%	-9.6%
510000	Production Occupations	38	78	26	105.3%	-66.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	87	73	75	-16.1%	2.7%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	108	133	98	23.1%	-26.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	71	71	66	0.0%	-7.0%
	12 years	581	606	614	4.3%	1.3%
	13-15 years	455	495	406	8.8%	-18.0%
	Over 15 years	113	136	141	20.4%	3.7%
Sex
	Male	960	967	912	0.7%	-5.7%
	Female	260	341	315	31.2%	-7.6%
Age
	Under age 22	63	79	66	25.4%	-16.5%
	Age 22 to 29	228	262	223	14.9%	-14.9%
	Age 30 to 39	321	298	320	-7.2%	7.4%
	Age 40 to 49	244	292	263	19.7%	-9.9%
	Age 50 to 59	232	215	209	-7.3%	-2.8%
	Age 60 to 64	92	99	84	7.6%	-15.2%
	Age 65 and over	37	55	55	48.6%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,046	1,116	1,046	6.7%	-6.3%
	Black or African American,	16	24	34	50.0%	41.7%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	53	44	39	-17.0%	-11.4%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	101	110	94	8.9%	-14.5%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,052	1,131	1,072	7.5%	-5.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	32	23	21	-28.1%	-8.7%
	Ethnicity Unknown	136	154	134	13.2%	-13.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	390	264	155	-32.3%	-41.3%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	292	259	277	-11.3%	6.9%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,220	1,308	1,227	7.2%	-6.2%
	Aitkin County	55	66	72	20.0%	9.1%
	Carlton County	167	161	147	-3.6%	-8.7%
	Cook County	23	28	18	21.7%	-35.7%
	Itasca County	217	290	235	33.6%	-19.0%
	Koochiching County	91	75	70	-17.6%	-6.7%
	Lake County	32	21	36	-34.4%	71.4%
	Saint Louis County	635	667	649	5.0%	-2.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	414	407	428	-1.7%	5.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	446	514	483	15.2%	-6.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	305	383	331	25.6%	-13.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	69	88	63	27.5%	-28.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	813	733	806	-9.8%	10.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,507	1,346	1,501	-10.7%	11.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	227	232	162	2.2%	-30.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	698	720	717	3.2%	-0.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,180	1,370	1,321	16.1%	-3.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,690	9,107	9,372	4.8%	2.9%

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

March 2026

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