Kittson County, MN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Kittson County’s unemployment rate is 5.8%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

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Kittson County economy

5.8%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.8% the month before
2,445
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
4,163
people in Kittson County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$69,615
median household income
Source: Census ACS
39%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Kittson County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Kittson County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Kittson County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Northwest Workforce Investment Board
Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau

Cities in Kittson County

St. Joseph

Other Minnesota counties

All of Minnesota

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Minnesota’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.