Employment/Unemployment Initial unemployment claims
Minnesota initial unemployment claims
Business Barometers
Nine-county Mankato region
Major industry
’11
June ’12
Percent change ’11-’12
Construction Manufacturing Retail Services Total*
182 176 63 394 815
126 201 77 281 685
-30.8% -14.2% -22.2% -28.7% -16.0%
2011
2012
130,000
110,000
1,000
A
M
3,374 2,558 1,677 9,769 17,378
2,525 2,545 1,463 7,330 14,263
-25.1% -10.5% -12.8% 20.9% -18.0%
2011
J
J
A
Local number of unemployed Nine-county Mankato region
S
O
N
2011
D
2012
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Minnesota number of unemployed 2011
8,756 7,431
10,000
0
2012
2,782.5 2,826.3
3,000 2,000
M
Percent change ’11-’12
Minnesota non-farm jobs
120,000
F
’12
(in thousands)
126,381 126,805
J
’11
Services consist of administration, educational, health care and social assistance, food and other miscellaneous services. *Categories don't equal total because some categories not listed.
Nine-county Mankato region
100,000
June
Construction Manufacturing Retail Services Total*
Services consist of administration, educational, health care and social assistance, food and other miscellaneous services. *Categories don't equal total because some categories not listed.
Local non-farm jobs
Major industry
2012
209,859 174,074
225,000
8,000 200,000
6,000 4,000
175,000
2,000 0
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
June
2011
Unemployment rate
5.8%
5.1%
55,237
56,721
3,042
3,058
2012
Source: Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
10 • August 2012 • MN Valley Business
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F
M
County/area
(includes all of Blue Earth and Nicollet Counties)
Number of unemployed
150,000
A
Unemployment rates
Mankato/North Mankato Metropolitan statistical area
Number of non-farm jobs
D
Blue Earth Brown Faribault Le Sueur Martin Nicollet Sibley Waseca Watonwan Minneapolis/St. Paul Minnesota U.S.
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Counties, state, nation June 2011 June 2012 5.9% 5.5% 7.5% 7.6% 6.6% 5.6% 5.6% 6.4% 7.0% 6.2% 6.7% 9.3%
5.1% 5.4% 6.1% 6.6% 5.8% 5.1% 5.2% 5.8% 6.3% 5.8% 5.8% 8.4% J. Malmanger