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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

May 2026

	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,286	1,649	942	28.2%	-42.9%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	11	12	10	9.1%	-16.7%
21	Mining		394		0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	379	384	289	1.3%	-24.7%
31	Manufacturing	67	72	36	7.5%	-50.0%
42	Wholesale Trade	20	19		-5.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	52	67	49	28.8%	-26.9%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	50	42	34	-16.0%	-19.0%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance		16		0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	39	46	31	17.9%	-32.6%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises			20	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	38	23	34	-39.5%	47.8%
61	Educational Services	326	294	191	-9.8%	-35.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	99	122	97	23.2%	-20.5%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	19			0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	86	57	60	-33.7%	5.3%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	27	35	25	29.6%	-28.6%
92	Public Administration	27	26	19	-3.7%	-26.9%
99	Unclassified	18	14		-22.2%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	28	39	26	39.3%	-33.3%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	16	24	21	50.0%	-12.5%
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		11		0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations		14	11	0.0%	-21.4%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	267	256	152	-4.1%	-40.6%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ		13		0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	23	19	22	-17.4%	15.8%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	39	31	34	-20.5%	9.7%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	126	95	95	-24.6%	0.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	20	26	14	30.0%	-46.2%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	10	10		0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	29	46	39	58.6%	-15.2%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	44	58	46	31.8%	-20.7%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	14	14		0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	376	525	294	39.6%	-44.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	48	124	31	158.3%	-75.0%
510000	Production Occupations	31	78	15	151.6%	-80.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	84	85	34	1.2%	-60.0%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	101	159	67	57.4%	-57.9%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	61	43	36	-29.5%	-16.3%
	12 years	513	544	368	6.0%	-32.4%
	13-15 years	551	855	391	55.2%	-54.3%
	Over 15 years	161	207	147	28.6%	-29.0%
Sex
	Male	720	1,052	517	46.1%	-50.9%
	Female	566	597	425	5.5%	-28.8%
Age
	Under age 22	43	51	31	18.6%	-39.2%
	Age 22 to 29	217	190	150	-12.4%	-21.1%
	Age 30 to 39	320	463	238	44.7%	-48.6%
	Age 40 to 49	288	395	217	37.2%	-45.1%
	Age 50 to 59	248	327	180	31.9%	-45.0%
	Age 60 to 64	102	153	73	50.0%	-52.3%
	Age 65 and over	57	63	43	10.5%	-31.7%
	Info. not available	11		10	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,121	1,447	811	29.1%	-44.0%
	Black or African American,	15	36	23	140.0%	-36.1%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	45	40	23	-11.1%	-42.5%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	98	116	83	18.4%	-28.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,144	1,492	843	30.4%	-43.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	27	24	22	-11.1%	-8.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	115	133	77	15.7%	-42.1%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	701	734	397	4.7%	-45.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	490	435	324	-11.2%	-25.5%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,286	1,649	942	28.2%	-42.9%
	Aitkin County	59	49	40	-16.9%	-18.4%
	Carlton County	150	129	83	-14.0%	-35.7%
	Cook County	14		18	0.0%	0.0%
	Itasca County	234	301	140	28.6%	-53.5%
	Koochiching County	51	63	36	23.5%	-42.9%
	Lake County	29	21	30	-27.6%	42.9%
	Saint Louis County	749	1,079	595	44.1%	-44.9%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	920	808	706	-12.2%	-12.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	678	597	470	-11.9%	-21.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	638	491	460	-23.0%	-6.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	237	212	336	-10.5%	58.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	772	606	559	-21.5%	-7.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,665	1,394	1,276	-16.3%	-8.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	513	529	358	3.1%	-32.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,056	892	840	-15.5%	-5.8%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,648	1,407	1,216	-14.6%	-13.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,034	8,438	7,834	-6.6%	-7.2%

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

May 2026

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