Minnesota Index: Jobs, jobs, jobs

Minnesota’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate, as percent, in November 2016           3.8

            Percent in November 2015     3.7

            Percent in November 2013     4.6

            Percent in November 2011     5.9

National seasonally adjusted unemployment rate, as percent, in November 2016     4.6

            Percent in November 2015     5.0

November 2016 state unemployment rate for blacks or African-Americans  8.3

            Rate one year earlier   14.7

            Rates for Hispanic or Latino Minnesotans     6.0, 2.6

            Rates for white Minnesotans  2.9, 2.9

Minnesota’s labor force participation rate in November 2016, as percent      68.8

            National percentage    62.7

Consecutive months the state’s labor force participation rate has dropped   7

            State participation rate in April 2016, as percent        71.2

            State’s labor force participation rate in April 2010, 2007, as percent 71.4, 72.6

Total nonfarm state employment in November 2016 2,918,569

            State growth, as percent, compared to November 2015         1.1

            U.S. growth rate, as percent, from November 2015 to November 2016        1.6

Nonfarm jobs gained in Minnesota between November 2013 and November 2016  100,026

Percent of Minnesota jobs tied to manufacturing       12.5

            Estimated number of jobs in manufacturing in November 2016        315,320

            Employment growth in this sector, as percent, since 2010     9

Number of construction jobs in Minnesota in November 2016          124,890

            Increase in number, percent from one year prior        5,840, 4.9

Number of health care and social assistance jobs in Minnesota in November 2016   463,194

            Increase in number, percent from one year prior        16,036, 3.6

Number of government jobs in Minnesota in November 2016           433,140

            Increase in number, percent from one year prior        2,008, 0.5

Number of leisure and hospitality jobs in Minnesota in November 2016       249,426

            Decrease in number, percent from one year prior       1,087, 0.4

Number of telecommunications jobs in Minnesota in November 2016          12,239

            Decrease in number, percent from one year prior       250, 3.5

Number of state WorkForce centers   47

Number to call to locate a center        1-888-GET-JOBS

Position openings at noon, Jan. 2 on www.minnesotaworks.net        78,041

Percent of Minnesotans, in 2015, having achieved at least a bachelor’s degree        34.7

            State rank        11

Percent of Minnesotans, in 2015, having achieved at least a high school diploma    92.8

            State rank        3

In 2015, percent of Minnesotans, nationally living below the poverty line    10.2, 14.7

            State, national percent drop from 2014          1.3, 0.8

Fortune 500, Fortune 1000 companies headquartered in Minnesota  17, 25

            State rank in Fortune 500 companies per 1 million people     3

Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor, Minnesota Department Employment and Economic Development, www.minnesotaworks.net