State jobs picture improves

Unemployment remains above pre-recession levels, but the jobs picture in most Minnesota counties is improving. Here's what it looks like in a few of them.

Oct. 2007Oct. 2009Oct. 2010

Chippewa3.1%7.0%5.7%

Faribault4.3%8.2%6.9%

Lake of the Woods4.7%7.2%5.6%

Meeker4.5%8.4%7.1%

Sibley4.5%8.4%7.1%

Minnesota4.7%7.7%7.1%

Note: County data are not seasonally adjusted; state and federal data are.