Unemployment Rate in Dakota County, MN
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
3.6%
Rank #1,049/3,222 · #44 in MN
67th
Dakota 3.6%
MN 4.1% -11.6%
US 5.3% -32.3%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Dakota County's unemployment rate of 3.6% 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 Dakota County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,046 | Richland County, WI | 3.6% |
| #1,047 | Salem city, VA | 3.6% |
| #1,048 | Grayson County, VA | 3.6% |
| #1,049 | Dakota County, MN | 3.6% |
| #1,050 | Jo Daviess County, IL | 3.6% |
| #1,051 | Warren County, IL | 3.6% |
| #1,052 | Logan County, OK | 3.6% |
About Unemployment Rate
Dakota County, Minnesota has a unemployment rate of 3.6%, ranking #1,049 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 32.3% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Minnesota, it ranks #44 of 87. This places it in the 67th 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.