Labor Market Information Data Home UIS Home

Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

July 2026

	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,004	954	969	-5.0%	1.6%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	22	15	15	-31.8%	0.0%
21	Mining			12	0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	342	318	328	-7.0%	3.1%
31	Manufacturing	52	55	40	5.8%	-27.3%
42	Wholesale Trade	24	16	15	-33.3%	-6.3%
44	Retail Trade	56	52	44	-7.1%	-15.4%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	30	33	38	10.0%	15.2%
51	Information			10	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	14		11	0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	37	25	21	-32.4%	-16.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises		11		0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	24	26	31	8.3%	19.2%
61	Educational Services	128	134	136	4.7%	1.5%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	110	103	103	-6.4%	0.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			11	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	54	58	75	7.4%	29.3%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	32	22	18	-31.3%	-18.2%
92	Public Administration	27	36	34	33.3%	-5.6%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	35	34	28	-2.9%	-17.6%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	13	12	19	-7.7%	58.3%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations		13		0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	10			0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	19	20	15	5.3%	-25.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	93	117	114	25.8%	-2.6%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ		13		0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	20	18	20	-10.0%	11.1%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	36	32	33	-11.1%	3.1%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	70	50	72	-28.6%	44.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	15	25	12	66.7%	-52.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	43	41	30	-4.7%	-26.8%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	49	42	46	-14.3%	9.5%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	20	19	12	-5.0%	-36.8%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	331	311	321	-6.0%	3.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	36	35	33	-2.8%	-5.7%
510000	Production Occupations	28	29	26	3.6%	-10.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	68	57	58	-16.2%	1.8%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	86	61	99	-29.1%	62.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	45	35	44	-22.2%	25.7%
	12 years	396	372	405	-6.1%	8.9%
	13-15 years	424	400	368	-5.7%	-8.0%
	Over 15 years	138	147	152	6.5%	3.4%
Sex
	Male	620	590	582	-4.8%	-1.4%
	Female	383	364	387	-5.0%	6.3%
Age
	Under age 22	41	40	49	-2.4%	22.5%
	Age 22 to 29	135	142	153	5.2%	7.7%
	Age 30 to 39	262	215	261	-17.9%	21.4%
	Age 40 to 49	232	238	225	2.6%	-5.5%
	Age 50 to 59	208	195	158	-6.3%	-19.0%
	Age 60 to 64	72	72	68	0.0%	-5.6%
	Age 65 and over	46	38	45	-17.4%	18.4%
	Info. not available		14	10	0.0%	-28.6%
Race
	White	874	796	814	-8.9%	2.3%
	Black or African American,	15	23	15	53.3%	-34.8%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	36	50	50	38.9%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	77	85	84	10.4%	-1.2%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	875	861	857	-1.6%	-0.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	27	17	22	-37.0%	29.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	102	76	90	-25.5%	18.4%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	656	362	168	-44.8%	-53.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	375	350	239	-6.7%	-31.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,004	954	969	-5.0%	1.6%
	Aitkin County	51	56	39	9.8%	-30.4%
	Carlton County	98	96	116	-2.0%	20.8%
	Cook County				0.0%	0.0%
	Itasca County	192	188	198	-2.1%	5.3%
	Koochiching County	37	28	30	-24.3%	7.1%
	Lake County	19	21	14	10.5%	-33.3%
	Saint Louis County	601	558	569	-7.2%	2.0%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	549	471	388	-14.2%	-17.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	524	439	415	-16.2%	-5.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	345	392	307	13.6%	-21.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	128	258	148	101.6%	-42.6%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	808	660	614	-18.3%	-7.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,582	1,450	1,341	-8.3%	-7.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	513	333	420	-35.1%	26.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	817	673	594	-17.6%	-11.7%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,528	1,188	1,216	-22.3%	2.4%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,974	10,517	10,295	-4.2%	-2.1%

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

July 2026

EDR 3 - Arrowhead