Minnesota’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate, as percent, in November 2016 3.8
Percent in November 2015 3.7
Percent in November 2013 4.6
Percent in November 2011 5.9
National seasonally adjusted unemployment rate, as percent, in November 2016 4.6
Percent in November 2015 5.0
November 2016 state unemployment rate for blacks or African-Americans 8.3
Rate one year earlier 14.7
Rates for Hispanic or Latino Minnesotans 6.0, 2.6
Rates for white Minnesotans 2.9, 2.9
Minnesota’s labor force participation rate in November 2016, as percent 68.8
National percentage 62.7
Consecutive months the state’s labor force participation rate has dropped 7
State participation rate in April 2016, as percent 71.2
State’s labor force participation rate in April 2010, 2007, as percent 71.4, 72.6
Total nonfarm state employment in November 2016 2,918,569
State growth, as percent, compared to November 2015 1.1
U.S. growth rate, as percent, from November 2015 to November 2016 1.6
Nonfarm jobs gained in Minnesota between November 2013 and November 2016 100,026
Percent of Minnesota jobs tied to manufacturing 12.5
Estimated number of jobs in manufacturing in November 2016 315,320
Employment growth in this sector, as percent, since 2010 9
Number of construction jobs in Minnesota in November 2016 124,890
Increase in number, percent from one year prior 5,840, 4.9
Number of health care and social assistance jobs in Minnesota in November 2016 463,194
Increase in number, percent from one year prior 16,036, 3.6
Number of government jobs in Minnesota in November 2016 433,140
Increase in number, percent from one year prior 2,008, 0.5
Number of leisure and hospitality jobs in Minnesota in November 2016 249,426
Decrease in number, percent from one year prior 1,087, 0.4
Number of telecommunications jobs in Minnesota in November 2016 12,239
Decrease in number, percent from one year prior 250, 3.5
Number of state WorkForce centers 47
Number to call to locate a center 1-888-GET-JOBS
Position openings at noon, Jan. 2 on www.minnesotaworks.net 78,041
Percent of Minnesotans, in 2015, having achieved at least a bachelor’s degree 34.7
State rank 11
Percent of Minnesotans, in 2015, having achieved at least a high school diploma 92.8
State rank 3
In 2015, percent of Minnesotans, nationally living below the poverty line 10.2, 14.7
State, national percent drop from 2014 1.3, 0.8
Fortune 500, Fortune 1000 companies headquartered in Minnesota 17, 25
State rank in Fortune 500 companies per 1 million people 3
Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor, Minnesota Department Employment and Economic Development, www.minnesotaworks.net