Lake County, MN jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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4.3%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.5% the month before
5,397
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
10,911
people in Lake County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$75,621
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Lake County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Lake County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Lake County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Northeast Minnesota Workforce Development Board
Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, St. Louis
Other Minnesota counties
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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.