Line 3 would immediately create more than 4,000 jobs and invest more than $2 Billion into Minnesota at a time when we have never needed it more.
The latest unemployment rates for counties along the line 3 route show how COVID-19 has impacted local economies and why we need to find a way bring jobs back to Minnesota.
County Rate
Kittson 8.1%
Marshall 11.5%
Pennington 16.6%
Polk 14.9%
Red Lake 14.3%
Clearwater 21.2%
Hubbard 21.1%
Cass 26.5%
Crow Wing 24.1%
Aitkin 21.1%
Carlton 22.2%
St. Louis 23.9%
Wadena 20.5%
Percentage of people filing for unemployment insurance as a share of the 2019 available labor force
Data provided by Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/unemployment-insurance-statistics/