# Counties in Minnesota by unemployment rate, August 2026

All 87 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2026-08, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployment_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work. Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over. EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74. United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states and counties. Other countries and the World: ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank, aged 15 and over.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/minnesota-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/unemployment-rate/minnesota-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Swift County | 8 |
| 2 | Clearwater County | 7.6 |
| 3 | Red Lake County | 6.9 |
| 4 | Mahnomen County | 6.6 |
| 4 | Pine County | 6.6 |
| 6 | Koochiching County | 6.5 |
| 7 | Beltrami County | 6.4 |
| 8 | Itasca County | 6.3 |
| 8 | Kanabec County | 6.3 |
| 10 | Aitkin County | 6.2 |
| 11 | Wadena County | 6.1 |
| 12 | Lake of the Woods County | 6 |
| 12 | Marshall County | 6 |
| 14 | Yellow Medicine County | 5.9 |
| 15 | Kittson County | 5.8 |
| 15 | Mille Lacs County | 5.8 |
| 17 | Isanti County | 5.6 |
| 17 | Steele County | 5.6 |
| 19 | Cottonwood County | 5.5 |
| 20 | Cass County | 5.4 |
| 20 | Renville County | 5.4 |
| 20 | St. Louis County | 5.4 |
| 20 | Todd County | 5.4 |
| 24 | Big Stone County | 5.3 |
| 24 | Chippewa County | 5.3 |
| 24 | Morrison County | 5.3 |
| 24 | Pennington County | 5.3 |
| 28 | Benton County | 5.2 |
| 28 | Carlton County | 5.2 |
| 28 | Kandiyohi County | 5.2 |
| 31 | Hubbard County | 5.1 |
| 32 | Anoka County | 5 |
| 32 | Grant County | 5 |
| 32 | McLeod County | 5 |
| 32 | Polk County | 5 |
| 32 | Ramsey County | 5 |
| 32 | Waseca County | 5 |
| 38 | Chisago County | 4.9 |
| 38 | Crow Wing County | 4.9 |
| 38 | Goodhue County | 4.9 |
| 38 | Meeker County | 4.9 |
| 38 | Rice County | 4.9 |
| 38 | Roseau County | 4.9 |
| 44 | Murray County | 4.8 |
| 44 | Nobles County | 4.8 |
| 44 | Otter Tail County | 4.8 |
| 44 | Sherburne County | 4.8 |
| 44 | Stearns County | 4.8 |
| 49 | Lyon County | 4.7 |
| 50 | Dakota County | 4.6 |
| 50 | Faribault County | 4.6 |
| 50 | Hennepin County | 4.6 |
| 50 | Jackson County | 4.6 |
| 50 | Le Sueur County | 4.6 |
| 50 | Norman County | 4.6 |
| 50 | Redwood County | 4.6 |
| 50 | Sibley County | 4.6 |
| 58 | Becker County | 4.5 |
| 58 | Freeborn County | 4.5 |
| 58 | Pope County | 4.5 |
| 58 | Washington County | 4.5 |
| 58 | Watonwan County | 4.5 |
| 58 | Wright County | 4.5 |
| 64 | Dodge County | 4.4 |
| 64 | Lincoln County | 4.4 |
| 64 | Mower County | 4.4 |
| 67 | Brown County | 4.3 |
| 67 | Clay County | 4.3 |
| 67 | Lake County | 4.3 |
| 67 | Martin County | 4.3 |
| 71 | Carver County | 4.2 |
| 71 | Scott County | 4.2 |
| 71 | Wilkin County | 4.2 |
| 74 | Blue Earth County | 4.1 |
| 74 | Pipestone County | 4.1 |
| 74 | Wabasha County | 4.1 |
| 77 | Douglas County | 4 |
| 77 | Lac qui Parle County | 4 |
| 77 | Traverse County | 4 |
| 77 | Winona County | 4 |
| 81 | Cook County | 3.9 |
| 81 | Fillmore County | 3.9 |
| 83 | Olmsted County | 3.8 |
| 84 | Nicollet County | 3.7 |
| 84 | Rock County | 3.7 |
| 86 | Houston County | 3.6 |
| 87 | Stevens County | 3.3 |