St. Cloud, Minnesota Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for St Cloud fell 0.1 percentage points in February 2019 to 3.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points higher than the Minnesota rate. The unemployment rate in St Cloud peaked in March 2009 at 8.1% and is now 4.8 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.8% in July 2018, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.5 percentage points. You can also compare St Cloud unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	February 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.8%	-0.2	-0.3
Minnesota	3.1%	+0.1	0.0
St Cloud	3.3%	-0.1	0.0

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with February 2019 data as March 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 March 2009 at 8,749. There are now 5,014 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 3,203 in August 2018, the number of unemployed has now grown by 532. St Cloud employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in St Cloud, Minnesota) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	February 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
St Cloud	3,735	-86	+33

Number of Unemployed Persons

St Cloud, Minnesota Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Minnesota Unemployment Rate	St Cloud Unemployment Rate	St Cloud Unemployed
March 2019	3.8%	3.2%	—	—
February 2019	3.8%	3.1%	3.3%	3,735
January 2019	4.0%	3.0%	3.4%	3,821
December 2018	3.9%	2.9%	3.1%	3,558
November 2018	3.7%	2.9%	2.9%	3,298
October 2018	3.8%	2.8%	2.9%	3,332
September 2018	3.7%	2.8%	2.8%	3,204
August 2018	3.8%	2.8%	2.8%	3,203
July 2018	3.9%	2.8%	2.8%	3,218
June 2018	4.0%	2.8%	3.0%	3,367
May 2018	3.8%	2.9%	3.1%	3,532
April 2018	3.9%	3.0%	3.3%	3,787