St. Cloud, Minnesota Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for St Cloud rose 0.1 percentage points in October 2018 to 2.9%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points higher than the Minnesota rate. The unemployment rate in St Cloud peaked in March 2009 at 8.1% and is now 5.2 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.8% in July 2018, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.1 percentage points. You can also compare St Cloud unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.7%	0.0	-0.4
Minnesota	2.8%	0.0	-0.5
St Cloud	2.9%	+0.1	-0.4

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with October 2018 data as November 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 5,415 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 131. St Cloud employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in St Cloud, Minnesota) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
St Cloud	3,334	+130	-408

Number of Unemployed Persons

St Cloud, Minnesota Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Minnesota Unemployment Rate	St Cloud Unemployment Rate	St Cloud Unemployed
November 2018	3.7%	—	—	—
October 2018	3.7%	2.8%	2.9%	3,334
September 2018	3.7%	2.8%	2.8%	3,204
August 2018	3.9%	2.9%	2.8%	3,203
July 2018	3.9%	3.0%	2.8%	3,218
June 2018	4.0%	3.1%	3.0%	3,367
May 2018	3.8%	3.1%	3.1%	3,532
April 2018	3.9%	3.2%	3.3%	3,787
March 2018	4.1%	3.2%	3.2%	3,632
February 2018	4.1%	3.2%	3.3%	3,702
January 2018	4.1%	3.3%	3.4%	3,818
December 2017	4.1%	3.3%	3.5%	3,918