St. Cloud, Minnesota Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for St Cloud fell 0.1 percentage points in July 2019 to 3.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points lower than the Minnesota rate. The unemployment rate in St Cloud peaked in April 2009 at 8.1% and is now 4.8 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.9% in June 2018, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.4 percentage points. You can also compare St Cloud unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	July 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.7%	0.0	-0.2
Minnesota	3.4%	+0.1	+0.6
St Cloud	3.3%	-0.1	+0.4

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with July 2019 data as August 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 April 2009 at 8,757. There are now 4,953 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 3,263 in July 2018, the number of unemployed has now grown by 541. St Cloud employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in St Cloud, Minnesota) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	July 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
St Cloud	3,804	-15	+541

Number of Unemployed Persons

St Cloud, Minnesota Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Minnesota Unemployment Rate	St Cloud Unemployment Rate	St Cloud Unemployed
September 2019	3.5%	—	—	—
August 2019	3.7%	3.3%	—	—
July 2019	3.7%	3.4%	3.3%	3,804
June 2019	3.7%	3.3%	3.4%	3,819
May 2019	3.6%	3.3%	3.4%	3,821
April 2019	3.6%	3.3%	3.4%	3,809
March 2019	3.8%	3.2%	3.3%	3,739
February 2019	3.8%	3.1%	3.2%	3,632
January 2019	4.0%	3.0%	3.2%	3,557
December 2018	3.9%	2.9%	3.1%	3,420
November 2018	3.7%	2.9%	3.1%	3,420
October 2018	3.8%	2.8%	3.0%	3,388