Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector
 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minn.-Wis. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

  

2011

 1,685.6 1,690.3 1,696.6 1,726.6 1,746.2 1,752.1 1,721.3 1,734.7 1,737.7 1,749.9 1,744.2 1,739.6 1,727.1

2012

 1,703.1 1,706.0 1,717.4 1,732.6 1,755.7 1,774.0 1,755.2 (P) 1,754.5          

Mining, Logging, & Construction

  

2011

 46.4 45.7 46.9 51.0 56.0 59.7 61.3 62.6 60.5 59.8 56.8 49.4 54.7

2012

 46.1 44.1 44.5 48.7 54.2 56.7 58.4 (P) 59.1          

Manufacturing

  

2011

 174.0 173.5 173.7 175.6 177.1 179.3 180.4 180.2 178.2 179.1 179.6 178.6 177.4

2012

 177.8 177.6 177.7 177.7 178.7 181.6 182.0 (P) 181.2          

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

  

2011

 305.2 302.1 303.2 308.8 311.8 312.9 314.0 316.8 313.8 315.0 317.9 320.1 311.8

2012

 309.3 305.0 307.1 307.5 310.2 312.3 313.0 (P) 313.0          

Information

  

2011

 39.0 38.9 38.7 39.0 38.9 38.8 38.9 38.4 38.0 38.1 38.1 38.1 38.6

2012

 38.3 38.3 38.2 38.4 38.2 38.3 38.4 (P) 38.4          

Financial Activities

  

2011

 137.2 137.3 137.5 137.9 138.2 138.8 139.6 140.3 140.1 139.1 137.7 138.0 138.5

2012

 137.9 137.9 138.1 139.7 139.7 140.5 140.8 (P) 140.3          

Professional & Business Services

  

2011

 253.3 253.6 255.0 260.6 261.6 264.1 264.6 265.7 265.2 272.1 270.7 275.4 263.5

2012

 266.6 264.5 266.3 268.1 273.6 279.8 280.3 (P) 278.7          

Educational & Health Services

  

2011

 272.1 275.1 275.8 279.0 279.6 275.0 272.4 273.4 274.8 279.0 281.2 281.0 276.5

2012

 276.5 282.9 286.2 286.6 285.4 282.2 279.8 (P) 282.0          

Leisure & Hospitality

  

2011

 148.2 147.9 150.2 156.4 164.1 167.8 168.7 167.9 160.5 155.2 149.2 146.5 156.9

2012

 143.9 142.1 145.5 151.5 160.0 166.9 165.5 (P) 166.0          

Other Services

  

2011

 74.3 74.6 75.0 77.0 77.1 77.8 78.2 78.0 79.2 78.7 78.7 79.5 77.3

2012

 78.4 78.8 79.4 79.3 79.6 80.2 79.5 (P) 79.8          

Government

  

2011

 235.9 241.6 240.6 241.3 241.8 237.9 203.2 211.4 227.4 233.8 234.3 233.0 231.9

2012

 228.3 234.8 234.4 235.1 236.1 235.5 217.5 (P) 216.0          

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minn.-Wis. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

  

2011

 (1) 1,823,831 (1) 1,833,463 (1) 1,840,289 (1) 1,848,049 (1) 1,847,518 (1) 1,853,980 (1) 1,868,286 (1) 1,865,532 (1) 1,860,677 (1) 1,867,499 (1) 1,863,731 (1) 1,853,618 (1) 1,852,206

2012

 (2) 1,834,426 1,847,384 1,849,299 1,845,897 1,859,872 1,874,124 (P) 1,881,363            

Employment

  

2011

 (1) 1,692,741 (1) 1,706,802 (1) 1,715,379 (1) 1,732,667 (1) 1,735,144 (1) 1,729,074 (1) 1,736,925 (1) 1,749,544 (1) 1,750,922 (1) 1,765,913 (1) 1,766,391 (1) 1,751,893 (1) 1,736,116

2012

 (2) 1,725,768 1,732,908 1,735,740 1,751,864 1,762,952 1,765,234 (P) 1,770,576            

Unemployment

  

2011

 (1) 131,090 (1) 126,661 (1) 124,910 (1) 115,382 (1) 112,374 (1) 124,906 (1) 131,361 (1) 115,988 (1) 109,755 (1) 101,586 (1) 97,340 (1) 101,725 (1) 116,090

2012

 (2) 108,658 114,476 113,559 94,033 96,920 108,890 (P) 110,787            

Unemployment Rate

  

2011

 (1) 7.2 (1) 6.9 (1) 6.8 (1) 6.2 (1) 6.1 (1) 6.7 (1) 7.0 (1) 6.2 (1) 5.9 (1) 5.4 (1) 5.2 (1) 5.5 (1) 6.3

2012

 (2) 5.9 6.2 6.1 5.1 5.2 5.8 (P) 5.9            

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and controlling to new statewide totals.
(2) Corrected.
(P) Preliminary