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.
Average unemployment rate for Line 3 counties is 19.67%!!
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 8.5%
Marshall 12.1%
Pennington 17.4%
Polk 15.8%
Red Lake 14.9%
Clearwater 22.2%
Hubbard 21.8%
Cass 27.4%
Crow Wing 24.8%
Aitkin 21.9%
Carlton 23%
St. Louis 24.7%
Wadena 21.2%
Percentage of people filing for unemployment insurance as a share of the 2019 available labor force from March 16 to May 19th
Data provided by Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/unemployment-insurance-statistics/