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Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minnesota Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Minneapolis rose 0.5 percentage points in June 2010 to 6.8%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.0 percentage points lower than the Minnesota rate. The unemployment rate in Minneapolis peaked in May 2009 at 8.4% and is now 1.6 percentage points lower.

Unemployment Rate June 2010 Month/Month Year/Year
National 9.5% -0.2 0.0
Minnesota 6.8% -0.2 -1.6
Minneapolis 6.8% +0.5 -1.7
Note: Metro level data is not seasonally adjusted.1

Unemployment Rate: Minneapolis, Minnesota, National

Minneapolis, Minnesota monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Minneapolis, Minnesota Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Minneapolis peaked in June 2009 at 159,429. There are now 32,000 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 117,929 in May 2010, the number of unemployed has now grown by 9,500. Minneapolis employment and jobs data is also available.

Unemployed Persons June 2010 Month/Month Year/Year
Minneapolis 127,429 +9,500 -32,000

Number of Unemployed Persons

Minneapolis, Minnesota Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Minnesota
Unemployment Rate
Minneapolis
Unemployment Rate
Minneapolis
Unemployed
June
2010
9.5% 6.8% 6.8% 127,429
May
2010
9.7% 7.0% 6.3% 117,929
April
2010
9.9% 7.1% 6.7% 125,512
March
2010
9.7% 7.3% 7.8% 144,274
February
2010
9.7% 7.3% 7.6% 140,545
January
2010
9.7% 7.3% 7.7% 142,389
December
2009
10.0% 7.4% 7.2% 131,972
November
2009
10.0% 7.6% 7.0% 131,114
October
2009
10.1% 7.7% 7.3% 135,081
September
2009
9.8% 7.9% 7.7% 143,310
August
2009
9.7% 8.1% 7.9% 147,638
July
2009
9.4% 8.3% 8.1% 151,744
June
2009
9.5% 8.4% 8.5% 159,429

1. Metro area unemployment rates are not seasonally adjusted while state and national rates are. In practice this means the metro rates may be noisier on a month-to-month basis than the state and national series due to seasonal effects. It's probably better to use year-over-year comparisons.