Duluth's Unemployment Rate Shows Strong City Growth

DULUTH- Thursday, Mayor Don Ness spoke about the recent economic success Duluth is seeing.Ness said the newest data from DEED shows Duluth is a city on the rise.

The report shows the unemployment rate has dropped significantly.

Mayor Ness said, "Duluth's unemployment rate is now at 4.3 percent. That's the lowest that the unemployment rate has been for the city of Duluth since December of 2006. and it's also the lowest unemployment rate for any August since 2001."

There were also only 788 new claims for unemployment insurance in August, which is 22.8% less than a year prior.

The report also found job growth is strong right now.

There were 534 private sector jobs added between July and August.