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Cities in Minnesota by civilian labor force

Minneapolis, MN had the highest civilian labor force of 43 cities in 2016, at 242,385. Austin, MN had the lowest, at 12,565. The median was 24,237. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest242,385Minneapolis, MN
Lowest12,565Austin, MN
Median24,23743 cities

All cities, 2016

Minneapolis, MN: 242,385 personsMinneapolis, MN242,385St. Paul, MN: 166,611 personsSt. Paul, MN166,611Rochester, MN: 62,449 personsRochester, MN62,449Bloomington, MN: 50,225 personsBloomington, MN50,225Duluth, MN: 46,967 personsDuluth, MN46,967Brooklyn Park, MN: 46,696 personsBrooklyn Park, MN46,696Plymouth, MN: 43,714 personsPlymouth, MN43,714Eagan, MN: 39,929 personsEagan, MN39,929Woodbury, MN: 38,639 personsWoodbury, MN38,639Maple Grove, MN: 38,275 personsMaple Grove, MN38,275St. Cloud, MN: 37,426 personsSt. Cloud, MN37,426Coon Rapids, MN: 35,471 personsCoon Rapids, MN35,471Blaine, MN: 35,275 personsBlaine, MN35,275Eden Prairie, MN: 34,892 personsEden Prairie, MN34,892Lakeville, MN: 34,870 personsLakeville, MN34,870Burnsville, MN: 34,853 personsBurnsville, MN34,853St. Louis Park, MN: 31,362 personsSt. Louis Park, MN31,362Minnetonka, MN: 28,433 personsMinnetonka, MN28,433Apple Valley, MN: 28,174 personsApple Valley, MN28,174Edina, MN: 26,006 personsEdina, MN26,006Mankato, MN: 25,264 personsMankato, MN25,264Shakopee, MN: 24,237 personsShakopee, MN24,237Moorhead, MN: 23,878 personsMoorhead, MN23,878Maplewood, MN: 22,018 personsMaplewood, MN22,018Richfield, MN: 20,950 personsRichfield, MN20,950Cottage Grove, MN: 20,076 personsCottage Grove, MN20,076Inver Grove Heights, MN: 19,988 personsInver Grove Heights, MN19,988Roseville, MN: 18,437 personsRoseville, MN18,437Savage, MN: 17,891 personsSavage, MN17,891Andover, MN: 17,689 personsAndover, MN17,689Brooklyn Center, MN: 17,459 personsBrooklyn Center, MN17,459Winona, MN: 15,918 personsWinona, MN15,918Fridley, MN: 15,658 personsFridley, MN15,658Chaska, MN: 15,570 personsChaska, MN15,570Oakdale, MN: 15,036 personsOakdale, MN15,036Prior Lake, MN: 14,931 personsPrior Lake, MN14,931Owatonna, MN: 13,934 personsOwatonna, MN13,934Ramsey, MN: 13,828 personsRamsey, MN13,828Shoreview, MN: 13,371 personsShoreview, MN13,371Chanhassen, MN: 13,308 personsChanhassen, MN13,308Champlin, MN: 13,287 personsChamplin, MN13,287White Bear Lake, MN: 12,733 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN12,733Austin, MN: 12,565 personsAustin, MN12,565Minneapolis, MN: 242,385 personsMinneapolis, MN242,385St. Paul, MN: 166,611 personsSt. Paul, MN166,611Rochester, MN: 62,449 personsRochester, MN62,449Bloomington, MN: 50,225 personsBloomington, MN50,225Duluth, MN: 46,967 personsDuluth, MN46,967Brooklyn Park, MN: 46,696 personsBrooklyn Park, MN46,696Plymouth, MN: 43,714 personsPlymouth, MN43,714Eagan, MN: 39,929 personsEagan, MN39,929Woodbury, MN: 38,639 personsWoodbury, MN38,639Maple Grove, MN: 38,275 personsMaple Grove, MN38,275St. Cloud, MN: 37,426 personsSt. Cloud, MN37,426Coon Rapids, MN: 35,471 personsCoon Rapids, MN35,471Blaine, MN: 35,275 personsBlaine, MN35,275Eden Prairie, MN: 34,892 personsEden Prairie, MN34,892Lakeville, MN: 34,870 personsLakeville, MN34,870Burnsville, MN: 34,853 personsBurnsville, MN34,853St. Louis Park, MN: 31,362 personsSt. Louis Park, MN31,362Minnetonka, MN: 28,433 personsMinnetonka, MN28,433Apple Valley, MN: 28,174 personsApple Valley, MN28,174Edina, MN: 26,006 personsEdina, MN26,006Mankato, MN: 25,264 personsMankato, MN25,264Shakopee, MN: 24,237 personsShakopee, MN24,237Moorhead, MN: 23,878 personsMoorhead, MN23,878Maplewood, MN: 22,018 personsMaplewood, MN22,018Richfield, MN: 20,950 personsRichfield, MN20,950Cottage Grove, MN: 20,076 personsCottage Grove, MN20,076Inver Grove Heights, MN: 19,988 personsInver Grove Heights, MN19,988Roseville, MN: 18,437 personsRoseville, MN18,437Savage, MN: 17,891 personsSavage, MN17,891Andover, MN: 17,689 personsAndover, MN17,689Brooklyn Center, MN: 17,459 personsBrooklyn Center, MN17,459Winona, MN: 15,918 personsWinona, MN15,918Fridley, MN: 15,658 personsFridley, MN15,658Chaska, MN: 15,570 personsChaska, MN15,570Oakdale, MN: 15,036 personsOakdale, MN15,036Prior Lake, MN: 14,931 personsPrior Lake, MN14,931Owatonna, MN: 13,934 personsOwatonna, MN13,934Ramsey, MN: 13,828 personsRamsey, MN13,828Shoreview, MN: 13,371 personsShoreview, MN13,371Chanhassen, MN: 13,308 personsChanhassen, MN13,308Champlin, MN: 13,287 personsChamplin, MN13,287White Bear Lake, MN: 12,733 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN12,733Austin, MN: 12,565 personsAustin, MN12,565
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

RankCities2016
persons		Change on 2015
1Minneapolis, MN242,385+4.1%
2St. Paul, MN166,611+8%
3Rochester, MN62,449+0.9%
4Bloomington, MN50,225+8.1%
5Duluth, MN46,967+3.1%
6Brooklyn Park, MN46,696+12.1%
7Plymouth, MN43,714+2.5%
8Eagan, MN39,929+1.3%
9Woodbury, MN38,639+1.8%
10Maple Grove, MN38,275-3.2%
11St. Cloud, MN37,426+1.9%
12Coon Rapids, MN35,471+1%
13Blaine, MN35,275+0.2%
14Eden Prairie, MN34,892-2.4%
15Lakeville, MN34,870+2.5%
16Burnsville, MN34,853-1.8%
17St. Louis Park, MN31,362+4.7%
18Minnetonka, MN28,433-2.8%
19Apple Valley, MN28,174-4%
20Edina, MN26,006+4.9%
21Mankato, MN25,264-0%
22Shakopee, MN24,237+7.6%
23Moorhead, MN23,878-1.4%
24Maplewood, MN22,018+7.1%
25Richfield, MN20,950+4.9%
26Cottage Grove, MN20,076+0.9%
27Inver Grove Heights, MN19,988+2.8%
28Roseville, MN18,437-2.6%
29Savage, MN17,891+0.8%
30Andover, MN17,689-3.3%
31Brooklyn Center, MN17,459+14.5%
32Winona, MN15,918-0.3%
33Fridley, MN15,658+6.4%
34Chaska, MN15,570+7.4%
35Oakdale, MN15,036-6.2%
36Prior Lake, MN14,931+6%
37Owatonna, MN13,934-6.2%
38Ramsey, MN13,828-7.6%
39Shoreview, MN13,371-9%
40Chanhassen, MN13,308-4.7%
41Champlin, MN13,287-10.8%
42White Bear Lake, MN12,733-2.9%
43Austin, MN12,565+0.8%

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 2016 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, 2016) [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, 2016. 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=2016. 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, 2016. 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=2016.

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, 2016 [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=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Minneapolis, MN, with 242,385 in 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Austin, MN, with 12,565 in 2016.

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 2016 and are not ranked.

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