Minnesota’s job growth rate continues to lag behind the national average, but the state’s unemployment rate last month was the lowest rate reported in nearly 18-years.
The monthly jobs report issued by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development shows the state’s jobless rate for black Minnesotans hit an all-time low of 6.9-percent in February.
The latest jobs report from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development includes revised numbers for 2017 that indicate job growth in the state last year was much lower than earlier estimated.
The unemployment rate for Olmsted County last month was not the lowest in the region for a change, but it was the lowest it has been in nearly 2 years.