Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minnesota Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Minneapolis fell 0.2 percentage points in December 2011 to 5.7%. 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 June 2009 at 8.3% and is now 2.6 percentage points lower. You can also compare Minneapolis unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
Minnesota	5.7%	-0.2	-1.2
Minneapolis	5.7%	-0.2	-1.2

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with December 2011 data as January metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Minneapolis, Minnesota, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Minneapolis, Minnesota Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Minneapolis peaked in June 2009 at 153,088. There are now 48,735 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Minneapolis employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Minneapolis	104,353	-4,961	-22,818

Number of Unemployed Persons

Minneapolis, Minnesota Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Minnesota Unemployment Rate	Minneapolis Unemployment Rate	Minneapolis Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	5.7%	5.7%	104,353
November 2011	8.7%	5.9%	5.9%	109,314
October 2011	8.9%	6.5%	6.3%	117,484
September 2011	9.0%	6.9%	6.7%	124,746
August 2011	9.1%	7.2%	7.0%	130,356
July 2011	9.1%	7.2%	7.0%	129,307
June 2011	9.1%	6.8%	6.6%	121,466
May 2011	9.0%	6.6%	6.4%	117,713
April 2011	9.0%	6.5%	6.3%	116,138
March 2011	8.9%	6.6%	6.4%	117,338
February 2011	9.0%	6.7%	6.5%	120,276
January 2011	9.1%	6.7%	6.7%	122,877