July Unemployment Rates for St. Croix County Released

ST. CROIX COUNTY -- Unemployment in St. Croix County in July is down from last month, but equal to last July's figure.

On August 24th, the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) announced the preliminary July 2016 unemployment rates for Wisconsin’s 72 counties and the 32 cities with populations greater than 25,000 residents. St. Croix County’s rate was estimated at 3.6%. For comparison, St. Croix’s final rate for June was 3.9% and May’s final rate was 3.4%. One year ago, the county’s unemployment rate was estimated at 3.6%.

DWD said preliminary unemployment rates for June decreased or remained the same in all 72 counties compared to June 2016, and decreased or remained the same in 69 counties when compared to July 2015. The current rates ranged from 3.0% in Dane County to 8.9% in Menomonee.

St. Croix, Pierce, Polk, and Dunn counties comprise Wisconsin’s Greater St. Croix Valley. In addition to St. Croix, Polk County’s preliminary rate in July was estimated at 3.9%. Pierce’s rate in July was 4.0% and Dunn’s rate was 4.2%. Except for Pierce, all counties had lower rates, or remained the same, compared to July 2015.

St. Croix and Pierce counties are included in the 16-county Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington MN-WI metro area. The July 2016 unemployment rate for the Twin Cities was estimated at 3.5%, which is lower than June’s final rate of 3.8% but higher than May’s final rate of 3.1%. The unemployment rate in the Twin Cities was 3.5% in July 2015.

July’s estimates are preliminary and are subject to revision within the next few weeks.

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