Unique Content Article: Minnesota's May 2012 Unemployment Rate Unchanged

<h2 class = 'uawtitle'>Minnesota's May 2012 Unemployment Rate Unchanged</h2><br />
<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>by Kris Allen</div><br /><br />
<div class='uawarticle'>The State of Minnesota's May 2012 unemployment rate was released at 5.6%, unchanged from April 2012. The number of unemployed workers actually decreased for the month of May (slightly). Also, the number of employed worked increased as did the overall civilian work force numbers for Minnesota. The net effect of these changes was a static unemployment rate for the month.<br />
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When compared to 2011, Minnesota's May 2012 rate of 5.6% is 1% better than in May 2011. This rate decrease resulted in approximately 12,000 less people being unemployed in MN in 2012 vs. 2011. Also, there are around 25,000 more people employed in the state than just one one year ago. The 5.6% May rate is also significantly lower than the national average in May 2012 of 8.2%. Also, as the national rate rose (slightly) in May (from 8.1%), Minnesota's unemployment rate has remained the same.<br />
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Minnesota business sectors that enjoyed gains in their employment inumbers for the month included Manufacturing, Construction, Education & Health Services, and Government. A few of the business sectors experienced decreases were Professional & Business Services, Information, Other Services, and Leisure & Hospitality.<br />
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Several of the Minnesota cities the were reported on by the DOL experienced an improvement in their unemployment rates for May 2012. These include the cities of Duluth (6.4%), Fargo (3%), and Grand Forks (3.7%) Area. A few areas, however, showed increases in their rates such as Mankato (4.4%) and the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul (5.2%). Both of these areas had slightly worse unemployment rates for May when compared to April 2011. Rochester (4.4%) and St. Cloud (5.1%) were both static for the month.<br />
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Compared to other states in the Region, Minnesota continues to have a strong employment numbers in May. The neighboring state of Wisconsin had it's unemployment rate for May trend upward to 6.8%. Similarly, Michigan also had it's unemployment rate go up for the month to 8.5%. The State of Iowa remained flat at 5.1% as did both North Dakota (3.0%) and South Dakota (4.3%) - though these state are much less populated than Minnesota.<br />
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The U.S Department of Labor will publish the June 2012 employment numbers for Minnesota later this summer. When they do, we'll once again review at the Minnesota statistics and trends. please remember that employment numbers can be modified at a later date and may, therefore, change the information presented in this article.<br />
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Title: Minnesota's May 2012 Unemployment Rate Unchanged<br />
Author: Kris Allen<br />
Email: azunemployment@unemploymenthq.com<br />
Keywords: unemployment, job search, career change,employment, careers, jobs,business, finance, self improvement<br />
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