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Cities in Minnesota by civilian labor force

Minneapolis, MN had the highest civilian labor force of 43 cities in 2014, at 230,940. Austin, MN had the lowest, at 12,449. The median was 23,135. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest230,940Minneapolis, MN
Lowest12,449Austin, MN
Median23,13543 cities

All cities, 2014

Minneapolis, MN: 230,940 personsMinneapolis, MN230,940St. Paul, MN: 152,842 personsSt. Paul, MN152,842Rochester, MN: 61,297 personsRochester, MN61,297Bloomington, MN: 46,476 personsBloomington, MN46,476Duluth, MN: 46,092 personsDuluth, MN46,092Plymouth, MN: 42,191 personsPlymouth, MN42,191Brooklyn Park, MN: 41,562 personsBrooklyn Park, MN41,562Eagan, MN: 39,338 personsEagan, MN39,338Maple Grove, MN: 38,704 personsMaple Grove, MN38,704Woodbury, MN: 37,301 personsWoodbury, MN37,301St. Cloud, MN: 36,568 personsSt. Cloud, MN36,568Eden Prairie, MN: 35,628 personsEden Prairie, MN35,628Burnsville, MN: 35,580 personsBurnsville, MN35,580Coon Rapids, MN: 35,026 personsCoon Rapids, MN35,026Blaine, MN: 34,660 personsBlaine, MN34,660Lakeville, MN: 33,630 personsLakeville, MN33,630St. Louis Park, MN: 29,521 personsSt. Louis Park, MN29,521Minnetonka, MN: 29,217 personsMinnetonka, MN29,217Apple Valley, MN: 28,920 personsApple Valley, MN28,920Mankato, MN: 24,561 personsMankato, MN24,561Edina, MN: 24,526 personsEdina, MN24,526Moorhead, MN: 23,135 personsMoorhead, MN23,135Shakopee, MN: 22,395 personsShakopee, MN22,395Maplewood, MN: 20,404 personsMaplewood, MN20,404Richfield, MN: 20,013 personsRichfield, MN20,013Cottage Grove, MN: 19,748 personsCottage Grove, MN19,748Inver Grove Heights, MN: 19,376 personsInver Grove Heights, MN19,376Roseville, MN: 18,823 personsRoseville, MN18,823Andover, MN: 18,215 personsAndover, MN18,215Savage, MN: 17,067 personsSavage, MN17,067Winona, MN: 16,030 personsWinona, MN16,030Oakdale, MN: 16,015 personsOakdale, MN16,015Brooklyn Center, MN: 15,214 personsBrooklyn Center, MN15,214Owatonna, MN: 14,935 personsOwatonna, MN14,935Champlin, MN: 14,885 personsChamplin, MN14,885Ramsey, MN: 14,848 personsRamsey, MN14,848Fridley, MN: 14,711 personsFridley, MN14,711Shoreview, MN: 14,527 personsShoreview, MN14,527Chaska, MN: 14,258 personsChaska, MN14,258Prior Lake, MN: 13,997 personsPrior Lake, MN13,997Chanhassen, MN: 13,716 personsChanhassen, MN13,716White Bear Lake, MN: 13,117 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN13,117Austin, MN: 12,449 personsAustin, MN12,449Minneapolis, MN: 230,940 personsMinneapolis, MN230,940St. Paul, MN: 152,842 personsSt. Paul, MN152,842Rochester, MN: 61,297 personsRochester, MN61,297Bloomington, MN: 46,476 personsBloomington, MN46,476Duluth, MN: 46,092 personsDuluth, MN46,092Plymouth, MN: 42,191 personsPlymouth, MN42,191Brooklyn Park, MN: 41,562 personsBrooklyn Park, MN41,562Eagan, MN: 39,338 personsEagan, MN39,338Maple Grove, MN: 38,704 personsMaple Grove, MN38,704Woodbury, MN: 37,301 personsWoodbury, MN37,301St. Cloud, MN: 36,568 personsSt. Cloud, MN36,568Eden Prairie, MN: 35,628 personsEden Prairie, MN35,628Burnsville, MN: 35,580 personsBurnsville, MN35,580Coon Rapids, MN: 35,026 personsCoon Rapids, MN35,026Blaine, MN: 34,660 personsBlaine, MN34,660Lakeville, MN: 33,630 personsLakeville, MN33,630St. Louis Park, MN: 29,521 personsSt. Louis Park, MN29,521Minnetonka, MN: 29,217 personsMinnetonka, MN29,217Apple Valley, MN: 28,920 personsApple Valley, MN28,920Mankato, MN: 24,561 personsMankato, MN24,561Edina, MN: 24,526 personsEdina, MN24,526Moorhead, MN: 23,135 personsMoorhead, MN23,135Shakopee, MN: 22,395 personsShakopee, MN22,395Maplewood, MN: 20,404 personsMaplewood, MN20,404Richfield, MN: 20,013 personsRichfield, MN20,013Cottage Grove, MN: 19,748 personsCottage Grove, MN19,748Inver Grove Heights, MN: 19,376 personsInver Grove Heights, MN19,376Roseville, MN: 18,823 personsRoseville, MN18,823Andover, MN: 18,215 personsAndover, MN18,215Savage, MN: 17,067 personsSavage, MN17,067Winona, MN: 16,030 personsWinona, MN16,030Oakdale, MN: 16,015 personsOakdale, MN16,015Brooklyn Center, MN: 15,214 personsBrooklyn Center, MN15,214Owatonna, MN: 14,935 personsOwatonna, MN14,935Champlin, MN: 14,885 personsChamplin, MN14,885Ramsey, MN: 14,848 personsRamsey, MN14,848Fridley, MN: 14,711 personsFridley, MN14,711Shoreview, MN: 14,527 personsShoreview, MN14,527Chaska, MN: 14,258 personsChaska, MN14,258Prior Lake, MN: 13,997 personsPrior Lake, MN13,997Chanhassen, MN: 13,716 personsChanhassen, MN13,716White Bear Lake, MN: 13,117 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN13,117Austin, MN: 12,449 personsAustin, MN12,449
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2014
persons		Change on 2013
1Minneapolis, MN230,940+1.7%
2St. Paul, MN152,842+0.7%
3Rochester, MN61,297-0.3%
4Bloomington, MN46,476-0.1%
5Duluth, MN46,092+0.3%
6Plymouth, MN42,191+1.4%
7Brooklyn Park, MN41,562+0.1%
8Eagan, MN39,338+1.1%
9Maple Grove, MN38,704+2.2%
10Woodbury, MN37,301+1.8%
11St. Cloud, MN36,568+0.9%
12Eden Prairie, MN35,628+1%
13Burnsville, MN35,580+0.3%
14Coon Rapids, MN35,026-0.2%
15Blaine, MN34,660+1.1%
16Lakeville, MN33,630+2.3%
17St. Louis Park, MN29,521+0.3%
18Minnetonka, MN29,217+0.3%
19Apple Valley, MN28,920+0.5%
20Mankato, MN24,561-0.4%
21Edina, MN24,526+0.5%
22Moorhead, MN23,135+1.6%
23Shakopee, MN22,395+1.3%
24Maplewood, MN20,404+1%
25Richfield, MN20,0130%
26Cottage Grove, MN19,748+0.4%
27Inver Grove Heights, MN19,376+1%
28Roseville, MN18,823+1.1%
29Andover, MN18,215+0.8%
30Savage, MN17,067+2%
31Winona, MN16,030-1%
32Oakdale, MN16,015+0.8%
33Brooklyn Center, MN15,214-0.6%
34Owatonna, MN14,935-0.4%
35Champlin, MN14,885+0.1%
36Ramsey, MN14,848+2.5%
37Fridley, MN14,711-0.4%
38Shoreview, MN14,527+0.9%
39Chaska, MN14,258+1.8%
40Prior Lake, MN13,997+2.4%
41Chanhassen, MN13,716+2%
42White Bear Lake, MN13,117+1.7%
43Austin, MN12,449-1%

Other periods

About this ranking

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. Counts people where they live, not jobs: for wage and salary jobs by state use oews_employment. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. 2 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2014 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average (Cities in Minnesota by civilian labor force, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Minnesota by civilian labor force, 2014. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/minnesota-cities?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Cities in Minnesota by civilian labor force, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/minnesota-cities?period=2014.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Minnesota by civilian labor force, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/minnesota-cities?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Minneapolis, MN, with 230,940 in 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Austin, MN, with 12,449 in 2014.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 2 cities have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.

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