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St. Cloud, Minnesota Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for St Cloud fell 0.0 percentage points in September 2023 to 3.4%. 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 May 2020 at 10.7% and is now 7.3 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.6% in April 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.8 percentage points. You can also compare St Cloud unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate September 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.8% 0.0 +0.3
Minnesota 3.1% 0.0 +0.2
St Cloud 3.4% 0.0 +0.4
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with September 2023 data as October 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 12,049. There are now 8,268 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 2,901 in April 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 880. St Cloud employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in St Cloud, Minnesota) is also available.

Unemployed Persons September 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
St Cloud 3,781 -36 +485

Number of Unemployed Persons

St Cloud, Minnesota Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Minnesota
Unemployment Rate		 St Cloud
Unemployment Rate		 St Cloud
Unemployed
October
2023		 3.9% 3.2% — —
September
2023		 3.8% 3.1% 3.4% 3,781
August
2023		 3.8% 3.1% 3.4% 3,817
July
2023		 3.5% 3.0% 3.3% 3,657
June
2023		 3.6% 2.9% 3.1% 3,487
May
2023		 3.7% 2.9% 3.0% 3,383
April
2023		 3.4% 2.8% 3.0% 3,323
March
2023		 3.5% 2.8% 2.9% 3,279
February
2023		 3.6% 3.0% 3.0% 3,379
January
2023		 3.4% 2.9% 3.0% 3,352
December
2022		 3.5% 2.9% 3.1% 3,408
November
2022		 3.6% 3.0% 3.1% 3,414

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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