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St. Cloud, Minnesota Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for St Cloud fell 0.0 percentage points in January 2023 to 2.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.3 percentage points lower than the Minnesota rate. The unemployment rate in St Cloud peaked in May 2020 at 10.7% and is now 8.1 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.1% in June 2022, 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 January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.4% -0.1 -0.6
Minnesota 2.9% 0.0 +0.1
St Cloud 2.6% 0.0 -0.4
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with January 2023 data as February metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: St Cloud, Minnesota, National

St Cloud, Minnesota monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

St Cloud, Minnesota Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in St Cloud peaked in May 2020 at 12,018. There are now 9,070 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 2,395 in July 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 553. St Cloud employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in St Cloud, Minnesota) is also available.

Unemployed Persons January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
St Cloud 2,948 +54 -429

Number of Unemployed Persons

St Cloud, Minnesota Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Minnesota
Unemployment Rate		 St Cloud
Unemployment Rate		 St Cloud
Unemployed
February
2023		 3.6% — — —
January
2023		 3.4% 2.9% 2.6% 2,948
December
2022		 3.5% 2.9% 2.6% 2,894
November
2022		 3.6% 3.0% 2.4% 2,706
October
2022		 3.7% 3.0% 2.3% 2,565
September
2022		 3.5% 2.9% 2.2% 2,497
August
2022		 3.7% 2.7% 2.2% 2,444
July
2022		 3.5% 2.6% 2.1% 2,395
June
2022		 3.6% 2.4% 2.1% 2,401
May
2022		 3.6% 2.4% 2.2% 2,464
April
2022		 3.6% 2.3% 2.3% 2,594
March
2022		 3.6% 2.4% 2.5% 2,850

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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