Workforce
Trends in Minnesota's Workforce
Find articles on trends in Minnesota's workforce including youth employment, low wage workers, layoffs, labor market dynamics, new hires and turnover and state labor force participation rates in the monthly Minnesota Employment Review and quarterly Minnesota Economic Trends magazines.
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Current issue of Minnesota Employment Trends
Current issue of Minnesota Employment Review
The Unemployment Rate
Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) provide employment and unemployment estimates for the nation, state, regions, counties and large cities in Minnesota.
LAUS data
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Labor Force Participation Rates
Find labor force participation rates and other labor force demographics for Minnesota and the U.S.
Minnesota Workforce Facts
Current Population Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Affirmative Action Statistics
Affirmative Action Statistical Packets (EEO or Statistics of Workforce Availability) are compiled for companies to use in completing an availability analysis and utilization/underutilization analysis.
Affirmative Action Statistics
Resources for Demographic Analysis
Minnesota's State Demographic Center provides access to detailed Census 2000 statistics on employment, industry and occupation of employment, household and family income, educational attainment, immigration, and disability status. Also available are annual population total estimates for 2001-2004 and population projections to 2030.
Census 2000 Reports
Population Estimates, 2001-2004
Population Projections to 2030
Minnesota Labor Shed Analysis Tool
Where are the workers coming from? Where are they going to? Minnesota DEED and the U.S. Census Bureau have developed an interactive mapping tool that summarizes commuting patterns for detailed, local market analysis.
Worker Origins and Destinations