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The Latest The Labor Market Information Center has released the December 2011 Online Job Openings Report, a monthly recap of online job openings and resumes activity from North Dakota’s largest labor exchange system. Online job openings totaled 20,195 open and available positions in December 2011. Openings were higher by 2.9 percent (+568) over the prior month and 107.0 percent higher (+10,440) than one year ago. For additional details, please visit the Online Job Openings Report page. Preliminary estimates indicate North Dakota employment expanded on a year-over-year basis in December. Employers reported an estimated 22,000 more jobs when compared to December 2010, a 5.7 percent gain. For a detailed breakdown, visit the Jobs Report page. Preliminary labor force statistics indicate North Dakota’s December not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.2 percent. The December statistic is higher than November's rate but lower than the 3.8 percent rate reported one year ago. Adjusted for seasonality, North Dakota’s December unemployment rate was 3.3 percent, down from November. The U.S. rate was 8.5 percent. For a detailed breakdown, visit the Labor Force Estimates page. In December 2011, North Dakota initial claims fell 10.2 percent (-485) when compared to December 2010. Of the major industry categories, Construction reported the largest year-over-year numeric decrease with 196, followed by Government (-86) and Natural Resources and Mining (-65). Two industries, Manufacturing and Financial Activities, reported over-the-year increases in claims of 21 and 6, respectively. The county with the largest numeric decrease over the year was Ward with -125, a 31.5 percent decrease, followed by Cass (-100), and Burleigh (-69). A majority of North Dakota's counties (64 percent) reported over-the-year decreases in initial claims filed, while one county reported no change in claims and the remaining eighteen reported increases. Most counties with increases reported gains of five claims or less. For more information, visit the Initial Claims Report page which highlights the most recently released monthly initial claims data from the unemployment insurance program. In late December 2011, the U.S. Census Bureau released the first set of population estimates to be published since the official 2010 Census state population counts were released a year ago. North Dakota ranked as the 5th fastest-growing state between 2010 and 2011 (+1.7 percent). By contrast, North Dakota was 37th in percent growth between the 2000 and 2010 censuses. North Dakota total population grew by 11,341 between the 2010 decennial count and the 2011 estimate. North Dakota's 2011 population estimate was 683,932, which is greater than the previous high set in 1930. Overall, Texas was the fastest-growing state (+2.1 percent) and reported the largest numeric increase in residents (+529,000). For a summary of the 2011 state population estimates, please visit the U.S. Census Bureau website. More detailed 2011 population estimates will be released throughout 2012 including the total population of counties and incorporated places, as well as national, state and county population estimates by age, sex, and race. An updated 2012 data release schedule is now available for some of our most sought after data including labor force and unemployment stats and wage data by industry and occupation across many geographies. The schedule covers the January 2012 through January 2013 time period. Also, you may be able to link directly to an icalendar version. For details, visit the data release schedule page which can be found in its permanent home in our Resource Center. For additional articles, visit our News Archive		Quick Links
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				Initial Claims Report This report highlights the most recently released monthly initial claims data from the unemployment insurance program.
				Jobs Report January 24, 2012 Preliminary estimates indicate North Dakota employment expanded on a year-over-year basis in December. Employers reported an estimated 22,000 more jobs when compared to December 2010, a 5.7 percent gain. For a detailed breakdown, visit the Jobs Report page. North Dakota Employment Estimates Year-Over-Year Percent Change December 2010 - December 2011
				Labor Force Estimates January 24, 2012 Preliminary labor force statistics indicate North Dakota’s December not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.2 percent. The December statistic is higher than November's rate but lower than the 3.8 percent rate reported one year ago. Adjusted for seasonality, North Dakota’s December unemployment rate was 3.3 percent, down from November. The U.S. rate was 8.5 percent. For a detailed breakdown, visit the Labor Force Estimates page. North Dakota Unemployment Rate Not Seasonally Adjusted December 2010 - December 2011 County Unemployment Rates Not Seasonally Adjusted DECEMBER 2011 Download PDF Version