ST. PAUL, MN (KDAL) – Minnesota’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 4.5% in January, down from a revised 4.7% in December, according to numbers released on Thursday by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED).
Once again, the decline was due to people leaving the labor force from both employment and unemployment. The number of unemployed fell 7,652 and the number of employed fell 14,851 for a total decline of 22,503 in Minnesota’s labor force on a seasonally adjusted basis. The national unemployment rate fell to 6.3% in January from 6.7% in December.
Employment fell in January over the year in all Minnesota Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA).
In the Duluth-Superior MSA, employment was down 7.2 percent.
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