Lake of the Woods County, MN jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Lake of the Woods County economy
6.0%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.7% the month before
1,881
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
3,800
people in Lake of the Woods County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$70,091
median household income
Source: Census ACS
28%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Lake of the Woods County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Lake of the Woods 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 of the Woods County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Rural Minnesota Workforce Development Board
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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.