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Hennepin County, MN / Jobs

How's the job market in Hennepin County?

August 2026 · data family: economicdata.dev

Higher than a year ago

4.6%Unemployment rate, August 2026

Unemployment rate, 2017–2026Hennepin County was at 4.6% in August 2026, against 4.8% for Minnesota and 4.3% for the United States.
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Indicator: Unemployment rate, % of the labor force, monthly, not seasonally adjusted (BLS LAUS) There are no figures for October 2025: BLS did not publish that month.Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUCN270530000000003, LAUST270000000000003, LNU04000000)
Show the numbers (116 rows)
MonthHennepin CountyMinnesotaUnited States
Sep 20264.4%4.0%
Aug 20264.6%4.8%4.3%
Jul 20264.4%4.6%4.4%
Jun 20264.3%4.6%4.4%
May 20264.0%4.0%4.1%
Apr 20263.6%4.0%4.0%
Mar 20264.1%4.9%4.3%
Feb 20264.4%5.3%4.7%
Jan 20264.4%5.3%4.7%
Dec 20253.7%4.3%4.1%
Nov 20254.0%4.1%4.3%
Sep 20253.8%3.5%4.3%
Aug 20254.0%4.0%4.5%
Jul 20253.8%4.0%4.6%
Jun 20253.8%4.0%4.4%
May 20253.5%3.5%4.0%
Apr 20253.1%3.5%3.9%
Mar 20253.4%4.1%4.2%
Feb 20253.3%4.1%4.5%
Jan 20253.1%3.9%4.4%
Dec 20242.6%3.0%3.8%
Nov 20242.7%2.8%4.0%
Oct 20242.7%2.6%3.9%
Sep 20242.9%2.7%3.9%
Aug 20243.3%3.4%4.4%
Jul 20243.3%3.5%4.5%
Jun 20243.3%3.5%4.3%
May 20242.8%2.8%3.7%
Apr 20242.5%2.9%3.5%
Mar 20242.8%3.4%3.9%
Feb 20242.9%3.6%4.2%
Jan 20242.7%3.4%4.1%
Dec 20232.2%2.6%3.5%
Nov 20232.0%2.0%3.5%
Oct 20232.4%2.3%3.6%
Sep 20232.5%2.4%3.6%
Aug 20232.8%2.9%3.9%
Jul 20232.7%2.8%3.8%
Jun 20232.9%3.1%3.8%
May 20232.6%2.7%3.4%
Apr 20232.3%2.7%3.1%
Mar 20232.5%3.2%3.6%
Feb 20232.6%3.4%3.9%
Jan 20232.5%3.3%3.9%
Dec 20222.1%2.7%3.3%
Nov 20222.0%2.1%3.4%
Oct 20222.0%1.9%3.4%
Sep 20222.0%1.9%3.3%
Aug 20222.4%2.4%3.8%
Jul 20222.3%2.3%3.8%
Jun 20222.5%2.5%3.8%
May 20221.9%2.0%3.4%
Apr 20221.7%2.1%3.3%
Mar 20222.4%2.8%3.8%
Feb 20222.4%3.0%4.1%
Jan 20222.7%3.4%4.4%
Dec 20212.2%2.6%3.7%
Nov 20212.3%2.3%3.9%
Oct 20212.7%2.5%4.3%
Sep 20213.1%2.8%4.6%
Aug 20213.7%3.5%5.3%
Jul 20213.8%3.6%5.7%
Jun 20214.5%4.2%6.1%
May 20213.9%3.6%5.5%
Apr 20214.1%4.1%5.7%
Mar 20214.3%4.7%6.2%
Feb 20214.3%5.0%6.6%
Jan 20214.8%5.4%6.8%
Dec 20204.6%4.9%6.5%
Nov 20204.5%4.4%6.4%
Oct 20205.5%4.8%6.6%
Sep 20206.9%5.7%7.7%
Aug 20207.6%6.3%8.5%
Jul 20209.3%8.0%10.5%
Jun 202010.3%9.1%11.2%
May 202012.0%11.1%13.0%
Apr 20208.8%8.6%14.4%
Mar 20203.6%4.7%4.5%
Feb 20202.7%3.8%3.8%
Jan 20202.6%3.9%4.0%
Dec 20192.5%3.4%3.4%
Nov 20192.5%2.9%3.3%
Oct 20192.6%2.7%3.3%
Sep 20192.6%2.7%3.3%
Aug 20193.0%3.2%3.8%
Jul 20193.1%3.3%4.0%
Jun 20193.2%3.5%3.8%
May 20192.7%2.9%3.4%
Apr 20192.4%3.1%3.3%
Mar 20192.9%3.9%3.9%
Feb 20192.8%3.9%4.1%
Jan 20192.9%4.2%4.4%
Dec 20182.6%3.3%3.7%
Nov 20182.1%2.5%3.5%
Oct 20182.2%2.4%3.5%
Sep 20182.4%2.4%3.6%
Aug 20182.7%2.8%3.9%
Jul 20182.7%2.9%4.1%
Jun 20182.9%3.1%4.2%
May 20182.3%2.5%3.6%
Apr 20182.4%3.0%3.7%
Mar 20182.7%3.6%4.1%
Feb 20182.8%3.7%4.4%
Jan 20182.7%3.8%4.5%
Dec 20172.5%3.2%3.9%
Nov 20172.3%2.7%3.9%
Oct 20172.4%2.5%3.9%
Sep 20172.7%2.8%4.1%
Aug 20173.2%3.4%4.5%
Jul 20173.2%3.4%4.6%
Jun 20173.4%3.6%4.5%
May 20173.0%3.2%4.1%
Apr 20173.0%3.6%4.1%
Mar 20173.1%4.1%4.6%
Feb 20173.3%4.4%4.9%
Jan 20173.4%4.6%5.1%

What this can't tell you

  • The rate counts people looking for work; it misses people who stopped looking and people working fewer hours than they want.
  • County rates come from a model fed by surveys and claims, so small monthly moves are mostly noise.

How the answer is decided

The latest month is compared with the same month a year before: a rise of 0.3 points or more is 'higher', a fall of 0.3 or more 'lower'.

Sources