St. Cloud, Minnesota Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for St Cloud fell 0.0 percentage points in March 2012 to 5.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points lower than the Minnesota rate. The unemployment rate in St Cloud peaked in June 2009 at 8.6% and is now 2.9 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 5.7% in January 2012, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare St Cloud unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.2%	-0.1	-0.7
Minnesota	5.8%	+0.1	-0.8
St Cloud	5.7%	0.0	-0.6

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with March 2012 data as April metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: St Cloud, Minnesota, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

St Cloud, Minnesota Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in St Cloud peaked in July 2009 at 9,339. There are now 3,141 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
St Cloud	6,198	-27	-802

Number of Unemployed Persons

St Cloud, Minnesota Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Minnesota Unemployment Rate	St Cloud Unemployment Rate	St Cloud Unemployed
April 2012	8.1%	5.6%	—	—
March 2012	8.2%	5.8%	5.7%	6,198
February 2012	8.3%	5.7%	5.7%	6,225
January 2012	8.3%	5.6%	5.7%	6,235
December 2011	8.5%	5.7%	6.0%	6,491
November 2011	8.7%	5.9%	6.3%	6,802
October 2011	8.9%	6.1%	6.7%	7,254
September 2011	9.0%	6.3%	7.0%	7,625
August 2011	9.1%	6.5%	7.2%	7,854
July 2011	9.1%	6.6%	7.1%	7,713
June 2011	9.1%	6.7%	6.8%	7,364
May 2011	9.0%	6.6%	6.5%	7,098
April 2011	9.0%	6.6%	6.3%	6,959