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Cities in Minnesota by civilian labor force

Minneapolis, MN had the highest civilian labor force of 43 cities in 2018, at 248,348. Austin, MN had the lowest, at 12,422. The median was 24,744. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest248,348Minneapolis, MN
Lowest12,422Austin, MN
Median24,74443 cities

All cities, 2018

Minneapolis, MN: 248,348 personsMinneapolis, MN248,348St. Paul, MN: 169,025 personsSt. Paul, MN169,025Rochester, MN: 64,559 personsRochester, MN64,559Bloomington, MN: 50,391 personsBloomington, MN50,391Brooklyn Park, MN: 47,148 personsBrooklyn Park, MN47,148Duluth, MN: 46,844 personsDuluth, MN46,844Plymouth, MN: 45,019 personsPlymouth, MN45,019Woodbury, MN: 40,240 personsWoodbury, MN40,240Eagan, MN: 40,212 personsEagan, MN40,212Maple Grove, MN: 39,555 personsMaple Grove, MN39,555Lakeville, MN: 37,215 personsLakeville, MN37,215St. Cloud, MN: 37,172 personsSt. Cloud, MN37,172Blaine, MN: 36,351 personsBlaine, MN36,351Coon Rapids, MN: 35,622 personsCoon Rapids, MN35,622Eden Prairie, MN: 35,182 personsEden Prairie, MN35,182Burnsville, MN: 34,857 personsBurnsville, MN34,857St. Louis Park, MN: 31,570 personsSt. Louis Park, MN31,570Apple Valley, MN: 29,461 personsApple Valley, MN29,461Minnetonka, MN: 29,309 personsMinnetonka, MN29,309Edina, MN: 26,596 personsEdina, MN26,596Mankato, MN: 25,765 personsMankato, MN25,765Shakopee, MN: 24,744 personsShakopee, MN24,744Moorhead, MN: 23,875 personsMoorhead, MN23,875Maplewood, MN: 22,388 personsMaplewood, MN22,388Richfield, MN: 21,014 personsRichfield, MN21,014Cottage Grove, MN: 20,791 personsCottage Grove, MN20,791Inver Grove Heights, MN: 20,274 personsInver Grove Heights, MN20,274Roseville, MN: 18,813 personsRoseville, MN18,813Savage, MN: 18,565 personsSavage, MN18,565Andover, MN: 18,087 personsAndover, MN18,087Brooklyn Center, MN: 17,468 personsBrooklyn Center, MN17,468Chaska, MN: 15,963 personsChaska, MN15,963Fridley, MN: 15,817 personsFridley, MN15,817Prior Lake, MN: 15,554 personsPrior Lake, MN15,554Winona, MN: 15,509 personsWinona, MN15,509Oakdale, MN: 15,067 personsOakdale, MN15,067Ramsey, MN: 14,236 personsRamsey, MN14,236Champlin, MN: 13,897 personsChamplin, MN13,897Shoreview, MN: 13,663 personsShoreview, MN13,663Chanhassen, MN: 13,452 personsChanhassen, MN13,452Owatonna, MN: 13,411 personsOwatonna, MN13,411White Bear Lake, MN: 12,822 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN12,822Austin, MN: 12,422 personsAustin, MN12,422Minneapolis, MN: 248,348 personsMinneapolis, MN248,348St. Paul, MN: 169,025 personsSt. Paul, MN169,025Rochester, MN: 64,559 personsRochester, MN64,559Bloomington, MN: 50,391 personsBloomington, MN50,391Brooklyn Park, MN: 47,148 personsBrooklyn Park, MN47,148Duluth, MN: 46,844 personsDuluth, MN46,844Plymouth, MN: 45,019 personsPlymouth, MN45,019Woodbury, MN: 40,240 personsWoodbury, MN40,240Eagan, MN: 40,212 personsEagan, MN40,212Maple Grove, MN: 39,555 personsMaple Grove, MN39,555Lakeville, MN: 37,215 personsLakeville, MN37,215St. Cloud, MN: 37,172 personsSt. Cloud, MN37,172Blaine, MN: 36,351 personsBlaine, MN36,351Coon Rapids, MN: 35,622 personsCoon Rapids, MN35,622Eden Prairie, MN: 35,182 personsEden Prairie, MN35,182Burnsville, MN: 34,857 personsBurnsville, MN34,857St. Louis Park, MN: 31,570 personsSt. Louis Park, MN31,570Apple Valley, MN: 29,461 personsApple Valley, MN29,461Minnetonka, MN: 29,309 personsMinnetonka, MN29,309Edina, MN: 26,596 personsEdina, MN26,596Mankato, MN: 25,765 personsMankato, MN25,765Shakopee, MN: 24,744 personsShakopee, MN24,744Moorhead, MN: 23,875 personsMoorhead, MN23,875Maplewood, MN: 22,388 personsMaplewood, MN22,388Richfield, MN: 21,014 personsRichfield, MN21,014Cottage Grove, MN: 20,791 personsCottage Grove, MN20,791Inver Grove Heights, MN: 20,274 personsInver Grove Heights, MN20,274Roseville, MN: 18,813 personsRoseville, MN18,813Savage, MN: 18,565 personsSavage, MN18,565Andover, MN: 18,087 personsAndover, MN18,087Brooklyn Center, MN: 17,468 personsBrooklyn Center, MN17,468Chaska, MN: 15,963 personsChaska, MN15,963Fridley, MN: 15,817 personsFridley, MN15,817Prior Lake, MN: 15,554 personsPrior Lake, MN15,554Winona, MN: 15,509 personsWinona, MN15,509Oakdale, MN: 15,067 personsOakdale, MN15,067Ramsey, MN: 14,236 personsRamsey, MN14,236Champlin, MN: 13,897 personsChamplin, MN13,897Shoreview, MN: 13,663 personsShoreview, MN13,663Chanhassen, MN: 13,452 personsChanhassen, MN13,452Owatonna, MN: 13,411 personsOwatonna, MN13,411White Bear Lake, MN: 12,822 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN12,822Austin, MN: 12,422 personsAustin, MN12,422
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

RankCities2018
persons		Change on 2017
1Minneapolis, MN248,348+0.4%
2St. Paul, MN169,025+0.3%
3Rochester, MN64,559+1.4%
4Bloomington, MN50,391-0.4%
5Brooklyn Park, MN47,148-0.1%
6Duluth, MN46,844-0.7%
7Plymouth, MN45,019+1.3%
8Woodbury, MN40,240+2.2%
9Eagan, MN40,212-0.3%
10Maple Grove, MN39,555+1%
11Lakeville, MN37,215+3.2%
12St. Cloud, MN37,172-1.2%
13Blaine, MN36,351+0.8%
14Coon Rapids, MN35,622-0.4%
15Eden Prairie, MN35,182-0.1%
16Burnsville, MN34,857-0.7%
17St. Louis Park, MN31,570-0%
18Apple Valley, MN29,461+2.9%
19Minnetonka, MN29,309+1.5%
20Edina, MN26,596+1%
21Mankato, MN25,765+0.6%
22Shakopee, MN24,744+0.9%
23Moorhead, MN23,875-0.4%
24Maplewood, MN22,388+0.1%
25Richfield, MN21,014-0.5%
26Cottage Grove, MN20,791+0.7%
27Inver Grove Heights, MN20,274-0%
28Roseville, MN18,813+0.3%
29Savage, MN18,565+1.1%
30Andover, MN18,087+0.6%
31Brooklyn Center, MN17,468-0.6%
32Chaska, MN15,963+0.5%
33Fridley, MN15,817-0.5%
34Prior Lake, MN15,554+1.7%
35Winona, MN15,509-1.4%
36Oakdale, MN15,067-0.5%
37Ramsey, MN14,236+1.3%
38Champlin, MN13,897+1.2%
39Shoreview, MN13,663+1.5%
40Chanhassen, MN13,452+0.2%
41Owatonna, MN13,411-0.5%
42White Bear Lake, MN12,822-0%
43Austin, MN12,422-1.1%

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 2018 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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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, 2018 [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=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Minneapolis, MN, with 248,348 in 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Austin, MN, with 12,422 in 2018.

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 2018 and are not ranked.

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