St. Cloud, Minnesota Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for St Cloud fell 0.2 percentage points in February 2018 to 3.2%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.0 percentage points lower than the Minnesota rate. The unemployment rate in St Cloud peaked in March 2009 at 8.1% and is now 4.9 percentage points lower. You can also compare St Cloud unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	February 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	4.1%	0.0	-0.6
Minnesota	3.2%	-0.1	-0.5
St Cloud	3.2%	-0.2	-0.9

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with February 2018 data as March 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 5,070 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 3,656 in October 2017, the number of unemployed has now grown by 23. St Cloud employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in St Cloud, Minnesota) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	February 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
St Cloud	3,679	-120	-837

Number of Unemployed Persons

St Cloud, Minnesota Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Minnesota Unemployment Rate	St Cloud Unemployment Rate	St Cloud Unemployed
March 2018	4.1%	—	—	—
February 2018	4.1%	3.2%	3.2%	3,679
January 2018	4.1%	3.3%	3.4%	3,799
December 2017	4.1%	3.3%	3.5%	3,865
November 2017	4.1%	3.3%	3.3%	3,714
October 2017	4.1%	3.3%	3.3%	3,656
September 2017	4.2%	3.3%	3.5%	3,937
August 2017	4.4%	3.4%	3.7%	4,133
July 2017	4.3%	3.4%	3.6%	3,928
June 2017	4.3%	3.4%	3.7%	4,099
May 2017	4.3%	3.5%	3.8%	4,215
April 2017	4.4%	3.5%	3.8%	4,169