Grand Forks County, ND Unemployment Rate Report

Grand Forks County, ND Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Grand Forks County, North Dakota has ranged from 1.4% in October 1996 to 9.2% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Grand Forks County is 1.9% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Grand Forks County, ND Unemployment Rate by Month

Low Unemployment Area

Grand Forks County, ND Current Unemployment - 1.9%

Grand Forks County, ND Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Grand Forks County, ND%	North-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2022	2.9%	3.5%	4.0%
2 / 2022	2.5%	3.1%	3.8%
3 / 2022	2.7%	3.3%	3.6%
4 / 2022	2.1%	2.5%	3.6%
5 / 2022	1.8%	2.1%	3.6%
6 / 2022	2.4%	2.6%	3.6%
7 / 2022	1.9%	2.2%	3.5%
8 / 2022	1.9%	2.2%	3.7%

Month/Year	Grand Forks County, ND%	North-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2021	4.3%	5.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	4.4%	5.5%	6.2%
3 / 2021	4.0%	4.8%	6.0%
4 / 2021	3.6%	4.1%	6.1%
5 / 2021	3.2%	3.5%	5.8%
6 / 2021	4.3%	4.4%	5.9%
7 / 2021	3.0%	3.4%	5.4%
8 / 2021	2.8%	3.3%	5.2%
9 / 2021	2.3%	2.6%	4.7%
10 / 2021	2.1%	2.4%	4.6%
11 / 2021	2.2%	2.6%	4.2%
12 / 2021	2.6%	3.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	Grand Forks County, ND%	North-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2020	2.2%	2.8%	3.6%
2 / 2020	2.3%	2.8%	3.5%
3 / 2020	2.4%	2.7%	4.4%
4 / 2020	9.2%	9.2%	14.7%
5 / 2020	8.7%	8.7%	13.3%
6 / 2020	6.5%	7.5%	11.1%
7 / 2020	5.6%	6.3%	10.2%
8 / 2020	4.1%	4.8%	8.4%
9 / 2020	3.0%	3.8%	7.9%
10 / 2020	3.2%	4.0%	6.9%
11 / 2020	3.2%	4.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	4.4%	4.8%	6.7%

Month/Year	Grand Forks County, ND%	North-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2019	2.6%	3.1%	4.0%
2 / 2019	2.5%	3.1%	3.8%
3 / 2019	2.5%	3.0%	3.8%
4 / 2019	2.2%	2.5%	3.6%
5 / 2019	1.9%	2.1%	3.6%
6 / 2019	2.5%	2.6%	3.7%
7 / 2019	2.1%	2.2%	3.7%
8 / 2019	2.1%	2.2%	3.7%
9 / 2019	1.7%	1.8%	3.5%
10 / 2019	1.5%	1.6%	3.6%
11 / 2019	1.7%	2.0%	3.5%
12 / 2019	1.8%	2.2%	3.5%

Month/Year	Grand Forks County, ND%	North-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2018	2.8%	3.5%	4.1%
2 / 2018	2.6%	3.4%	4.1%
3 / 2018	2.7%	3.4%	4.0%
4 / 2018	2.4%	2.9%	3.9%
5 / 2018	1.9%	2.2%	3.8%
6 / 2018	2.6%	2.8%	4.0%
7 / 2018	2.2%	2.4%	3.9%
8 / 2018	2.3%	2.3%	3.8%
9 / 2018	1.8%	1.9%	3.7%
10 / 2018	1.5%	1.7%	3.8%
11 / 2018	1.8%	2.0%	3.7%
12 / 2018	2.0%	2.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	Grand Forks County, ND%	North-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2017	2.8%	3.7%	4.7%
2 / 2017	2.6%	3.5%	4.7%
3 / 2017	2.7%	3.4%	4.4%
4 / 2017	2.2%	2.7%	4.4%
5 / 2017	1.9%	2.2%	4.4%
6 / 2017	2.6%	2.8%	4.3%
7 / 2017	2.2%	2.4%	4.3%
8 / 2017	2.2%	2.4%	4.4%
9 / 2017	1.8%	2.0%	4.2%
10 / 2017	1.5%	1.9%	4.1%
11 / 2017	2.0%	2.4%	4.2%
12 / 2017	2.2%	2.7%	4.1%

Month/Year	Grand Forks County, ND%	North-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2016	2.8%	4.0%	4.9%
2 / 2016	2.7%	4.0%	4.9%
3 / 2016	2.9%	4.1%	5.0%
4 / 2016	2.5%	3.4%	5.0%
5 / 2016	2.2%	2.9%	4.8%
6 / 2016	2.7%	3.4%	4.9%
7 / 2016	2.4%	2.9%	4.8%
8 / 2016	2.3%	2.8%	4.9%
9 / 2016	2.0%	2.3%	5.0%
10 / 2016	1.6%	2.1%	4.9%
11 / 2016	2.0%	2.4%	4.7%
12 / 2016	2.2%	2.9%	4.7%

Month/Year	Grand Forks County, ND%	North-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2015	3.2%	3.3%	5.7%
2 / 2015	3.0%	3.4%	5.5%
3 / 2015	3.1%	3.4%	5.4%
4 / 2015	2.6%	2.8%	5.4%
5 / 2015	2.4%	2.6%	5.6%
6 / 2015	2.8%	3.1%	5.3%
7 / 2015	2.4%	2.7%	5.2%
8 / 2015	2.3%	2.6%	5.1%
9 / 2015	1.9%	2.2%	5.0%
10 / 2015	1.6%	2.0%	5.0%
11 / 2015	1.9%	2.5%	5.1%
12 / 2015	2.2%	2.9%	5.0%

Month/Year	Grand Forks County, ND%	North-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2014	3.5%	3.5%	6.6%
2 / 2014	3.3%	3.4%	6.7%
3 / 2014	3.4%	3.4%	6.7%
4 / 2014	2.9%	2.8%	6.2%
5 / 2014	2.5%	2.4%	6.3%
6 / 2014	3.2%	2.9%	6.1%
7 / 2014	2.7%	2.5%	6.2%
8 / 2014	2.6%	2.4%	6.1%
9 / 2014	2.3%	2.1%	5.9%
10 / 2014	2.0%	2.0%	5.7%
11 / 2014	2.4%	2.3%	5.8%
12 / 2014	2.6%	2.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	Grand Forks County, ND%	North-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2013	4.0%	3.9%	8.0%
2 / 2013	3.8%	3.7%	7.7%
3 / 2013	3.8%	3.7%	7.5%
4 / 2013	3.2%	3.2%	7.6%
5 / 2013	2.7%	2.6%	7.5%
6 / 2013	3.3%	3.1%	7.5%
7 / 2013	2.8%	2.6%	7.3%
8 / 2013	3.2%	2.6%	7.2%
9 / 2013	2.3%	2.2%	7.2%
10 / 2013	2.1%	2.0%	7.2%
11 / 2013	2.5%	2.4%	6.9%
12 / 2013	2.8%	2.8%	6.7%

Month/Year	Grand Forks County, ND%	North-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2012	4.1%	4.0%	8.3%
2 / 2012	4.1%	3.8%	8.3%
3 / 2012	4.1%	3.8%	8.2%
4 / 2012	3.7%	3.1%	8.2%
5 / 2012	3.0%	2.7%	8.2%
6 / 2012	3.7%	3.3%	8.2%
7 / 2012	3.6%	2.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	3.2%	2.8%	8.1%
9 / 2012	2.7%	2.5%	7.8%
10 / 2012	2.5%	2.4%	7.8%
11 / 2012	2.9%	2.7%	7.7%
12 / 2012	3.2%	3.1%	7.9%

Month/Year	Grand Forks County, ND%	North-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2011	3.9%	4.4%	9.1%
2 / 2011	4.2%	4.3%	9.0%
3 / 2011	4.2%	4.2%	9.0%
4 / 2011	3.6%	3.6%	9.1%
5 / 2011	3.3%	3.1%	9.0%
6 / 2011	4.1%	3.8%	9.1%
7 / 2011	3.7%	3.3%	9.0%
8 / 2011	3.9%	3.4%	9.0%
9 / 2011	3.3%	2.9%	9.0%
10 / 2011	3.0%	2.7%	8.8%
11 / 2011	3.4%	3.0%	8.6%
12 / 2011	3.6%	3.3%	8.5%

Month/Year	Grand Forks County, ND%	North-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2010	4.1%	4.8%	9.8%
2 / 2010	3.9%	4.8%	9.8%
3 / 2010	4.2%	4.8%	9.9%
4 / 2010	3.6%	3.8%	9.9%
5 / 2010	3.2%	3.4%	9.6%
6 / 2010	4.1%	4.1%	9.4%
7 / 2010	3.6%	3.6%	9.4%
8 / 2010	3.3%	3.5%	9.5%
9 / 2010	2.8%	3.0%	9.5%
10 / 2010	2.6%	2.8%	9.4%
11 / 2010	3.0%	3.2%	9.8%
12 / 2010	3.3%	3.7%	9.3%

Month/Year	Grand Forks County, ND%	North-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2009	3.9%	4.9%	7.8%
2 / 2009	4.3%	5.1%	8.3%
3 / 2009	4.6%	5.0%	8.7%
4 / 2009	4.1%	4.4%	9.0%
5 / 2009	3.8%	3.9%	9.4%
6 / 2009	4.7%	4.5%	9.5%
7 / 2009	4.1%	3.9%	9.5%
8 / 2009	4.4%	3.8%	9.6%
9 / 2009	3.5%	3.3%	9.8%
10 / 2009	3.1%	3.2%	10.0%
11 / 2009	3.4%	3.6%	9.9%
12 / 2009	3.7%	4.1%	9.9%

Month/Year	Grand Forks County, ND%	North-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2008	3.2%	3.8%	5.0%
2 / 2008	2.8%	3.7%	4.9%
3 / 2008	3.1%	3.7%	5.1%
4 / 2008	2.8%	3.1%	5.0%
5 / 2008	2.7%	2.7%	5.4%
6 / 2008	3.6%	3.4%	5.6%
7 / 2008	3.2%	3.1%	5.8%
8 / 2008	3.2%	3.0%	6.1%
9 / 2008	2.8%	2.6%	6.1%
10 / 2008	2.5%	2.5%	6.5%
11 / 2008	2.8%	2.9%	6.8%
12 / 2008	3.2%	3.5%	7.3%

Month/Year	Grand Forks County, ND%	North-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2007	3.3%	3.9%	4.6%
2 / 2007	3.3%	3.9%	4.5%
3 / 2007	3.3%	3.9%	4.4%
4 / 2007	3.1%	3.3%	4.5%
5 / 2007	2.5%	2.7%	4.4%
6 / 2007	3.2%	3.4%	4.6%
7 / 2007	2.8%	2.9%	4.7%
8 / 2007	2.8%	2.8%	4.6%
9 / 2007	2.5%	2.5%	4.7%
10 / 2007	2.2%	2.3%	4.7%
11 / 2007	2.5%	2.6%	4.7%
12 / 2007	2.9%	3.2%	5.0%

Month/Year	Grand Forks County, ND%	North-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2006	3.5%	4.0%	4.7%
2 / 2006	3.4%	4.0%	4.8%
3 / 2006	3.6%	3.9%	4.7%
4 / 2006	3.2%	3.3%	4.7%
5 / 2006	2.8%	2.9%	4.6%
6 / 2006	3.4%	3.5%	4.6%
7 / 2006	3.2%	3.0%	4.7%
8 / 2006	2.9%	2.9%	4.7%
9 / 2006	2.6%	2.5%	4.5%
10 / 2006	2.3%	2.5%	4.4%
11 / 2006	2.5%	3.0%	4.5%
12 / 2006	2.8%	3.1%	4.4%

Month/Year	Grand Forks County, ND%	North-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2005	3.6%	4.3%	5.3%
2 / 2005	3.4%	4.2%	5.4%
3 / 2005	3.7%	4.2%	5.2%
4 / 2005	3.2%	3.5%	5.2%
5 / 2005	2.9%	3.1%	5.1%
6 / 2005	3.7%	3.8%	5.0%
7 / 2005	3.1%	3.1%	5.0%
8 / 2005	3.1%	3.1%	4.9%
9 / 2005	2.9%	2.7%	5.0%
10 / 2005	2.5%	2.6%	5.0%
11 / 2005	2.9%	2.9%	5.0%
12 / 2005	3.0%	3.3%	4.9%

Month/Year	Grand Forks County, ND%	North-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2004	3.6%	4.4%	5.7%
2 / 2004	3.4%	4.3%	5.6%
3 / 2004	3.5%	4.2%	5.8%
4 / 2004	3.0%	3.4%	5.6%
5 / 2004	2.6%	3.0%	5.6%
6 / 2004	3.5%	3.7%	5.6%
7 / 2004	3.1%	3.2%	5.5%
8 / 2004	3.2%	3.1%	5.4%
9 / 2004	2.9%	2.7%	5.4%
10 / 2004	2.4%	2.6%	5.5%
11 / 2004	2.7%	3.0%	5.4%
12 / 2004	3.0%	3.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	Grand Forks County, ND%	North-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2003	3.8%	4.8%	5.8%
2 / 2003	3.9%	4.7%	5.9%
3 / 2003	4.0%	4.7%	5.9%
4 / 2003	3.6%	4.0%	6.0%
5 / 2003	3.3%	3.4%	6.1%
6 / 2003	4.0%	4.0%	6.3%
7 / 2003	3.5%	3.5%	6.2%
8 / 2003	3.9%	3.4%	6.1%
9 / 2003	3.0%	2.9%	6.1%
10 / 2003	2.6%	2.7%	6.0%
11 / 2003	2.7%	3.2%	5.8%
12 / 2003	2.8%	3.5%	5.7%

Month/Year	Grand Forks County, ND%	North-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2002	3.9%	4.4%	5.7%
2 / 2002	4.1%	4.4%	5.7%
3 / 2002	4.2%	4.5%	5.7%
4 / 2002	4.0%	4.0%	5.9%
5 / 2002	3.7%	3.4%	5.8%
6 / 2002	4.1%	4.1%	5.8%
7 / 2002	3.6%	3.5%	5.8%
8 / 2002	4.1%	3.4%	5.7%
9 / 2002	3.3%	3.0%	5.7%
10 / 2002	2.7%	2.9%	5.7%
11 / 2002	2.8%	3.4%	5.9%
12 / 2002	3.1%	3.8%	6.0%

Month/Year	Grand Forks County, ND%	North-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2001	3.1%	3.6%	4.2%
2 / 2001	3.1%	3.6%	4.2%
3 / 2001	3.3%	3.6%	4.3%
4 / 2001	3.1%	3.1%	4.4%
5 / 2001	2.4%	2.4%	4.3%
6 / 2001	3.1%	3.2%	4.5%
7 / 2001	2.9%	2.6%	4.6%
8 / 2001	3.3%	2.6%	4.9%
9 / 2001	2.3%	2.2%	5.0%
10 / 2001	2.1%	2.2%	5.3%
11 / 2001	2.5%	2.7%	5.5%
12 / 2001	2.8%	3.4%	5.7%

Month/Year	Grand Forks County, ND%	North-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2000	3.5%	4.0%	4.0%
2 / 2000	3.6%	3.8%	4.1%
3 / 2000	3.5%	3.8%	4.0%
4 / 2000	2.9%	3.1%	3.8%
5 / 2000	2.5%	2.5%	4.0%
6 / 2000	3.2%	3.3%	4.0%
7 / 2000	3.2%	2.7%	4.0%
8 / 2000	3.2%	2.8%	4.1%
9 / 2000	2.0%	2.2%	3.9%
10 / 2000	1.9%	2.0%	3.9%
11 / 2000	2.1%	2.6%	3.9%
12 / 2000	2.3%	2.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	Grand Forks County, ND%	North-Dakota%	National %
1 / 1999	3.0%	4.2%	4.3%
2 / 1999	3.1%	4.3%	4.4%
3 / 1999	3.1%	4.2%	4.2%
4 / 1999	2.6%	3.4%	4.3%
5 / 1999	2.1%	2.9%	4.2%
6 / 1999	2.6%	3.6%	4.3%
7 / 1999	2.6%	3.2%	4.3%
8 / 1999	2.6%	2.9%	4.2%
9 / 1999	2.1%	2.5%	4.2%
10 / 1999	2.0%	2.3%	4.1%
11 / 1999	1.9%	2.7%	4.1%
12 / 1999	2.4%	3.1%	4.0%

Month/Year	Grand Forks County, ND%	North-Dakota%	National %
1 / 1998	2.1%	3.3%	4.6%
2 / 1998	2.2%	3.3%	4.6%
3 / 1998	2.2%	3.5%	4.7%
4 / 1998	1.7%	2.8%	4.3%
5 / 1998	1.8%	2.3%	4.4%
6 / 1998	2.6%	3.2%	4.5%
7 / 1998	2.5%	2.7%	4.5%
8 / 1998	2.4%	2.8%	4.5%
9 / 1998	2.0%	2.4%	4.6%
10 / 1998	1.8%	2.3%	4.5%
11 / 1998	1.8%	2.7%	4.4%
12 / 1998	2.4%	3.3%	4.4%

Month/Year	Grand Forks County, ND%	North-Dakota%	National %
1 / 1997	2.7%	3.7%	5.3%
2 / 1997	2.4%	3.4%	5.2%
3 / 1997	2.5%	3.4%	5.2%
4 / 1997	2.4%	3.1%	5.1%
5 / 1997	7.6%	2.9%	4.9%
6 / 1997	5.1%	3.3%	5.0%
7 / 1997	3.3%	2.5%	4.9%
8 / 1997	2.8%	2.3%	4.8%
9 / 1997	2.0%	1.9%	4.9%
10 / 1997	1.5%	1.6%	4.7%
11 / 1997	1.6%	2.0%	4.6%
12 / 1997	1.9%	2.5%	4.7%

Month/Year	Grand Forks County, ND%	North-Dakota%	National %
1 / 1996	2.7%	3.9%	5.6%
2 / 1996	2.6%	3.8%	5.5%
3 / 1996	2.7%	3.7%	5.5%
4 / 1996	2.6%	3.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	2.0%	2.6%	5.6%
6 / 1996	2.8%	3.2%	5.3%
7 / 1996	2.9%	2.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	2.3%	2.6%	5.1%
9 / 1996	1.6%	2.1%	5.2%
10 / 1996	1.4%	1.9%	5.2%
11 / 1996	1.6%	2.4%	5.4%
12 / 1996	1.9%	2.9%	5.4%

Month/Year	Grand Forks County, ND%	North-Dakota%	National %
1 / 1995	3.4%	4.5%	5.6%
2 / 1995	3.2%	4.3%	5.4%
3 / 1995	2.9%	4.0%	5.4%
4 / 1995	2.5%	3.4%	5.8%
5 / 1995	2.3%	2.8%	5.6%
6 / 1995	3.0%	3.6%	5.6%
7 / 1995	2.6%	3.0%	5.7%
8 / 1995	2.7%	2.8%	5.7%
9 / 1995	2.1%	2.4%	5.6%
10 / 1995	1.9%	2.3%	5.5%
11 / 1995	1.9%	2.7%	5.6%
12 / 1995	2.2%	3.0%	5.6%

Month/Year	Grand Forks County, ND%	North-Dakota%	National %
1 / 1994	3.6%	4.9%	6.6%
2 / 1994	3.6%	4.8%	6.6%
3 / 1994	3.7%	4.8%	6.5%
4 / 1994	3.2%	3.9%	6.4%
5 / 1994	3.0%	3.3%	6.1%
6 / 1994	3.6%	4.0%	6.1%
7 / 1994	3.8%	3.5%	6.1%
8 / 1994	3.1%	3.4%	6.0%
9 / 1994	2.4%	2.9%	5.9%
10 / 1994	2.2%	2.7%	5.8%
11 / 1994	2.2%	3.0%	5.6%
12 / 1994	2.8%	3.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	Grand Forks County, ND%	North-Dakota%	National %
1 / 1993	3.6%	5.4%	7.3%
2 / 1993	3.6%	5.2%	7.1%
3 / 1993	3.8%	5.2%	7.0%
4 / 1993	3.4%	4.5%	7.1%
5 / 1993	3.1%	3.9%	7.1%
6 / 1993	3.9%	4.7%	7.0%
7 / 1993	3.4%	4.0%	6.9%
8 / 1993	4.0%	4.0%	6.8%
9 / 1993	2.8%	3.5%	6.7%
10 / 1993	2.3%	3.3%	6.8%
11 / 1993	2.4%	3.7%	6.6%
12 / 1993	2.7%	4.1%	6.5%

Month/Year	Grand Forks County, ND%	North-Dakota%	National %
1 / 1992	3.7%	5.6%	7.3%
2 / 1992	3.9%	5.7%	7.4%
3 / 1992	4.1%	5.7%	7.4%
4 / 1992	3.6%	4.9%	7.4%
5 / 1992	3.6%	4.3%	7.6%
6 / 1992	4.0%	5.1%	7.8%
7 / 1992	3.6%	4.5%	7.7%
8 / 1992	4.2%	4.5%	7.6%
9 / 1992	3.1%	4.0%	7.6%
10 / 1992	2.8%	3.8%	7.3%
11 / 1992	2.9%	4.3%	7.4%
12 / 1992	2.8%	4.6%	7.4%

Month/Year	Grand Forks County, ND%	North-Dakota%	National %
1 / 1991	3.9%	4.9%	6.4%
2 / 1991	3.9%	5.0%	6.6%
3 / 1991	4.1%	5.1%	6.8%
4 / 1991	3.9%	4.6%	6.7%
5 / 1991	3.8%	4.1%	6.9%
6 / 1991	4.2%	4.8%	6.9%
7 / 1991	3.8%	4.1%	6.8%
8 / 1991	4.5%	4.1%	6.9%
9 / 1991	3.3%	3.6%	6.9%
10 / 1991	3.1%	3.5%	7.0%
11 / 1991	3.2%	4.1%	7.0%
12 / 1991	3.5%	4.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	Grand Forks County, ND%	North-Dakota%	National %
1 / 1990	4.5%	5.0%	5.4%
2 / 1990	4.4%	4.9%	5.3%
3 / 1990	4.6%	4.8%	5.2%
4 / 1990	4.5%	4.1%	5.4%
5 / 1990	4.4%	3.6%	5.4%
6 / 1990	5.3%	4.4%	5.2%
7 / 1990	5.4%	3.8%	5.5%
8 / 1990	4.7%	3.7%	5.7%
9 / 1990	4.3%	3.3%	5.9%
10 / 1990	3.5%	3.1%	5.9%
11 / 1990	3.9%	3.6%	6.2%
12 / 1990	4.0%	3.9%	6.3%