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Cities in Minnesota by civilian labor force

Minneapolis, MN had the highest civilian labor force of 43 cities in 2017, at 247,406. Austin, MN had the lowest, at 12,554. The median was 24,531. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest247,406Minneapolis, MN
Lowest12,554Austin, MN
Median24,53143 cities

All cities, 2017

Minneapolis, MN: 247,406 personsMinneapolis, MN247,406St. Paul, MN: 168,551 personsSt. Paul, MN168,551Rochester, MN: 63,684 personsRochester, MN63,684Bloomington, MN: 50,573 personsBloomington, MN50,573Brooklyn Park, MN: 47,183 personsBrooklyn Park, MN47,183Duluth, MN: 47,177 personsDuluth, MN47,177Plymouth, MN: 44,452 personsPlymouth, MN44,452Eagan, MN: 40,336 personsEagan, MN40,336Woodbury, MN: 39,393 personsWoodbury, MN39,393Maple Grove, MN: 39,160 personsMaple Grove, MN39,160St. Cloud, MN: 37,611 personsSt. Cloud, MN37,611Lakeville, MN: 36,074 personsLakeville, MN36,074Blaine, MN: 36,061 personsBlaine, MN36,061Coon Rapids, MN: 35,749 personsCoon Rapids, MN35,749Eden Prairie, MN: 35,216 personsEden Prairie, MN35,216Burnsville, MN: 35,108 personsBurnsville, MN35,108St. Louis Park, MN: 31,573 personsSt. Louis Park, MN31,573Minnetonka, MN: 28,867 personsMinnetonka, MN28,867Apple Valley, MN: 28,618 personsApple Valley, MN28,618Edina, MN: 26,337 personsEdina, MN26,337Mankato, MN: 25,623 personsMankato, MN25,623Shakopee, MN: 24,531 personsShakopee, MN24,531Moorhead, MN: 23,959 personsMoorhead, MN23,959Maplewood, MN: 22,374 personsMaplewood, MN22,374Richfield, MN: 21,123 personsRichfield, MN21,123Cottage Grove, MN: 20,638 personsCottage Grove, MN20,638Inver Grove Heights, MN: 20,281 personsInver Grove Heights, MN20,281Roseville, MN: 18,763 personsRoseville, MN18,763Savage, MN: 18,365 personsSavage, MN18,365Andover, MN: 17,978 personsAndover, MN17,978Brooklyn Center, MN: 17,571 personsBrooklyn Center, MN17,571Fridley, MN: 15,893 personsFridley, MN15,893Chaska, MN: 15,889 personsChaska, MN15,889Winona, MN: 15,724 personsWinona, MN15,724Prior Lake, MN: 15,287 personsPrior Lake, MN15,287Oakdale, MN: 15,144 personsOakdale, MN15,144Ramsey, MN: 14,047 personsRamsey, MN14,047Champlin, MN: 13,737 personsChamplin, MN13,737Owatonna, MN: 13,474 personsOwatonna, MN13,474Shoreview, MN: 13,467 personsShoreview, MN13,467Chanhassen, MN: 13,421 personsChanhassen, MN13,421White Bear Lake, MN: 12,823 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN12,823Austin, MN: 12,554 personsAustin, MN12,554Minneapolis, MN: 247,406 personsMinneapolis, MN247,406St. Paul, MN: 168,551 personsSt. Paul, MN168,551Rochester, MN: 63,684 personsRochester, MN63,684Bloomington, MN: 50,573 personsBloomington, MN50,573Brooklyn Park, MN: 47,183 personsBrooklyn Park, MN47,183Duluth, MN: 47,177 personsDuluth, MN47,177Plymouth, MN: 44,452 personsPlymouth, MN44,452Eagan, MN: 40,336 personsEagan, MN40,336Woodbury, MN: 39,393 personsWoodbury, MN39,393Maple Grove, MN: 39,160 personsMaple Grove, MN39,160St. Cloud, MN: 37,611 personsSt. Cloud, MN37,611Lakeville, MN: 36,074 personsLakeville, MN36,074Blaine, MN: 36,061 personsBlaine, MN36,061Coon Rapids, MN: 35,749 personsCoon Rapids, MN35,749Eden Prairie, MN: 35,216 personsEden Prairie, MN35,216Burnsville, MN: 35,108 personsBurnsville, MN35,108St. Louis Park, MN: 31,573 personsSt. Louis Park, MN31,573Minnetonka, MN: 28,867 personsMinnetonka, MN28,867Apple Valley, MN: 28,618 personsApple Valley, MN28,618Edina, MN: 26,337 personsEdina, MN26,337Mankato, MN: 25,623 personsMankato, MN25,623Shakopee, MN: 24,531 personsShakopee, MN24,531Moorhead, MN: 23,959 personsMoorhead, MN23,959Maplewood, MN: 22,374 personsMaplewood, MN22,374Richfield, MN: 21,123 personsRichfield, MN21,123Cottage Grove, MN: 20,638 personsCottage Grove, MN20,638Inver Grove Heights, MN: 20,281 personsInver Grove Heights, MN20,281Roseville, MN: 18,763 personsRoseville, MN18,763Savage, MN: 18,365 personsSavage, MN18,365Andover, MN: 17,978 personsAndover, MN17,978Brooklyn Center, MN: 17,571 personsBrooklyn Center, MN17,571Fridley, MN: 15,893 personsFridley, MN15,893Chaska, MN: 15,889 personsChaska, MN15,889Winona, MN: 15,724 personsWinona, MN15,724Prior Lake, MN: 15,287 personsPrior Lake, MN15,287Oakdale, MN: 15,144 personsOakdale, MN15,144Ramsey, MN: 14,047 personsRamsey, MN14,047Champlin, MN: 13,737 personsChamplin, MN13,737Owatonna, MN: 13,474 personsOwatonna, MN13,474Shoreview, MN: 13,467 personsShoreview, MN13,467Chanhassen, MN: 13,421 personsChanhassen, MN13,421White Bear Lake, MN: 12,823 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN12,823Austin, MN: 12,554 personsAustin, MN12,554
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

RankCities2017
persons		Change on 2016
1Minneapolis, MN247,406+2.1%
2St. Paul, MN168,551+1.2%
3Rochester, MN63,684+2%
4Bloomington, MN50,573+0.7%
5Brooklyn Park, MN47,183+1%
6Duluth, MN47,177+0.4%
7Plymouth, MN44,452+1.7%
8Eagan, MN40,336+1%
9Woodbury, MN39,393+2%
10Maple Grove, MN39,160+2.3%
11St. Cloud, MN37,611+0.5%
12Lakeville, MN36,074+3.5%
13Blaine, MN36,061+2.2%
14Coon Rapids, MN35,749+0.8%
15Eden Prairie, MN35,216+0.9%
16Burnsville, MN35,108+0.7%
17St. Louis Park, MN31,573+0.7%
18Minnetonka, MN28,867+1.5%
19Apple Valley, MN28,618+1.6%
20Edina, MN26,337+1.3%
21Mankato, MN25,623+1.4%
22Shakopee, MN24,531+1.2%
23Moorhead, MN23,959+0.3%
24Maplewood, MN22,374+1.6%
25Richfield, MN21,123+0.8%
26Cottage Grove, MN20,638+2.8%
27Inver Grove Heights, MN20,281+1.5%
28Roseville, MN18,763+1.8%
29Savage, MN18,365+2.6%
30Andover, MN17,978+1.6%
31Brooklyn Center, MN17,571+0.6%
32Fridley, MN15,893+1.5%
33Chaska, MN15,889+2%
34Winona, MN15,724-1.2%
35Prior Lake, MN15,287+2.4%
36Oakdale, MN15,144+0.7%
37Ramsey, MN14,047+1.6%
38Champlin, MN13,737+3.4%
39Owatonna, MN13,474-3.3%
40Shoreview, MN13,467+0.7%
41Chanhassen, MN13,421+0.8%
42White Bear Lake, MN12,823+0.7%
43Austin, MN12,554-0.1%

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 2017 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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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, 2017 [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=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Minneapolis, MN, with 247,406 in 2017, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Austin, MN, with 12,554 in 2017.

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 2017 and are not ranked.

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