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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2026

	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,112	1,004	893	-9.7%	-11.1%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	61	46	48	-24.6%	4.3%
21	Mining		10		0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	406	387	307	-4.7%	-20.7%
31	Manufacturing	94	48	68	-48.9%	41.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	19	27	15	42.1%	-44.4%
44	Retail Trade	70	54	55	-22.9%	1.9%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	28	36	34	28.6%	-5.6%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	15	17	13	13.3%	-23.5%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	11			0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	42	37	23	-11.9%	-37.8%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	11	14	10.0%	27.3%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	30	40	34	33.3%	-15.0%
61	Educational Services	24	21	32	-12.5%	52.4%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	89	97	81	9.0%	-16.5%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	14	15	10	7.1%	-33.3%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	113	70	88	-38.1%	25.7%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	15	25	16	66.7%	-36.0%
92	Public Administration	29	27	22	-6.9%	-18.5%
99	Unclassified	24	21	22	-12.5%	4.8%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	42	26	18	-38.1%	-30.8%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	29	20	17	-31.0%	-15.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	12	14	11	16.7%	-21.4%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	18	16	22	-11.1%	37.5%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ		13		0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	24	20	11	-16.7%	-45.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	28	35	29	25.0%	-17.1%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	86	75	77	-12.8%	2.7%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	30	25	22	-16.7%	-12.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	10			0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	50	30	36	-40.0%	20.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	49	34	47	-30.6%	38.2%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	56	42	40	-25.0%	-4.8%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	409	404	309	-1.2%	-23.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	39	37	24	-5.1%	-35.1%
510000	Production Occupations	49	30	50	-38.8%	66.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	62	75	76	21.0%	1.3%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	100	84	66	-16.0%	-21.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	60	53	54	-11.7%	1.9%
	12 years	504	439	417	-12.9%	-5.0%
	13-15 years	428	385	309	-10.0%	-19.7%
	Over 15 years	119	127	113	6.7%	-11.0%
Sex
	Male	791	743	639	-6.1%	-14.0%
	Female	321	261	254	-18.7%	-2.7%
Age
	Under age 22	59	57	48	-3.4%	-15.8%
	Age 22 to 29	209	185	175	-11.5%	-5.4%
	Age 30 to 39	268	230	216	-14.2%	-6.1%
	Age 40 to 49	267	227	190	-15.0%	-16.3%
	Age 50 to 59	175	178	170	1.7%	-4.5%
	Age 60 to 64	92	81	54	-12.0%	-33.3%
	Age 65 and over	35	36	33	2.9%	-8.3%
	Info. not available		10		0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	925	842	746	-9.0%	-11.4%
	Black or African American,	28	17	16	-39.3%	-5.9%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	58	40	43	-31.0%	7.5%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	90	96	81	6.7%	-15.6%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	973	866	784	-11.0%	-9.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	21	21	21	0.0%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	118	117	88	-0.8%	-24.8%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	249	257	158	3.2%	-38.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	198	213	220	7.6%	3.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,112	1,004	893	-9.7%	-11.1%
	Aitkin County	40	37	40	-7.5%	8.1%
	Carlton County	113	126	91	11.5%	-27.8%
	Cook County	35	12	26	-65.7%	116.7%
	Itasca County	167	168	169	0.6%	0.6%
	Koochiching County	56	55	34	-1.8%	-38.2%
	Lake County	32	31	28	-3.1%	-9.7%
	Saint Louis County	669	575	505	-14.1%	-12.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	338	404	326	19.5%	-19.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	459	344	382	-25.1%	11.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	341	275	292	-19.4%	6.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	90	86	72	-4.4%	-16.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	701	602	588	-14.1%	-2.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,302	1,170	1,213	-10.1%	3.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	191	193	148	1.0%	-23.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	639	559	510	-12.5%	-8.8%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,133	1,100	995	-2.9%	-9.5%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,539	8,586	8,222	0.6%	-4.2%

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

April 2026

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