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Unemployment Rate in Minnesota, by County

Unemployment Rate for every county in Minnesota, ranked. The highest is Mahnomen County at 9.8% and the lowest is Red Lake County at 1.1%.

Minnesota: 4.1% · United States: 5.2% · median county in Minnesota: 3.6%

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#County Unemployment Rate
1Mahnomen County9.8%
2Clearwater County7.7%
3Cass County6.6%
4Itasca County5.9%
5Aitkin County5.8%
6Pine County5.6%
7Crow Wing County5.5%
8Wadena County5.5%
9Norman County5.3%
10Watonwan County5.3%
11Kittson County5.0%
12Blue Earth County4.9%
13Ramsey County4.9%
14Carlton County4.8%
15Koochiching County4.8%
16Otter Tail County4.8%
17Wilkin County4.8%
18Beltrami County4.7%
19Freeborn County4.6%
20Kanabec County4.6%
21Rice County4.6%
22St. Louis County4.6%
23Hennepin County4.5%
24Traverse County4.5%
25Chippewa County4.4%
26Hubbard County4.4%
27Swift County4.4%
28Anoka County4.3%
29Becker County4.3%
30Le Sueur County4.2%
31Martin County4.2%
32Chisago County4.1%
33Clay County4.1%
34Isanti County4.1%
35Stearns County4.1%
36Todd County4.1%
37Mille Lacs County4.0%
38Morrison County4.0%
39Benton County3.9%
40Mower County3.9%
41Sibley County3.8%
42Roseau County3.7%
43Dakota County3.6%
44Goodhue County3.6%
45Kandiyohi County3.6%
46Olmsted County3.6%
47Polk County3.6%
48Marshall County3.5%
49Scott County3.5%
50Yellow Medicine County3.5%
51Faribault County3.4%
52Steele County3.4%
53Washington County3.4%
54Dodge County3.3%
55McLeod County3.3%
56Lyon County3.2%
57Meeker County3.2%
58Nobles County3.2%
59Pipestone County3.2%
60Carver County3.1%
61Sherburne County3.0%
62Brown County2.9%
63Douglas County2.9%
64Pennington County2.9%
65Cottonwood County2.8%
66Grant County2.8%
67Fillmore County2.7%
68Lincoln County2.7%
69Murray County2.7%
70Wright County2.7%
71Lake County2.6%
72Redwood County2.6%
73Rock County2.6%
74Renville County2.5%
75Waseca County2.5%
76Jackson County2.4%
77Winona County2.3%
78Cook County2.2%
79Nicollet County2.2%
80Wabasha County2.2%
81Lac qui Parle County2.0%
82Stevens County2.0%
83Big Stone County1.8%
84Houston County1.6%
85Lake of the Woods County1.5%
86Pope County1.3%
87Red Lake County1.1%

Small populations produce wide margins: Red Lake County is 1.1% with a margin of error of ±0.6%. An estimate with a margin that wide should be read as a range rather than a rank.

Share of the civilian labour force who are out of work and looking. People not looking for work are excluded from the denominator.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

Minnesota ranks 38th of 52 states for unemployment rate.

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