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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Midwest > Minnesota, Wisconsin > Minneapolis-St. Paul

Minneapolis-St. Paul

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Minneapolis-St. Paul Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Mar 2020
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2020
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Midwest Consumer price indexes Table Apr 2020
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Jun 2017
Consumer Expenditures for the Minneapolis Metropolitan Area: 2017–18 Consumer spending News Release Nov 2019
Average energy prices for the United States, regions, census divisions, and selected metropolitan areas Average energy prices Table Mar 2020
County Employment and Wages in Minnesota — Third Quarter 2019 Employment, Pay News Release Mar 2020
County Employment and Wages in Wisconsin — Third Quarter 2019 Employment, Pay News Release Mar 2020
Consumer Expenditures for the U.S., regions, and selected metropolitan areas Consumer spending Table Nov 2019
Consumer Price Index, Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington — January 2020 Consumer price indexes News Release Feb 2020
Consumer Price Index Historical Table for Minneapolis Consumer price indexes Table Feb 2020
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card - PDF Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Mar 2020
Occupational Employment and Wages For Nurses In Minnesota’s Metropolitan Area — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington — May 2018 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2019
Changing Compensation Costs in the Minneapolis Metropolitan Area — December 2019 Benefits, Pay News Release Feb 2020

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Economy at a Glance:

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
Data Series Back
Data		 Sept
2019		 Oct
2019		 Nov
2019		 Dec
2019		 Jan
2020		 Feb
2020

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 2,029.6 2,032.7 2,033.9 (p)2,024.2 (p)2,031.3  

Employment(1)

 1,979.7 1,981.2 1,979.7 (p)1,962.8 (p)1,965.1  

Unemployment(1)

 49.9 51.5 54.2 (p)61.4 (p)66.2  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 2.5 2.5 2.7 (p)3.0 (p)3.3  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 2,038.7 2,050.9 2,044.6 2,033.5 1,998.7 (p)1,998.1

12-month % change

 0.5 0.5 0.1 -0.1 0.0 (p)0.0

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 95.0 94.2 86.3 80.9 75.2 (p)74.3

12-month % change

 6.0 6.0 0.7 0.4 0.5 (p)1.0

Manufacturing(3)

 201.1 201.3 199.7 199.4 198.7 (p)198.6

12-month % change

 0.5 0.7 -0.2 -0.3 -0.2 (p)-0.2

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 352.3 355.6 361.1 365.7 354.3 (p)347.5

12-month % change

 -0.8 0.0 -1.0 -0.7 -1.2 (p)-1.2

Information(3)

 35.8 35.6 35.6 35.5 35.3 (p)35.3

12-month % change

 1.1 0.6 0.3 0.0 -0.6 (p)-0.6

Financial Activities(3)

 158.8 158.6 158.3 157.9 157.2 (p)157.8

12-month % change

 1.3 0.8 0.5 -0.1 0.4 (p)0.6

Professional and Business Services(3)

 329.9 332.7 332.0 329.0 324.6 (p)323.8

12-month % change

 -0.3 -1.0 -1.0 -0.8 0.4 (p)-0.5

Education and Health Services(3)

 344.7 348.4 347.7 345.5 340.1 (p)340.8

12-month % change

 1.2 1.5 0.7 0.5 -0.1 (p)-0.7

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 194.5 190.2 187.9 185.0 184.1 (p)183.7

12-month % change

 -0.3 0.1 1.0 -0.6 0.7 (p)0.2

Other Services(3)

 78.5 77.6 79.0 80.1 77.8 (p)80.0

12-month % change

 0.3 -1.6 0.3 2.6 0.6 (p)3.5

Government(3)

 248.1 256.7 257.0 254.5 251.4 (p)256.3

12-month % change

 0.4 0.9 1.1 0.7 0.0 (p)1.5

Consumer Price Index: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

CPI-U, All items(4)

 251.416   250.997   252.447  

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

   1.7   2.8   3.0  

CPI-W, All items(5)

 244.838   243.928   244.990  

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)

   1.1   2.7   2.9  

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary