April 2021 Unemployment
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St. Croix County’s April Unemployment Rate is 3.8%
On May 26th, the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) announced the preliminary April 2021 unemployment rates for Wisconsin’s 72 counties and the 34 cities with populations greater than 25,000 residents. St. Croix County’s April rate was estimated at 3.8%, which is lower than the final rate of 4.5% for March and February’s final rate of 5.0%. One year ago, the county’s unemployment rate was estimated at 18.0%.
DWD said preliminary unemployment rates from March to April declined in 71 of 72 counties and declined in all 72 counties year-over-year. The rates ranged from 2.7% in Lafayette to 9.3% in Menominee.
Preliminary unemployment rates declined or stayed the same in 29 of Wisconsin’s 34 largest municipalities from March to April and declined or stayed the same in all of the largest municipalities, year-over-year. Rates ranged from 2.9% in Muskego to 7.5% in Milwaukee and Racine.
The five counties with the lowest unemployment rates in April include Lafayette (2.7%), Kewaunee (2.9%), Calumet (3.0%), Grant (3.1%), and Dane (3.2%). Menominee County had the highest rate in April at 9.3%, followed by Forest (9.2%), Iron (8.9%), Bayfield (8.1%), and Sawyer (7.2%).
St. Croix, Pierce, Polk, and Dunn counties comprise Wisconsin’s Greater St. Croix Valley. In addition to St. Croix’s rate of 3.8%, April’s preliminary rate in Pierce and Dunn is at 3.9%, while Polk came in at 4.9%.
St. Croix and Pierce counties are included in the 15-county Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington MN-WI metro area. The April 2021 unemployment rate for the Twin Cities was estimated at 4.1%, which is lower than March’s final rate of 4.3% and February’s final rate of 4.6%. The unemployment rate in the Twin Cities was 9.2% in April 2020.
The preliminary (seasonally adjusted) unemployment rate for Wisconsin in April was estimated at 3.9%, which is higher than the final rate of 3.8% for both March and February. One year ago, the state’s seasonally adjusted rate was 14.8%.
The preliminary (seasonally adjusted) unemployment rate in Minnesota in April was estimated at 4.1%, which is lower than March’s final rate of 4.2% and February’s final rate of 4.4%. Minnesota’s seasonally-adjusted rate one year ago was 9.0%.
The preliminary (seasonally adjusted) unemployment rate in the U.S. for April was estimated at 6.1%, which is higher than April’s final rate of 6.0% but lower than February’s final rate of 6.2%. One year ago, the U.S. rate (seasonally adjusted) was estimated at 14.8%.
Wisconsin’s preliminary (seasonally adjusted) labor force participation rate for April was estimated at 65.9%, which is higher than March’s final rate of 65.7% and February’s final rate of 65.6%. One year ago, Wisconsin’s labor force participation rate was 65.8%. The preliminary (seasonally adjusted) labor force participation rate for the U.S. in April was estimated at 61.7%, which is higher than March’s final rate of 61.5% and February’s final rate of 61.4%. One year ago, the labor force participation rate in the U.S. was 60.2%.
April’s estimates are preliminary and are subject to revision within the next few weeks.



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