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Cities in Minnesota by civilian labor force

Minneapolis, MN had the highest civilian labor force of 43 cities in 2015, at 232,780. Austin, MN had the lowest, at 12,471. The median was 24,226. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest232,780Minneapolis, MN
Lowest12,471Austin, MN
Median24,22643 cities

All cities, 2015

Minneapolis, MN: 232,780 personsMinneapolis, MN232,780St. Paul, MN: 154,333 personsSt. Paul, MN154,333Rochester, MN: 61,911 personsRochester, MN61,911Bloomington, MN: 46,455 personsBloomington, MN46,455Duluth, MN: 45,567 personsDuluth, MN45,567Plymouth, MN: 42,656 personsPlymouth, MN42,656Brooklyn Park, MN: 41,665 personsBrooklyn Park, MN41,665Maple Grove, MN: 39,525 personsMaple Grove, MN39,525Eagan, MN: 39,426 personsEagan, MN39,426Woodbury, MN: 37,951 personsWoodbury, MN37,951St. Cloud, MN: 36,732 personsSt. Cloud, MN36,732Eden Prairie, MN: 35,761 personsEden Prairie, MN35,761Burnsville, MN: 35,507 personsBurnsville, MN35,507Blaine, MN: 35,214 personsBlaine, MN35,214Coon Rapids, MN: 35,121 personsCoon Rapids, MN35,121Lakeville, MN: 34,028 personsLakeville, MN34,028St. Louis Park, MN: 29,947 personsSt. Louis Park, MN29,947Apple Valley, MN: 29,338 personsApple Valley, MN29,338Minnetonka, MN: 29,263 personsMinnetonka, MN29,263Mankato, MN: 25,270 personsMankato, MN25,270Edina, MN: 24,801 personsEdina, MN24,801Moorhead, MN: 24,226 personsMoorhead, MN24,226Shakopee, MN: 22,518 personsShakopee, MN22,518Maplewood, MN: 20,551 personsMaplewood, MN20,551Richfield, MN: 19,977 personsRichfield, MN19,977Cottage Grove, MN: 19,903 personsCottage Grove, MN19,903Inver Grove Heights, MN: 19,444 personsInver Grove Heights, MN19,444Roseville, MN: 18,937 personsRoseville, MN18,937Andover, MN: 18,302 personsAndover, MN18,302Savage, MN: 17,744 personsSavage, MN17,744Oakdale, MN: 16,022 personsOakdale, MN16,022Winona, MN: 15,962 personsWinona, MN15,962Brooklyn Center, MN: 15,247 personsBrooklyn Center, MN15,247Ramsey, MN: 14,971 personsRamsey, MN14,971Champlin, MN: 14,902 personsChamplin, MN14,902Owatonna, MN: 14,849 personsOwatonna, MN14,849Fridley, MN: 14,717 personsFridley, MN14,717Shoreview, MN: 14,695 personsShoreview, MN14,695Chaska, MN: 14,491 personsChaska, MN14,491Prior Lake, MN: 14,082 personsPrior Lake, MN14,082Chanhassen, MN: 13,964 personsChanhassen, MN13,964White Bear Lake, MN: 13,115 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN13,115Austin, MN: 12,471 personsAustin, MN12,471Minneapolis, MN: 232,780 personsMinneapolis, MN232,780St. Paul, MN: 154,333 personsSt. Paul, MN154,333Rochester, MN: 61,911 personsRochester, MN61,911Bloomington, MN: 46,455 personsBloomington, MN46,455Duluth, MN: 45,567 personsDuluth, MN45,567Plymouth, MN: 42,656 personsPlymouth, MN42,656Brooklyn Park, MN: 41,665 personsBrooklyn Park, MN41,665Maple Grove, MN: 39,525 personsMaple Grove, MN39,525Eagan, MN: 39,426 personsEagan, MN39,426Woodbury, MN: 37,951 personsWoodbury, MN37,951St. Cloud, MN: 36,732 personsSt. Cloud, MN36,732Eden Prairie, MN: 35,761 personsEden Prairie, MN35,761Burnsville, MN: 35,507 personsBurnsville, MN35,507Blaine, MN: 35,214 personsBlaine, MN35,214Coon Rapids, MN: 35,121 personsCoon Rapids, MN35,121Lakeville, MN: 34,028 personsLakeville, MN34,028St. Louis Park, MN: 29,947 personsSt. Louis Park, MN29,947Apple Valley, MN: 29,338 personsApple Valley, MN29,338Minnetonka, MN: 29,263 personsMinnetonka, MN29,263Mankato, MN: 25,270 personsMankato, MN25,270Edina, MN: 24,801 personsEdina, MN24,801Moorhead, MN: 24,226 personsMoorhead, MN24,226Shakopee, MN: 22,518 personsShakopee, MN22,518Maplewood, MN: 20,551 personsMaplewood, MN20,551Richfield, MN: 19,977 personsRichfield, MN19,977Cottage Grove, MN: 19,903 personsCottage Grove, MN19,903Inver Grove Heights, MN: 19,444 personsInver Grove Heights, MN19,444Roseville, MN: 18,937 personsRoseville, MN18,937Andover, MN: 18,302 personsAndover, MN18,302Savage, MN: 17,744 personsSavage, MN17,744Oakdale, MN: 16,022 personsOakdale, MN16,022Winona, MN: 15,962 personsWinona, MN15,962Brooklyn Center, MN: 15,247 personsBrooklyn Center, MN15,247Ramsey, MN: 14,971 personsRamsey, MN14,971Champlin, MN: 14,902 personsChamplin, MN14,902Owatonna, MN: 14,849 personsOwatonna, MN14,849Fridley, MN: 14,717 personsFridley, MN14,717Shoreview, MN: 14,695 personsShoreview, MN14,695Chaska, MN: 14,491 personsChaska, MN14,491Prior Lake, MN: 14,082 personsPrior Lake, MN14,082Chanhassen, MN: 13,964 personsChanhassen, MN13,964White Bear Lake, MN: 13,115 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN13,115Austin, MN: 12,471 personsAustin, MN12,471
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

RankCities2015
persons		Change on 2014
1Minneapolis, MN232,780+0.8%
2St. Paul, MN154,333+1%
3Rochester, MN61,911+1%
4Bloomington, MN46,455-0%
5Duluth, MN45,567-1.1%
6Plymouth, MN42,656+1.1%
7Brooklyn Park, MN41,665+0.2%
8Maple Grove, MN39,525+2.1%
9Eagan, MN39,426+0.2%
10Woodbury, MN37,951+1.7%
11St. Cloud, MN36,732+0.4%
12Eden Prairie, MN35,761+0.4%
13Burnsville, MN35,507-0.2%
14Blaine, MN35,214+1.6%
15Coon Rapids, MN35,121+0.3%
16Lakeville, MN34,028+1.2%
17St. Louis Park, MN29,947+1.4%
18Apple Valley, MN29,338+1.4%
19Minnetonka, MN29,263+0.2%
20Mankato, MN25,270+2.9%
21Edina, MN24,801+1.1%
22Moorhead, MN24,226+4.7%
23Shakopee, MN22,518+0.5%
24Maplewood, MN20,551+0.7%
25Richfield, MN19,977-0.2%
26Cottage Grove, MN19,903+0.8%
27Inver Grove Heights, MN19,444+0.4%
28Roseville, MN18,937+0.6%
29Andover, MN18,302+0.5%
30Savage, MN17,744+4%
31Oakdale, MN16,0220%
32Winona, MN15,962-0.4%
33Brooklyn Center, MN15,247+0.2%
34Ramsey, MN14,971+0.8%
35Champlin, MN14,902+0.1%
36Owatonna, MN14,849-0.6%
37Fridley, MN14,7170%
38Shoreview, MN14,695+1.2%
39Chaska, MN14,491+1.6%
40Prior Lake, MN14,082+0.6%
41Chanhassen, MN13,964+1.8%
42White Bear Lake, MN13,115-0%
43Austin, MN12,471+0.2%

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 2015 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.CurrentU15-19. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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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, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19

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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, 2015. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/minnesota-cities?period=2015. 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, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/minnesota-cities?period=2015.

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, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/minnesota-cities?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Minneapolis, MN, with 232,780 in 2015, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Austin, MN, with 12,471 in 2015.

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 2015 and are not ranked.

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