Otter Tail County, MN Unemployment Rate Report

Otter Tail County, MN Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Otter Tail County, Minnesota has ranged from 1.6% in May 2022 to 12.0% in January 1993. The current unemployment rate for Otter Tail County is 1.9% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Otter Tail County, MN Unemployment Rate by Month

Low Unemployment Area

Otter Tail County, MN Current Unemployment - 1.9%

Otter Tail County, MN Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Otter Tail County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2022	4.5%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2022	3.7%	2.6%	3.8%
3 / 2022	3.7%	2.8%	3.6%
4 / 2022	2.2%	1.6%	3.6%
5 / 2022	1.6%	1.6%	3.6%
6 / 2022	2.1%	2.2%	3.6%
7 / 2022	1.9%	2.1%	3.5%
8 / 2022	1.9%	2.1%	3.7%

Month/Year	Otter Tail County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2021	6.2%	5.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	5.9%	4.9%	6.2%
3 / 2021	5.3%	4.5%	6.0%
4 / 2021	3.5%	4.2%	6.1%
5 / 2021	2.6%	3.7%	5.8%
6 / 2021	3.2%	4.4%	5.9%
7 / 2021	2.6%	3.2%	5.4%
8 / 2021	2.6%	3.1%	5.2%
9 / 2021	2.2%	2.8%	4.7%
10 / 2021	1.9%	2.3%	4.6%
11 / 2021	2.1%	2.2%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.3%	2.6%	3.9%

Month/Year	Otter Tail County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2020	6.0%	3.7%	3.6%
2 / 2020	5.6%	3.6%	3.5%
3 / 2020	5.0%	3.5%	4.4%
4 / 2020	8.2%	8.6%	14.7%
5 / 2020	6.5%	9.4%	13.3%
6 / 2020	6.2%	8.6%	11.1%
7 / 2020	4.9%	7.4%	10.2%
8 / 2020	4.6%	7.1%	8.4%
9 / 2020	3.6%	5.6%	7.9%
10 / 2020	3.3%	3.9%	6.9%
11 / 2020	3.4%	4.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	4.9%	4.9%	6.7%

Month/Year	Otter Tail County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2019	7.0%	4.3%	4.0%
2 / 2019	6.0%	3.9%	3.8%
3 / 2019	5.7%	3.9%	3.8%
4 / 2019	4.2%	3.1%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.8%	2.7%	3.6%
6 / 2019	3.3%	3.2%	3.7%
7 / 2019	3.8%	3.2%	3.7%
8 / 2019	3.2%	3.0%	3.7%
9 / 2019	2.6%	2.6%	3.5%
10 / 2019	2.7%	2.6%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.5%	2.8%	3.5%
12 / 2019	5.4%	3.5%	3.5%

Month/Year	Otter Tail County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2018	5.9%	3.9%	4.1%
2 / 2018	5.5%	3.8%	4.1%
3 / 2018	5.2%	3.7%	4.0%
4 / 2018	4.0%	3.0%	3.9%
5 / 2018	2.4%	2.4%	3.8%
6 / 2018	2.8%	2.9%	4.0%
7 / 2018	2.6%	2.7%	3.9%
8 / 2018	2.5%	2.6%	3.8%
9 / 2018	2.3%	2.3%	3.7%
10 / 2018	2.4%	2.3%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.1%	2.4%	3.7%
12 / 2018	5.2%	3.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	Otter Tail County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2017	6.6%	4.7%	4.7%
2 / 2017	6.2%	4.5%	4.7%
3 / 2017	5.6%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2017	4.0%	3.4%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.0%	3.1%	4.4%
6 / 2017	3.2%	3.4%	4.3%
7 / 2017	2.9%	3.3%	4.3%
8 / 2017	2.9%	3.3%	4.4%
9 / 2017	2.5%	2.8%	4.2%
10 / 2017	2.1%	2.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.4%	2.7%	4.2%
12 / 2017	4.7%	3.2%	4.1%

Month/Year	Otter Tail County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2016	6.1%	4.5%	4.9%
2 / 2016	6.1%	4.5%	4.9%
3 / 2016	6.1%	4.6%	5.0%
4 / 2016	4.1%	3.7%	5.0%
5 / 2016	3.2%	3.2%	4.8%
6 / 2016	3.8%	4.0%	4.9%
7 / 2016	3.6%	3.8%	4.8%
8 / 2016	3.6%	3.8%	4.9%
9 / 2016	3.4%	3.5%	5.0%
10 / 2016	3.3%	3.4%	4.9%
11 / 2016	3.6%	3.3%	4.7%
12 / 2016	5.2%	4.0%	4.7%

Month/Year	Otter Tail County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2015	6.2%	4.6%	5.7%
2 / 2015	6.0%	4.4%	5.5%
3 / 2015	5.7%	4.4%	5.4%
4 / 2015	4.0%	3.6%	5.4%
5 / 2015	3.7%	3.5%	5.6%
6 / 2015	3.8%	3.8%	5.3%
7 / 2015	3.5%	3.6%	5.2%
8 / 2015	3.2%	3.3%	5.1%
9 / 2015	3.0%	3.1%	5.0%
10 / 2015	2.9%	3.0%	5.0%
11 / 2015	3.6%	3.1%	5.1%
12 / 2015	5.0%	3.7%	5.0%

Month/Year	Otter Tail County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2014	6.7%	5.5%	6.6%
2 / 2014	6.6%	5.4%	6.7%
3 / 2014	6.4%	5.3%	6.7%
4 / 2014	4.9%	4.3%	6.2%
5 / 2014	3.8%	3.9%	6.3%
6 / 2014	4.0%	4.2%	6.1%
7 / 2014	3.8%	4.1%	6.2%
8 / 2014	3.5%	3.7%	6.1%
9 / 2014	3.3%	3.5%	5.9%
10 / 2014	3.0%	3.1%	5.7%
11 / 2014	3.7%	3.3%	5.8%
12 / 2014	4.9%	3.7%	5.6%

Month/Year	Otter Tail County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2013	7.7%	6.3%	8.0%
2 / 2013	7.2%	5.9%	7.7%
3 / 2013	6.9%	5.7%	7.5%
4 / 2013	6.0%	5.1%	7.6%
5 / 2013	4.5%	4.7%	7.5%
6 / 2013	4.7%	5.1%	7.5%
7 / 2013	4.4%	4.9%	7.3%
8 / 2013	4.1%	4.6%	7.2%
9 / 2013	4.1%	4.4%	7.2%
10 / 2013	3.8%	4.1%	7.2%
11 / 2013	4.2%	4.0%	6.9%
12 / 2013	5.3%	4.5%	6.7%

Month/Year	Otter Tail County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2012	7.7%	6.6%	8.3%
2 / 2012	7.6%	6.5%	8.3%
3 / 2012	7.3%	6.4%	8.2%
4 / 2012	5.3%	5.4%	8.2%
5 / 2012	4.7%	5.3%	8.2%
6 / 2012	5.0%	5.8%	8.2%
7 / 2012	4.9%	5.8%	8.2%
8 / 2012	4.7%	5.5%	8.1%
9 / 2012	4.4%	5.0%	7.8%
10 / 2012	4.4%	4.8%	7.8%
11 / 2012	4.5%	4.7%	7.7%
12 / 2012	5.9%	5.2%	7.9%

Month/Year	Otter Tail County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2011	8.8%	7.7%	9.1%
2 / 2011	8.6%	7.5%	9.0%
3 / 2011	8.2%	7.4%	9.0%
4 / 2011	6.8%	6.6%	9.1%
5 / 2011	5.7%	6.3%	9.0%
6 / 2011	5.9%	6.8%	9.1%
7 / 2011	6.1%	7.1%	9.0%
8 / 2011	5.4%	6.2%	9.0%
9 / 2011	5.2%	5.9%	9.0%
10 / 2011	4.8%	5.4%	8.8%
11 / 2011	5.3%	5.3%	8.6%
12 / 2011	6.1%	5.7%	8.5%

Month/Year	Otter Tail County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2010	9.6%	8.5%	9.8%
2 / 2010	9.5%	8.4%	9.8%
3 / 2010	9.2%	8.6%	9.9%
4 / 2010	7.3%	7.5%	9.9%
5 / 2010	6.3%	7.0%	9.6%
6 / 2010	6.5%	7.3%	9.4%
7 / 2010	6.2%	7.3%	9.4%
8 / 2010	6.1%	7.1%	9.5%
9 / 2010	5.9%	6.9%	9.5%
10 / 2010	5.7%	6.6%	9.4%
11 / 2010	6.4%	6.7%	9.8%
12 / 2010	7.4%	7.0%	9.3%

Month/Year	Otter Tail County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2009	9.9%	7.9%	7.8%
2 / 2009	10.4%	8.3%	8.3%
3 / 2009	10.3%	8.5%	8.7%
4 / 2009	8.3%	7.8%	9.0%
5 / 2009	7.0%	7.6%	9.4%
6 / 2009	7.3%	8.2%	9.5%
7 / 2009	7.5%	7.9%	9.5%
8 / 2009	6.8%	7.7%	9.6%
9 / 2009	6.7%	7.5%	9.8%
10 / 2009	6.4%	7.1%	10.0%
11 / 2009	7.0%	7.2%	9.9%
12 / 2009	8.0%	7.5%	9.9%

Month/Year	Otter Tail County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2008	7.7%	5.5%	5.0%
2 / 2008	7.3%	5.3%	4.9%
3 / 2008	7.1%	5.5%	5.1%
4 / 2008	6.2%	5.0%	5.0%
5 / 2008	4.9%	4.9%	5.4%
6 / 2008	5.1%	5.4%	5.6%
7 / 2008	5.2%	5.4%	5.8%
8 / 2008	5.2%	5.4%	6.1%
9 / 2008	5.1%	5.4%	6.1%
10 / 2008	4.9%	5.2%	6.5%
11 / 2008	6.7%	5.7%	6.8%
12 / 2008	8.0%	6.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	Otter Tail County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2007	7.4%	5.4%	4.6%
2 / 2007	7.2%	5.1%	4.5%
3 / 2007	6.9%	5.1%	4.4%
4 / 2007	6.0%	4.6%	4.5%
5 / 2007	4.3%	4.1%	4.4%
6 / 2007	4.4%	4.6%	4.6%
7 / 2007	4.3%	4.4%	4.7%
8 / 2007	4.3%	4.3%	4.6%
9 / 2007	4.3%	4.4%	4.7%
10 / 2007	4.0%	4.0%	4.7%
11 / 2007	4.3%	4.0%	4.7%
12 / 2007	6.1%	4.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Otter Tail County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2006	6.7%	5.0%	4.7%
2 / 2006	6.9%	4.9%	4.8%
3 / 2006	6.4%	4.7%	4.7%
4 / 2006	5.0%	4.0%	4.7%
5 / 2006	3.7%	3.3%	4.6%
6 / 2006	4.0%	3.8%	4.6%
7 / 2006	3.9%	3.7%	4.7%
8 / 2006	3.9%	3.5%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.0%	3.7%	4.5%
10 / 2006	3.6%	3.4%	4.4%
11 / 2006	4.5%	3.7%	4.5%
12 / 2006	5.8%	4.2%	4.4%

Month/Year	Otter Tail County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2005	7.0%	5.1%	5.3%
2 / 2005	6.9%	5.0%	5.4%
3 / 2005	6.6%	5.0%	5.2%
4 / 2005	5.0%	4.2%	5.2%
5 / 2005	3.9%	3.7%	5.1%
6 / 2005	4.2%	4.0%	5.0%
7 / 2005	3.8%	3.6%	5.0%
8 / 2005	3.7%	3.4%	4.9%
9 / 2005	3.9%	3.7%	5.0%
10 / 2005	3.5%	3.4%	5.0%
11 / 2005	4.3%	3.7%	5.0%
12 / 2005	5.4%	4.0%	4.9%

Month/Year	Otter Tail County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2004	7.8%	5.9%	5.7%
2 / 2004	7.1%	5.5%	5.6%
3 / 2004	7.4%	5.7%	5.8%
4 / 2004	5.2%	4.6%	5.6%
5 / 2004	4.1%	4.3%	5.6%
6 / 2004	4.6%	4.9%	5.6%
7 / 2004	4.3%	4.6%	5.5%
8 / 2004	4.3%	4.4%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.3%	4.3%	5.4%
10 / 2004	3.7%	3.9%	5.5%
11 / 2004	4.4%	3.9%	5.4%
12 / 2004	5.7%	4.2%	5.4%

Month/Year	Otter Tail County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2003	7.6%	5.5%	5.8%
2 / 2003	6.9%	5.2%	5.9%
3 / 2003	7.0%	5.4%	5.9%
4 / 2003	5.7%	4.9%	6.0%
5 / 2003	4.5%	4.4%	6.1%
6 / 2003	4.9%	5.2%	6.3%
7 / 2003	4.8%	4.9%	6.2%
8 / 2003	4.5%	4.6%	6.1%
9 / 2003	4.5%	4.7%	6.1%
10 / 2003	4.2%	4.4%	6.0%
11 / 2003	5.1%	4.5%	5.8%
12 / 2003	6.1%	4.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	Otter Tail County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2002	7.1%	5.4%	5.7%
2 / 2002	6.9%	5.3%	5.7%
3 / 2002	6.9%	5.4%	5.7%
4 / 2002	5.9%	4.9%	5.9%
5 / 2002	4.0%	4.1%	5.8%
6 / 2002	4.5%	4.7%	5.8%
7 / 2002	4.4%	4.4%	5.8%
8 / 2002	3.8%	4.0%	5.7%
9 / 2002	3.7%	4.0%	5.7%
10 / 2002	3.3%	3.6%	5.7%
11 / 2002	4.4%	3.9%	5.9%
12 / 2002	5.6%	4.3%	6.0%

Month/Year	Otter Tail County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2001	6.4%	4.1%	4.2%
2 / 2001	6.1%	4.0%	4.2%
3 / 2001	6.1%	4.3%	4.3%
4 / 2001	4.8%	3.8%	4.4%
5 / 2001	3.3%	3.2%	4.3%
6 / 2001	3.7%	3.8%	4.5%
7 / 2001	3.4%	3.5%	4.6%
8 / 2001	3.3%	3.5%	4.9%
9 / 2001	3.3%	3.5%	5.0%
10 / 2001	3.3%	3.4%	5.3%
11 / 2001	4.1%	3.8%	5.5%
12 / 2001	5.7%	4.3%	5.7%

Month/Year	Otter Tail County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2000	6.3%	3.9%	4.0%
2 / 2000	5.8%	3.7%	4.1%
3 / 2000	5.8%	3.8%	4.0%
4 / 2000	4.1%	2.9%	3.8%
5 / 2000	3.2%	2.8%	4.0%
6 / 2000	3.3%	3.1%	4.0%
7 / 2000	3.0%	2.9%	4.0%
8 / 2000	3.0%	2.9%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.3%	3.0%	3.9%
10 / 2000	3.2%	2.7%	3.9%
11 / 2000	4.3%	3.0%	3.9%
12 / 2000	5.2%	3.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	Otter Tail County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 1999	6.1%	3.3%	4.3%
2 / 1999	5.7%	3.1%	4.4%
3 / 1999	5.4%	3.1%	4.2%
4 / 1999	4.1%	2.7%	4.3%
5 / 1999	3.2%	2.4%	4.2%
6 / 1999	3.8%	3.1%	4.3%
7 / 1999	3.9%	2.9%	4.3%
8 / 1999	3.3%	2.6%	4.2%
9 / 1999	3.8%	2.7%	4.2%
10 / 1999	3.0%	2.1%	4.1%
11 / 1999	3.9%	2.4%	4.1%
12 / 1999	5.0%	2.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	Otter Tail County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 1998	6.9%	3.7%	4.6%
2 / 1998	6.4%	3.4%	4.6%
3 / 1998	6.4%	3.5%	4.7%
4 / 1998	4.2%	2.6%	4.3%
5 / 1998	3.2%	2.2%	4.4%
6 / 1998	3.5%	2.7%	4.5%
7 / 1998	2.9%	2.4%	4.5%
8 / 1998	2.9%	2.3%	4.5%
9 / 1998	2.8%	2.7%	4.6%
10 / 1998	2.7%	2.1%	4.5%
11 / 1998	3.7%	2.3%	4.4%
12 / 1998	4.6%	2.5%	4.4%

Month/Year	Otter Tail County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 1997	8.1%	4.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	7.1%	4.0%	5.2%
3 / 1997	7.2%	4.1%	5.2%
4 / 1997	6.1%	3.6%	5.1%
5 / 1997	4.2%	2.9%	4.9%
6 / 1997	4.7%	3.5%	5.0%
7 / 1997	3.8%	2.9%	4.9%
8 / 1997	3.9%	2.9%	4.8%
9 / 1997	3.9%	3.0%	4.9%
10 / 1997	3.4%	2.6%	4.7%
11 / 1997	4.0%	2.5%	4.6%
12 / 1997	5.4%	2.7%	4.7%

Month/Year	Otter Tail County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 1996	8.2%	4.9%	5.6%
2 / 1996	7.8%	4.5%	5.5%
3 / 1996	8.1%	4.8%	5.5%
4 / 1996	7.3%	4.4%	5.6%
5 / 1996	5.7%	3.7%	5.6%
6 / 1996	5.4%	4.1%	5.3%
7 / 1996	5.1%	4.0%	5.5%
8 / 1996	4.5%	3.5%	5.1%
9 / 1996	4.5%	3.6%	5.2%
10 / 1996	3.9%	3.2%	5.2%
11 / 1996	5.2%	3.4%	5.4%
12 / 1996	6.4%	3.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	Otter Tail County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 1995	9.3%	4.9%	5.6%
2 / 1995	7.7%	4.5%	5.4%
3 / 1995	7.9%	4.4%	5.4%
4 / 1995	6.7%	4.1%	5.8%
5 / 1995	4.7%	3.4%	5.6%
6 / 1995	4.5%	3.8%	5.6%
7 / 1995	4.1%	3.5%	5.7%
8 / 1995	3.7%	3.2%	5.7%
9 / 1995	3.7%	3.4%	5.6%
10 / 1995	3.5%	3.0%	5.5%
11 / 1995	4.7%	3.2%	5.6%
12 / 1995	6.7%	3.7%	5.6%

Month/Year	Otter Tail County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 1994	9.8%	5.7%	6.6%
2 / 1994	8.9%	5.2%	6.6%
3 / 1994	8.8%	5.2%	6.5%
4 / 1994	6.1%	4.3%	6.4%
5 / 1994	3.8%	3.4%	6.1%
6 / 1994	4.2%	4.0%	6.1%
7 / 1994	3.8%	3.6%	6.1%
8 / 1994	3.8%	3.6%	6.0%
9 / 1994	3.9%	3.7%	5.9%
10 / 1994	3.7%	3.3%	5.8%
11 / 1994	4.2%	3.3%	5.6%
12 / 1994	6.5%	3.7%	5.5%

Month/Year	Otter Tail County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 1993	12.0%	6.1%	7.3%
2 / 1993	12.0%	6.1%	7.1%
3 / 1993	11.5%	5.9%	7.0%
4 / 1993	9.5%	5.3%	7.1%
5 / 1993	6.2%	4.8%	7.1%
6 / 1993	6.4%	5.4%	7.0%
7 / 1993	5.0%	4.6%	6.9%
8 / 1993	4.8%	4.4%	6.8%
9 / 1993	4.7%	4.4%	6.7%
10 / 1993	4.3%	4.1%	6.8%
11 / 1993	5.0%	4.1%	6.6%
12 / 1993	6.7%	4.3%	6.5%

Month/Year	Otter Tail County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 1992	10.5%	6.0%	7.3%
2 / 1992	9.2%	5.9%	7.4%
3 / 1992	8.9%	5.9%	7.4%
4 / 1992	7.1%	5.1%	7.4%
5 / 1992	5.9%	4.8%	7.6%
6 / 1992	6.4%	5.5%	7.8%
7 / 1992	5.5%	4.9%	7.7%
8 / 1992	5.1%	4.8%	7.6%
9 / 1992	5.2%	4.8%	7.6%
10 / 1992	4.7%	4.3%	7.3%
11 / 1992	6.7%	4.6%	7.4%
12 / 1992	7.8%	4.9%	7.4%

Month/Year	Otter Tail County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 1991	9.3%	5.8%	6.4%
2 / 1991	11.3%	6.1%	6.6%
3 / 1991	9.1%	6.2%	6.8%
4 / 1991	7.4%	5.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	5.7%	4.9%	6.9%
6 / 1991	5.3%	5.4%	6.9%
7 / 1991	4.7%	4.8%	6.8%
8 / 1991	4.5%	4.6%	6.9%
9 / 1991	4.4%	4.8%	6.9%
10 / 1991	3.7%	4.4%	7.0%
11 / 1991	5.6%	4.6%	7.0%
12 / 1991	7.0%	4.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	Otter Tail County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 1990	9.3%	5.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	9.0%	5.4%	5.3%
3 / 1990	8.0%	5.3%	5.2%
4 / 1990	6.7%	4.9%	5.4%
5 / 1990	4.6%	4.2%	5.4%
6 / 1990	4.7%	4.6%	5.2%
7 / 1990	4.7%	4.5%	5.5%
8 / 1990	4.3%	4.5%	5.7%
9 / 1990	4.6%	4.8%	5.9%
10 / 1990	3.9%	4.3%	5.9%
11 / 1990	6.2%	4.5%	6.2%
12 / 1990	7.4%	4.9%	6.3%