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Duluth, Minnesota Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Duluth fell 0.0 percentage points in April 2023 to 3.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.5 percentage points higher than the Minnesota rate. The unemployment rate in Duluth peaked in May 2020 at 14.0% and is now 10.7 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.2% in February 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.1 percentage points. You can also compare Duluth unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate April 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.4% -0.1 -0.2
Minnesota 2.8% 0.0 +0.5
Duluth 3.3% 0.0 +0.1
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with April 2023 data as May metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Duluth, Minnesota, National

Duluth, Minnesota monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Duluth, Minnesota Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Duluth peaked in May 2020 at 19,667. There are now 15,019 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 4,443 in March 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 205. Duluth employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Duluth, Minnesota) is also available.

Unemployed Persons April 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Duluth 4,648 -6 +176

Number of Unemployed Persons

Duluth, Minnesota Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Minnesota
Unemployment Rate		 Duluth
Unemployment Rate		 Duluth
Unemployed
May
2023		 3.7% — — —
April
2023		 3.4% 2.8% 3.3% 4,648
March
2023		 3.5% 2.8% 3.3% 4,654
February
2023		 3.6% 3.0% 3.5% 4,882
January
2023		 3.4% 2.9% 3.5% 4,959
December
2022		 3.5% 2.9% 3.6% 5,135
November
2022		 3.6% 3.0% 3.6% 5,145
October
2022		 3.7% 3.0% 3.7% 5,154
September
2022		 3.5% 2.9% 3.6% 5,105
August
2022		 3.7% 2.7% 3.6% 5,019
July
2022		 3.5% 2.6% 3.5% 4,880
June
2022		 3.6% 2.4% 3.4% 4,715

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers. ↩

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