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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 2026

	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	710	690	719	-2.8%	4.2%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	247	240	278	-2.8%	15.8%
31	Manufacturing	50	47	62	-6.0%	31.9%
42	Wholesale Trade		10	14	0.0%	40.0%
44	Retail Trade	51	36	44	-29.4%	22.2%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	21	29	20	38.1%	-31.0%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	17		10	0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing		14		0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	35	27	15	-22.9%	-44.4%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	18	23	14	27.8%	-39.1%
61	Educational Services	40	48	47	20.0%	-2.1%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	91	79	77	-13.2%	-2.5%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	46	32	54	-30.4%	68.8%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	15	30	13	100.0%	-56.7%
92	Public Administration	24	18	26	-25.0%	44.4%
99	Unclassified	13			0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	23	26	31	13.0%	19.2%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	11	13	13	18.2%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	12			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	14	13	10	-7.1%	-23.1%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	38	48	48	26.3%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	15		16	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	26	33	24	26.9%	-27.3%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	42	31	53	-26.2%	71.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	19	15	15	-21.1%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	39	26	32	-33.3%	23.1%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	35	31	33	-11.4%	6.5%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	251	244	262	-2.8%	7.4%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	19	30	22	57.9%	-26.7%
510000	Production Occupations	32	23	39	-28.1%	69.6%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	43	29	28	-32.6%	-3.4%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	54	73	57	35.2%	-21.9%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	39	32	30	-17.9%	-6.3%
	12 years	274	251	310	-8.4%	23.5%
	13-15 years	284	297	285	4.6%	-4.0%
	Over 15 years	113	110	94	-2.7%	-14.5%
Sex
	Male	477	454	461	-4.8%	1.5%
	Female	233	236	258	1.3%	9.3%
Age
	Under age 22	25	33	27	32.0%	-18.2%
	Age 22 to 29	119	109	127	-8.4%	16.5%
	Age 30 to 39	202	188	206	-6.9%	9.6%
	Age 40 to 49	160	156	157	-2.5%	0.6%
	Age 50 to 59	123	126	124	2.4%	-1.6%
	Age 60 to 64	55	45	42	-18.2%	-6.7%
	Age 65 and over	20	29	30	45.0%	3.4%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	582	587	599	0.9%	2.0%
	Black or African American,	17	14	18	-17.6%	28.6%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	38	28	42	-26.3%	50.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	67	58	60	-13.4%	3.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	628	619	639	-1.4%	3.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	19	16	13	-15.8%	-18.8%
	Ethnicity Unknown	63	55	67	-12.7%	21.8%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	230	201	156	-12.6%	-22.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	234	188	154	-19.7%	-18.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	710	690	719	-2.8%	4.2%
	Aitkin County	31	29	31	-6.5%	6.9%
	Carlton County	79	78	70	-1.3%	-10.3%
	Cook County				0.0%	0.0%
	Itasca County	103	115	131	11.7%	13.9%
	Koochiching County	26	21	21	-19.2%	0.0%
	Lake County	21	11	14	-47.6%	27.3%
	Saint Louis County	447	430	446	-3.8%	3.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	353	301	297	-14.7%	-1.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	391	344	319	-12.0%	-7.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	267	233	262	-12.7%	12.4%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	45	89	154	97.8%	73.0%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	595	494	485	-17.0%	-1.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,186	1,045	1,037	-11.9%	-0.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	270	180	294	-33.3%	63.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	563	450	482	-20.1%	7.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,226	920	923	-25.0%	0.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,706	8,227	8,072	-5.5%	-1.9%

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

August 2026

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