St. Cloud, Minnesota Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for St Cloud fell 0.3 percentage points in December 2011 to 6.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.3 percentage points higher than the Minnesota rate. The unemployment rate in St Cloud peaked in June 2009 at 8.6% and is now 2.6 percentage points lower. You can also compare St Cloud 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
St Cloud	6.0%	-0.3	-1.1

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: 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 2,848 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
St Cloud	6,491	-311	-1,382

Number of Unemployed Persons

St Cloud, Minnesota Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Minnesota Unemployment Rate	St Cloud Unemployment Rate	St Cloud Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	5.7%	6.0%	6,491
November 2011	8.7%	5.9%	6.3%	6,802
October 2011	8.9%	6.5%	6.7%	7,254
September 2011	9.0%	6.9%	7.0%	7,625
August 2011	9.1%	7.2%	7.2%	7,854
July 2011	9.1%	7.2%	7.1%	7,713
June 2011	9.1%	6.8%	6.8%	7,364
May 2011	9.0%	6.6%	6.5%	7,098
April 2011	9.0%	6.5%	6.3%	6,959
March 2011	8.9%	6.6%	6.3%	7,000
February 2011	9.0%	6.7%	6.5%	7,225
January 2011	9.1%	6.7%	6.8%	7,496