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St. Cloud, Minnesota Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for St Cloud fell 0.0 percentage points in August 2021 to 4.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.5 percentage points higher than the Minnesota rate. The unemployment rate in St Cloud peaked in May 2020 at 11.0% and is now 6.7 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 4.3% in March 2021, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare St Cloud unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate August 2021 Month/Month Year/Year
National 5.2% -0.2 -3.2
Minnesota 3.8% -0.1 -2.8
St Cloud 4.3% 0.0 -1.7
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with August 2021 data as September 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 12,490. There are now 7,782 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. St Cloud employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in St Cloud, Minnesota) is also available.

Unemployed Persons August 2021 Month/Month Year/Year
St Cloud 4,708 -38 -2,037

Number of Unemployed Persons

St Cloud, Minnesota Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Minnesota
Unemployment Rate		 St Cloud
Unemployment Rate		 St Cloud
Unemployed
September
2021		 4.8% — — —
August
2021		 5.2% 3.8% 4.3% 4,708
July
2021		 5.4% 3.9% 4.3% 4,746
June
2021		 5.9% 4.0% 4.3% 4,804
May
2021		 5.8% 4.0% 4.3% 4,728
April
2021		 6.1% 4.1% 4.3% 4,719
March
2021		 6.0% 4.2% 4.3% 4,771
February
2021		 6.2% 4.4% 4.5% 4,976
January
2021		 6.3% 4.5% 4.7% 5,140
December
2020		 6.7% 4.7% 4.8% 5,359
November
2020		 6.7% 5.0% 4.9% 5,554
October
2020		 6.9% 5.3% 5.2% 5,816

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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