Unemployment Rate in Blue Earth County, MN
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.9%
Rank #1,942/3,222 · #76 in MN
40th
Blue Earth 4.9%
MN 4.1% +20.5%
US 5.3% -7.7%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Blue Earth County's unemployment rate of 4.9% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 28.6%.
Distribution of Unemployment Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Blue Earth County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,939 | Lake County, TN | 4.9% |
| #1,940 | Wayne County, NC | 4.9% |
| #1,941 | Jasper County, IN | 4.9% |
| #1,942 | Blue Earth County, MN | 4.9% |
| #1,943 | Roane County, TN | 4.9% |
| #1,944 | Runnels County, TX | 4.9% |
| #1,945 | Lawrence County, TN | 4.9% |
About Unemployment Rate
Blue Earth County, Minnesota has a unemployment rate of 4.9%, ranking #1,942 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 7.7% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Minnesota, it ranks #76 of 87. This places it in the 40th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.