St. Louis County, MN Unemployment Rate Report

St. Louis County, MN Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in St. Louis County, Minnesota has ranged from 2.0% in April 2022 to 11.3% in May 2020. The current unemployment rate for St. Louis County is 2.7% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

St. Louis County, MN Unemployment Rate by Month

Low Unemployment Area

St. Louis County, MN Current Unemployment - 2.7%

St. Louis County, MN Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	St. Louis County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2022	3.9%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2022	3.1%	2.6%	3.8%
3 / 2022	3.2%	2.8%	3.6%
4 / 2022	2.0%	1.6%	3.6%
5 / 2022	2.1%	1.6%	3.6%
6 / 2022	2.8%	2.2%	3.6%
7 / 2022	2.6%	2.1%	3.5%
8 / 2022	2.7%	2.1%	3.7%

Month/Year	St. Louis County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2021	5.5%	5.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	5.3%	4.9%	6.2%
3 / 2021	4.8%	4.5%	6.0%
4 / 2021	4.3%	4.2%	6.1%
5 / 2021	3.5%	3.7%	5.8%
6 / 2021	4.2%	4.4%	5.9%
7 / 2021	3.5%	3.2%	5.4%
8 / 2021	3.5%	3.1%	5.2%
9 / 2021	3.0%	2.8%	4.7%
10 / 2021	2.6%	2.3%	4.6%
11 / 2021	2.7%	2.2%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.1%	2.6%	3.9%

Month/Year	St. Louis County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2020	4.5%	3.7%	3.6%
2 / 2020	4.4%	3.6%	3.5%
3 / 2020	4.3%	3.5%	4.4%
4 / 2020	10.6%	8.6%	14.7%
5 / 2020	11.3%	9.4%	13.3%
6 / 2020	10.1%	8.6%	11.1%
7 / 2020	8.6%	7.4%	10.2%
8 / 2020	7.9%	7.1%	8.4%
9 / 2020	5.8%	5.6%	7.9%
10 / 2020	4.4%	3.9%	6.9%
11 / 2020	4.7%	4.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	5.5%	4.9%	6.7%

Month/Year	St. Louis County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2019	5.2%	4.3%	4.0%
2 / 2019	4.6%	3.9%	3.8%
3 / 2019	4.6%	3.9%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.9%	3.1%	3.6%
5 / 2019	3.5%	2.7%	3.6%
6 / 2019	4.0%	3.2%	3.7%
7 / 2019	4.0%	3.2%	3.7%
8 / 2019	3.8%	3.0%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.1%	2.6%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.2%	2.6%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.8%	2.8%	3.5%
12 / 2019	4.3%	3.5%	3.5%

Month/Year	St. Louis County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2018	4.9%	3.9%	4.1%
2 / 2018	4.8%	3.8%	4.1%
3 / 2018	4.5%	3.7%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.8%	3.0%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.2%	2.4%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.7%	2.9%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.5%	2.7%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.3%	2.6%	3.8%
9 / 2018	2.8%	2.3%	3.7%
10 / 2018	2.8%	2.3%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.2%	2.4%	3.7%
12 / 2018	4.1%	3.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	St. Louis County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2017	6.4%	4.7%	4.7%
2 / 2017	5.8%	4.5%	4.7%
3 / 2017	5.6%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2017	4.9%	3.4%	4.4%
5 / 2017	4.3%	3.1%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.6%	3.4%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.3%	3.3%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.3%	3.3%	4.4%
9 / 2017	3.4%	2.8%	4.2%
10 / 2017	2.9%	2.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.8%	2.7%	4.2%
12 / 2017	4.2%	3.2%	4.1%

Month/Year	St. Louis County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2016	6.7%	4.5%	4.9%
2 / 2016	6.6%	4.5%	4.9%
3 / 2016	7.0%	4.6%	5.0%
4 / 2016	6.0%	3.7%	5.0%
5 / 2016	5.0%	3.2%	4.8%
6 / 2016	5.9%	4.0%	4.9%
7 / 2016	5.6%	3.8%	4.8%
8 / 2016	5.6%	3.8%	4.9%
9 / 2016	5.0%	3.5%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.8%	3.4%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.9%	3.3%	4.7%
12 / 2016	5.5%	4.0%	4.7%

Month/Year	St. Louis County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2015	5.3%	4.6%	5.7%
2 / 2015	5.2%	4.4%	5.5%
3 / 2015	5.3%	4.4%	5.4%
4 / 2015	4.7%	3.6%	5.4%
5 / 2015	4.5%	3.5%	5.6%
6 / 2015	5.3%	3.8%	5.3%
7 / 2015	4.9%	3.6%	5.2%
8 / 2015	4.4%	3.3%	5.1%
9 / 2015	4.4%	3.1%	5.0%
10 / 2015	4.5%	3.0%	5.0%
11 / 2015	5.0%	3.1%	5.1%
12 / 2015	5.9%	3.7%	5.0%

Month/Year	St. Louis County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2014	6.6%	5.5%	6.6%
2 / 2014	6.5%	5.4%	6.7%
3 / 2014	6.4%	5.3%	6.7%
4 / 2014	5.5%	4.3%	6.2%
5 / 2014	5.1%	3.9%	6.3%
6 / 2014	5.2%	4.2%	6.1%
7 / 2014	5.0%	4.1%	6.2%
8 / 2014	4.5%	3.7%	6.1%
9 / 2014	4.1%	3.5%	5.9%
10 / 2014	3.6%	3.1%	5.7%
11 / 2014	4.0%	3.3%	5.8%
12 / 2014	4.2%	3.7%	5.6%

Month/Year	St. Louis County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2013	7.5%	6.3%	8.0%
2 / 2013	6.9%	5.9%	7.7%
3 / 2013	6.6%	5.7%	7.5%
4 / 2013	6.1%	5.1%	7.6%
5 / 2013	6.0%	4.7%	7.5%
6 / 2013	6.3%	5.1%	7.5%
7 / 2013	6.1%	4.9%	7.3%
8 / 2013	5.6%	4.6%	7.2%
9 / 2013	5.3%	4.4%	7.2%
10 / 2013	5.0%	4.1%	7.2%
11 / 2013	5.3%	4.0%	6.9%
12 / 2013	5.6%	4.5%	6.7%

Month/Year	St. Louis County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2012	7.5%	6.6%	8.3%
2 / 2012	7.4%	6.5%	8.3%
3 / 2012	7.4%	6.4%	8.2%
4 / 2012	6.5%	5.4%	8.2%
5 / 2012	6.2%	5.3%	8.2%
6 / 2012	6.7%	5.8%	8.2%
7 / 2012	6.7%	5.8%	8.2%
8 / 2012	6.3%	5.5%	8.1%
9 / 2012	5.7%	5.0%	7.8%
10 / 2012	5.5%	4.8%	7.8%
11 / 2012	5.6%	4.7%	7.7%
12 / 2012	6.2%	5.2%	7.9%

Month/Year	St. Louis County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2011	8.7%	7.7%	9.1%
2 / 2011	8.3%	7.5%	9.0%
3 / 2011	8.3%	7.4%	9.0%
4 / 2011	7.6%	6.6%	9.1%
5 / 2011	7.3%	6.3%	9.0%
6 / 2011	7.7%	6.8%	9.1%
7 / 2011	8.2%	7.1%	9.0%
8 / 2011	7.0%	6.2%	9.0%
9 / 2011	6.5%	5.9%	9.0%
10 / 2011	6.1%	5.4%	8.8%
11 / 2011	6.1%	5.3%	8.6%
12 / 2011	6.5%	5.7%	8.5%

Month/Year	St. Louis County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2010	9.5%	8.5%	9.8%
2 / 2010	9.4%	8.4%	9.8%
3 / 2010	9.3%	8.6%	9.9%
4 / 2010	8.2%	7.5%	9.9%
5 / 2010	7.6%	7.0%	9.6%
6 / 2010	8.0%	7.3%	9.4%
7 / 2010	7.9%	7.3%	9.4%
8 / 2010	7.7%	7.1%	9.5%
9 / 2010	7.3%	6.9%	9.5%
10 / 2010	7.1%	6.6%	9.4%
11 / 2010	7.6%	6.7%	9.8%
12 / 2010	7.7%	7.0%	9.3%

Month/Year	St. Louis County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2009	9.4%	7.9%	7.8%
2 / 2009	9.3%	8.3%	8.3%
3 / 2009	9.6%	8.5%	8.7%
4 / 2009	9.3%	7.8%	9.0%
5 / 2009	9.5%	7.6%	9.4%
6 / 2009	10.6%	8.2%	9.5%
7 / 2009	9.9%	7.9%	9.5%
8 / 2009	9.2%	7.7%	9.6%
9 / 2009	8.6%	7.5%	9.8%
10 / 2009	7.8%	7.1%	10.0%
11 / 2009	8.1%	7.2%	9.9%
12 / 2009	8.3%	7.5%	9.9%

Month/Year	St. Louis County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2008	6.3%	5.5%	5.0%
2 / 2008	6.3%	5.3%	4.9%
3 / 2008	6.4%	5.5%	5.1%
4 / 2008	5.7%	5.0%	5.0%
5 / 2008	5.7%	4.9%	5.4%
6 / 2008	6.4%	5.4%	5.6%
7 / 2008	6.5%	5.4%	5.8%
8 / 2008	6.3%	5.4%	6.1%
9 / 2008	6.1%	5.4%	6.1%
10 / 2008	6.0%	5.2%	6.5%
11 / 2008	6.7%	5.7%	6.8%
12 / 2008	7.6%	6.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	St. Louis County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2007	6.5%	5.4%	4.6%
2 / 2007	6.1%	5.1%	4.5%
3 / 2007	6.1%	5.1%	4.4%
4 / 2007	5.7%	4.6%	4.5%
5 / 2007	5.0%	4.1%	4.4%
6 / 2007	5.8%	4.6%	4.6%
7 / 2007	5.8%	4.4%	4.7%
8 / 2007	5.3%	4.3%	4.6%
9 / 2007	5.3%	4.4%	4.7%
10 / 2007	4.8%	4.0%	4.7%
11 / 2007	5.0%	4.0%	4.7%
12 / 2007	5.4%	4.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	St. Louis County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2006	6.2%	5.0%	4.7%
2 / 2006	6.2%	4.9%	4.8%
3 / 2006	5.9%	4.7%	4.7%
4 / 2006	5.2%	4.0%	4.7%
5 / 2006	4.5%	3.3%	4.6%
6 / 2006	4.9%	3.8%	4.6%
7 / 2006	4.7%	3.7%	4.7%
8 / 2006	4.4%	3.5%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.4%	3.7%	4.5%
10 / 2006	4.3%	3.4%	4.4%
11 / 2006	4.6%	3.7%	4.5%
12 / 2006	5.0%	4.2%	4.4%

Month/Year	St. Louis County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2005	6.2%	5.1%	5.3%
2 / 2005	6.3%	5.0%	5.4%
3 / 2005	6.2%	5.0%	5.2%
4 / 2005	5.3%	4.2%	5.2%
5 / 2005	4.7%	3.7%	5.1%
6 / 2005	5.0%	4.0%	5.0%
7 / 2005	4.4%	3.6%	5.0%
8 / 2005	4.0%	3.4%	4.9%
9 / 2005	4.4%	3.7%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.2%	3.4%	5.0%
11 / 2005	4.7%	3.7%	5.0%
12 / 2005	4.7%	4.0%	4.9%

Month/Year	St. Louis County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2004	7.3%	5.9%	5.7%
2 / 2004	6.9%	5.5%	5.6%
3 / 2004	7.2%	5.7%	5.8%
4 / 2004	6.4%	4.6%	5.6%
5 / 2004	5.6%	4.3%	5.6%
6 / 2004	6.3%	4.9%	5.6%
7 / 2004	5.7%	4.6%	5.5%
8 / 2004	5.3%	4.4%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.9%	4.3%	5.4%
10 / 2004	4.7%	3.9%	5.5%
11 / 2004	4.8%	3.9%	5.4%
12 / 2004	5.2%	4.2%	5.4%

Month/Year	St. Louis County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2003	6.9%	5.5%	5.8%
2 / 2003	6.6%	5.2%	5.9%
3 / 2003	6.6%	5.4%	5.9%
4 / 2003	6.3%	4.9%	6.0%
5 / 2003	5.5%	4.4%	6.1%
6 / 2003	7.0%	5.2%	6.3%
7 / 2003	6.4%	4.9%	6.2%
8 / 2003	6.1%	4.6%	6.1%
9 / 2003	5.9%	4.7%	6.1%
10 / 2003	5.7%	4.4%	6.0%
11 / 2003	5.9%	4.5%	5.8%
12 / 2003	6.0%	4.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	St. Louis County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2002	6.8%	5.4%	5.7%
2 / 2002	7.3%	5.3%	5.7%
3 / 2002	6.8%	5.4%	5.7%
4 / 2002	6.3%	4.9%	5.9%
5 / 2002	5.4%	4.1%	5.8%
6 / 2002	6.0%	4.7%	5.8%
7 / 2002	5.3%	4.4%	5.8%
8 / 2002	4.9%	4.0%	5.7%
9 / 2002	4.6%	4.0%	5.7%
10 / 2002	4.2%	3.6%	5.7%
11 / 2002	5.0%	3.9%	5.9%
12 / 2002	5.1%	4.3%	6.0%

Month/Year	St. Louis County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2001	5.9%	4.1%	4.2%
2 / 2001	6.4%	4.0%	4.2%
3 / 2001	7.0%	4.3%	4.3%
4 / 2001	6.2%	3.8%	4.4%
5 / 2001	5.7%	3.2%	4.3%
6 / 2001	6.1%	3.8%	4.5%
7 / 2001	6.1%	3.5%	4.6%
8 / 2001	5.4%	3.5%	4.9%
9 / 2001	4.5%	3.5%	5.0%
10 / 2001	4.4%	3.4%	5.3%
11 / 2001	5.4%	3.8%	5.5%
12 / 2001	5.7%	4.3%	5.7%

Month/Year	St. Louis County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 2000	5.3%	3.9%	4.0%
2 / 2000	5.0%	3.7%	4.1%
3 / 2000	5.3%	3.8%	4.0%
4 / 2000	4.5%	2.9%	3.8%
5 / 2000	4.2%	2.8%	4.0%
6 / 2000	4.4%	3.1%	4.0%
7 / 2000	4.0%	2.9%	4.0%
8 / 2000	4.0%	2.9%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.9%	3.0%	3.9%
10 / 2000	3.7%	2.7%	3.9%
11 / 2000	4.2%	3.0%	3.9%
12 / 2000	4.4%	3.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	St. Louis County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 1999	4.7%	3.3%	4.3%
2 / 1999	4.4%	3.1%	4.4%
3 / 1999	4.4%	3.1%	4.2%
4 / 1999	4.2%	2.7%	4.3%
5 / 1999	3.7%	2.4%	4.2%
6 / 1999	4.5%	3.1%	4.3%
7 / 1999	3.9%	2.9%	4.3%
8 / 1999	4.3%	2.6%	4.2%
9 / 1999	3.7%	2.7%	4.2%
10 / 1999	2.9%	2.1%	4.1%
11 / 1999	3.5%	2.4%	4.1%
12 / 1999	3.7%	2.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	St. Louis County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 1998	5.3%	3.7%	4.6%
2 / 1998	4.9%	3.4%	4.6%
3 / 1998	5.3%	3.5%	4.7%
4 / 1998	4.3%	2.6%	4.3%
5 / 1998	3.8%	2.2%	4.4%
6 / 1998	4.3%	2.7%	4.5%
7 / 1998	3.7%	2.4%	4.5%
8 / 1998	3.3%	2.3%	4.5%
9 / 1998	3.9%	2.7%	4.6%
10 / 1998	3.1%	2.1%	4.5%
11 / 1998	3.4%	2.3%	4.4%
12 / 1998	3.5%	2.5%	4.4%

Month/Year	St. Louis County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 1997	6.2%	4.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	5.6%	4.0%	5.2%
3 / 1997	6.2%	4.1%	5.2%
4 / 1997	5.8%	3.6%	5.1%
5 / 1997	5.0%	2.9%	4.9%
6 / 1997	5.3%	3.5%	5.0%
7 / 1997	4.4%	2.9%	4.9%
8 / 1997	4.3%	2.9%	4.8%
9 / 1997	4.5%	3.0%	4.9%
10 / 1997	4.1%	2.6%	4.7%
11 / 1997	4.2%	2.5%	4.6%
12 / 1997	4.0%	2.7%	4.7%

Month/Year	St. Louis County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 1996	6.9%	4.9%	5.6%
2 / 1996	6.3%	4.5%	5.5%
3 / 1996	6.7%	4.8%	5.5%
4 / 1996	6.6%	4.4%	5.6%
5 / 1996	5.9%	3.7%	5.6%
6 / 1996	5.8%	4.1%	5.3%
7 / 1996	5.6%	4.0%	5.5%
8 / 1996	5.0%	3.5%	5.1%
9 / 1996	5.1%	3.6%	5.2%
10 / 1996	4.5%	3.2%	5.2%
11 / 1996	4.9%	3.4%	5.4%
12 / 1996	4.8%	3.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	St. Louis County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 1995	7.1%	4.9%	5.6%
2 / 1995	6.7%	4.5%	5.4%
3 / 1995	6.5%	4.4%	5.4%
4 / 1995	6.6%	4.1%	5.8%
5 / 1995	5.8%	3.4%	5.6%
6 / 1995	5.9%	3.8%	5.6%
7 / 1995	5.2%	3.5%	5.7%
8 / 1995	4.7%	3.2%	5.7%
9 / 1995	5.0%	3.4%	5.6%
10 / 1995	4.7%	3.0%	5.5%
11 / 1995	5.1%	3.2%	5.6%
12 / 1995	5.4%	3.7%	5.6%

Month/Year	St. Louis County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 1994	8.6%	5.7%	6.6%
2 / 1994	8.2%	5.2%	6.6%
3 / 1994	8.3%	5.2%	6.5%
4 / 1994	7.4%	4.3%	6.4%
5 / 1994	5.9%	3.4%	6.1%
6 / 1994	6.6%	4.0%	6.1%
7 / 1994	5.7%	3.6%	6.1%
8 / 1994	5.7%	3.6%	6.0%
9 / 1994	5.7%	3.7%	5.9%
10 / 1994	5.2%	3.3%	5.8%
11 / 1994	5.4%	3.3%	5.6%
12 / 1994	5.5%	3.7%	5.5%

Month/Year	St. Louis County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 1993	9.2%	6.1%	7.3%
2 / 1993	9.2%	6.1%	7.1%
3 / 1993	8.3%	5.9%	7.0%
4 / 1993	8.5%	5.3%	7.1%
5 / 1993	7.9%	4.8%	7.1%
6 / 1993	8.3%	5.4%	7.0%
7 / 1993	6.7%	4.6%	6.9%
8 / 1993	6.2%	4.4%	6.8%
9 / 1993	6.2%	4.4%	6.7%
10 / 1993	6.6%	4.1%	6.8%
11 / 1993	6.7%	4.1%	6.6%
12 / 1993	6.5%	4.3%	6.5%

Month/Year	St. Louis County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 1992	8.0%	6.0%	7.3%
2 / 1992	7.8%	5.9%	7.4%
3 / 1992	7.9%	5.9%	7.4%
4 / 1992	7.9%	5.1%	7.4%
5 / 1992	7.4%	4.8%	7.6%
6 / 1992	8.0%	5.5%	7.8%
7 / 1992	7.5%	4.9%	7.7%
8 / 1992	8.5%	4.8%	7.6%
9 / 1992	6.8%	4.8%	7.6%
10 / 1992	6.4%	4.3%	7.3%
11 / 1992	7.0%	4.6%	7.4%
12 / 1992	7.9%	4.9%	7.4%

Month/Year	St. Louis County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 1991	7.8%	5.8%	6.4%
2 / 1991	7.9%	6.1%	6.6%
3 / 1991	8.2%	6.2%	6.8%
4 / 1991	7.4%	5.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	6.9%	4.9%	6.9%
6 / 1991	7.7%	5.4%	6.9%
7 / 1991	7.3%	4.8%	6.8%
8 / 1991	6.3%	4.6%	6.9%
9 / 1991	5.9%	4.8%	6.9%
10 / 1991	6.0%	4.4%	7.0%
11 / 1991	6.5%	4.6%	7.0%
12 / 1991	6.0%	4.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	St. Louis County, MN%	Minnesota%	National %
1 / 1990	7.6%	5.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	7.5%	5.4%	5.3%
3 / 1990	7.1%	5.3%	5.2%
4 / 1990	7.2%	4.9%	5.4%
5 / 1990	6.3%	4.2%	5.4%
6 / 1990	6.5%	4.6%	5.2%
7 / 1990	5.8%	4.5%	5.5%
8 / 1990	5.5%	4.5%	5.7%
9 / 1990	6.0%	4.8%	5.9%
10 / 1990	5.4%	4.3%	5.9%
11 / 1990	5.9%	4.5%	6.2%
12 / 1990	6.4%	4.9%	6.3%