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BLS Open Data · April 2026

Minnesota Unemployment Rate by County

Statewide rate: 4.5% (April 2026)

Unemployment Rate in Minnesota and Neighbouring States

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Unemployment Rate by County

Polk County, Minnesota: $4.1Red Lake County, Minnesota: $6.2Meeker County, Minnesota: $4.9Isanti County, Minnesota: $5Rock County, Minnesota: $2.3Carver County, Minnesota: $3.4Kandiyohi County, Minnesota: $4.4Cottonwood County, Minnesota: $3.3Freeborn County, Minnesota: $3.8Benton County, Minnesota: $4.9Douglas County, Minnesota: $3.8Murray County, Minnesota: $4.2Pipestone County, Minnesota: $3.7Carlton County, Minnesota: $5.6Aitkin County, Minnesota: $7.6Rice County, Minnesota: $3.9Watonwan County, Minnesota: $4.1Otter Tail County, Minnesota: $4.8Pennington County, Minnesota: $5.3Mahnomen County, Minnesota: $6.9Roseau County, Minnesota: $3.7Martin County, Minnesota: $3.6Beltrami County, Minnesota: $5.3St. Louis County, Minnesota: $4.7Dodge County, Minnesota: $3.7Le Sueur County, Minnesota: $6Steele County, Minnesota: $4.5Nobles County, Minnesota: $3Sibley County, Minnesota: $5.5Olmsted County, Minnesota: $3.1Lyon County, Minnesota: $3.8Renville County, Minnesota: $5.8Todd County, Minnesota: $5.3Cook County, Minnesota: $7.3Lincoln County, Minnesota: $4.7Redwood County, Minnesota: $3.4Lake County, Minnesota: $4.3Brown County, Minnesota: $3.7Kittson County, Minnesota: $4.6Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota: $3.1Waseca County, Minnesota: $4.8Houston County, Minnesota: $3.2Jackson County, Minnesota: $3.4Washington County, Minnesota: $3.5Chisago County, Minnesota: $4.3Faribault County, Minnesota: $4.8Blue Earth County, Minnesota: $3.5Nicollet County, Minnesota: $3.1Stevens County, Minnesota: $3.3Mille Lacs County, Minnesota: $6.6Mower County, Minnesota: $3.5Grant County, Minnesota: $4.5Hubbard County, Minnesota: $5.9Big Stone County, Minnesota: $4.7Wadena County, Minnesota: $6.1Chippewa County, Minnesota: $4.7Wabasha County, Minnesota: $3.5Koochiching County, Minnesota: $6.8Norman County, Minnesota: $4.1Becker County, Minnesota: $4.8Goodhue County, Minnesota: $3.9Ramsey County, Minnesota: $3.9Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota: $3.9Fillmore County, Minnesota: $3.4Wright County, Minnesota: $4.1Wilkin County, Minnesota: $3.5Swift County, Minnesota: $4.3Marshall County, Minnesota: $7.1Pine County, Minnesota: $8Scott County, Minnesota: $3.5Clearwater County, Minnesota: $10.5Crow Wing County, Minnesota: $4.9Dakota County, Minnesota: $3.6Itasca County, Minnesota: $6.9Cass County, Minnesota: $6.9Kanabec County, Minnesota: $8.8Sherburne County, Minnesota: $4.3Winona County, Minnesota: $3.1Pope County, Minnesota: $3.9McLeod County, Minnesota: $4Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota: $5.6Morrison County, Minnesota: $6.2Clay County, Minnesota: $3.8Hennepin County, Minnesota: $3.6Anoka County, Minnesota: $3.9Traverse County, Minnesota: $3.1Stearns County, Minnesota: $4.1

How Minnesota Compares to Other States

Average county unemployment rate ranked against all states with BLS data.

Lower unemployment than 27% of states · 39th of 52

Lowest: North Dakota(2.4%)
Highest: Alaska(7.1%)
#StateValue
1South Dakota1.9%
2Iowa2.4%
3North Dakota2.4%
… 35 more …
39Minnesota(you are here)4.6%
… 10 more …
50California6.0%
51Puerto Rico6.5%
52Alaska7.1%

Highest & Lowest Unemployment Rate by County

#CountyValue
1Clearwater County10.5%
2Kanabec County8.8%
3Pine County8.0%
85Winona County3.1%
86Nobles County3.0%
87Rock County2.3%

Counties in Minnesota (87)

CountyUnemployment Rate
Aitkin County, Minnesota7.6%
Anoka County, Minnesota3.9%
Becker County, Minnesota4.8%
Beltrami County, Minnesota5.3%
Benton County, Minnesota4.9%
Big Stone County, Minnesota4.7%
Blue Earth County, Minnesota3.5%
Brown County, Minnesota3.7%
Carlton County, Minnesota5.6%
Carver County, Minnesota3.4%
Cass County, Minnesota6.9%
Chippewa County, Minnesota4.7%
Chisago County, Minnesota4.3%
Clay County, Minnesota3.8%
Clearwater County, Minnesota10.5%
Cook County, Minnesota7.3%
Cottonwood County, Minnesota3.3%
Crow Wing County, Minnesota4.9%
Dakota County, Minnesota3.6%
Dodge County, Minnesota3.7%
Douglas County, Minnesota3.8%
Faribault County, Minnesota4.8%
Fillmore County, Minnesota3.4%
Freeborn County, Minnesota3.8%
Goodhue County, Minnesota3.9%
Grant County, Minnesota4.5%
Hennepin County, Minnesota3.6%
Houston County, Minnesota3.2%
Hubbard County, Minnesota5.9%
Isanti County, Minnesota5%
Itasca County, Minnesota6.9%
Jackson County, Minnesota3.4%
Kanabec County, Minnesota8.8%
Kandiyohi County, Minnesota4.4%
Kittson County, Minnesota4.6%
Koochiching County, Minnesota6.8%
Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota3.1%
Lake County, Minnesota4.3%
Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota5.6%
Le Sueur County, Minnesota6%
Lincoln County, Minnesota4.7%
Lyon County, Minnesota3.8%
Mahnomen County, Minnesota6.9%
Marshall County, Minnesota7.1%
Martin County, Minnesota3.6%
McLeod County, Minnesota4%
Meeker County, Minnesota4.9%
Mille Lacs County, Minnesota6.6%
Morrison County, Minnesota6.2%
Mower County, Minnesota3.5%
Murray County, Minnesota4.2%
Nicollet County, Minnesota3.1%
Nobles County, Minnesota3%
Norman County, Minnesota4.1%
Olmsted County, Minnesota3.1%
Otter Tail County, Minnesota4.8%
Pennington County, Minnesota5.3%
Pine County, Minnesota8%
Pipestone County, Minnesota3.7%
Polk County, Minnesota4.1%
Pope County, Minnesota3.9%
Ramsey County, Minnesota3.9%
Red Lake County, Minnesota6.2%
Redwood County, Minnesota3.4%
Renville County, Minnesota5.8%
Rice County, Minnesota3.9%
Rock County, Minnesota2.3%
Roseau County, Minnesota3.7%
Scott County, Minnesota3.5%
Sherburne County, Minnesota4.3%
Sibley County, Minnesota5.5%
Stearns County, Minnesota4.1%
Steele County, Minnesota4.5%
Stevens County, Minnesota3.3%
St. Louis County, Minnesota4.7%
Swift County, Minnesota4.3%
Todd County, Minnesota5.3%
Traverse County, Minnesota3.1%
Wabasha County, Minnesota3.5%
Wadena County, Minnesota6.1%
Waseca County, Minnesota4.8%
Washington County, Minnesota3.5%
Watonwan County, Minnesota4.1%
Wilkin County, Minnesota3.5%
Winona County, Minnesota3.1%
Wright County, Minnesota4.1%
Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota3.9%

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Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (LAUS), public domain. Reference month: April 2026.