AS OF JUNE 2, AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN THE 13 COUNTIES IS NOW 20.3%
Line 3 would immediately create more than 4,000 jobs and invest more than $2 Billion of private-sector dollars into Minnesota at a time when we have never needed it more.
The process to permit the project continues to be delayed as the number of people applying for unemployment insurance in Northern Minnesota continues go up. 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 8.9%
Marshall 12.5%
Pennington 18.0%
Polk 16.4%
Red Lake 15.8%
Clearwater 23.2%
Hubbard 22.5%
Cass 28.1%
Crow Wing 25.5%
Aitkin 22.6%
Carlton 23.8%
St. Louis 25.3%
Wadena 21.6%
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/