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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

September 2026

	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	911	853	724	-6.4%	-15.1%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting		14	11	0.0%	-21.4%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	422	318	268	-24.6%	-15.7%
31	Manufacturing	40	52	50	30.0%	-3.8%
42	Wholesale Trade	21	10	12	-52.4%	20.0%
44	Retail Trade	57	63	40	10.5%	-36.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	18	35	19	94.4%	-45.7%
51	Information	10			0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance		12		0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			10	0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	22	24	15	9.1%	-37.5%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises		11	11	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	31	40	22	29.0%	-45.0%
61	Educational Services	24	29	26	20.8%	-10.3%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	98	90	85	-8.2%	-5.6%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	18	16	20	-11.1%	25.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	60	53	52	-11.7%	-1.9%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	30	23	31	-23.3%	34.8%
92	Public Administration	17	22	29	29.4%	31.8%
99	Unclassified		13		0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	30	33	28	10.0%	-15.2%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	14		11	0.0%	0.0%
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		0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	19	20	15	5.3%	-25.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	20	20	15	0.0%	-25.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	41	39	40	-4.9%	2.6%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	59	51	48	-13.6%	-5.9%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	18	20	24	11.1%	20.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	10		11	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	47	33	25	-29.8%	-24.2%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	42	41	27	-2.4%	-34.1%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations		15		0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	395	330	266	-16.5%	-19.4%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	28	29	28	3.6%	-3.4%
510000	Production Occupations	23	30	31	30.4%	3.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	34	49	36	44.1%	-26.5%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	83	79	85	-4.8%	7.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	31	40	48	29.0%	20.0%
	12 years	390	363	329	-6.9%	-9.4%
	13-15 years	378	326	271	-13.8%	-16.9%
	Over 15 years	111	124	76	11.7%	-38.7%
Sex
	Male	642	584	485	-9.0%	-17.0%
	Female	269	269	239	0.0%	-11.2%
Age
	Under age 22	45	44	49	-2.2%	11.4%
	Age 22 to 29	177	157	111	-11.3%	-29.3%
	Age 30 to 39	239	206	198	-13.8%	-3.9%
	Age 40 to 49	232	213	174	-8.2%	-18.3%
	Age 50 to 59	134	141	112	5.2%	-20.6%
	Age 60 to 64	58	56	46	-3.4%	-17.9%
	Age 65 and over	24	30	30	25.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	787	717	606	-8.9%	-15.5%
	Black or African American,	12	26	19	116.7%	-26.9%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	41	37	36	-9.8%	-2.7%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	68	68	59	0.0%	-13.2%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	814	750	633	-7.9%	-15.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	14	19	22	35.7%	15.8%
	Ethnicity Unknown	83	84	69	1.2%	-17.9%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	216	113	92	-47.7%	-18.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	213	164	144	-23.0%	-12.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	911	853	724	-6.4%	-15.1%
	Aitkin County	49	43	33	-12.2%	-23.3%
	Carlton County	114	79	87	-30.7%	10.1%
	Cook County		11		0.0%	0.0%
	Itasca County	156	157	120	0.6%	-23.6%
	Koochiching County	26	27	23	3.8%	-14.8%
	Lake County	20	19	17	-5.0%	-10.5%
	Saint Louis County	542	517	437	-4.6%	-15.5%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	474	382	286	-19.4%	-25.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	421	373	303	-11.4%	-18.8%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	337	261	207	-22.6%	-20.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	235	208	53	-11.5%	-74.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	566	522	505	-7.8%	-3.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,235	1,027	1,012	-16.8%	-1.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	410	383	289	-6.6%	-24.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	556	520	427	-6.5%	-17.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	976	948	864	-2.9%	-8.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	7,733	8,154	7,168	5.4%	-12.1%

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

September 2026

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