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Cities in Minnesota by civilian labor force

Minneapolis, MN had the highest civilian labor force of 45 cities in 2019, at 252,325. Austin, MN had the lowest, at 12,485. The median was 24,232. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest252,325Minneapolis, MN
Lowest12,485Austin, MN
Median24,23245 cities

All cities, 2019

Minneapolis, MN: 252,325 personsMinneapolis, MN252,325St. Paul, MN: 170,213 personsSt. Paul, MN170,213Rochester, MN: 66,268 personsRochester, MN66,268Bloomington, MN: 50,336 personsBloomington, MN50,336Brooklyn Park, MN: 47,267 personsBrooklyn Park, MN47,267Duluth, MN: 46,868 personsDuluth, MN46,868Plymouth, MN: 45,437 personsPlymouth, MN45,437Woodbury, MN: 41,364 personsWoodbury, MN41,364Eagan, MN: 40,402 personsEagan, MN40,402Maple Grove, MN: 40,237 personsMaple Grove, MN40,237Lakeville, MN: 38,323 personsLakeville, MN38,323St. Cloud, MN: 37,262 personsSt. Cloud, MN37,262Blaine, MN: 36,845 personsBlaine, MN36,845Coon Rapids, MN: 36,119 personsCoon Rapids, MN36,119Eden Prairie, MN: 35,676 personsEden Prairie, MN35,676Burnsville, MN: 35,228 personsBurnsville, MN35,228St. Louis Park, MN: 31,509 personsSt. Louis Park, MN31,509Apple Valley, MN: 30,205 personsApple Valley, MN30,205Minnetonka, MN: 29,555 personsMinnetonka, MN29,555Edina, MN: 26,936 personsEdina, MN26,936Mankato, MN: 26,220 personsMankato, MN26,220Shakopee, MN: 25,074 personsShakopee, MN25,074Moorhead, MN: 24,232 personsMoorhead, MN24,232Maplewood, MN: 22,479 personsMaplewood, MN22,479Richfield, MN: 21,329 personsRichfield, MN21,329Cottage Grove, MN: 21,130 personsCottage Grove, MN21,130Inver Grove Heights, MN: 20,531 personsInver Grove Heights, MN20,531Savage, MN: 19,002 personsSavage, MN19,002Roseville, MN: 18,929 personsRoseville, MN18,929Andover, MN: 18,247 personsAndover, MN18,247Brooklyn Center, MN: 17,438 personsBrooklyn Center, MN17,438Chaska, MN: 16,195 personsChaska, MN16,195Fridley, MN: 15,924 personsFridley, MN15,924Prior Lake, MN: 15,780 personsPrior Lake, MN15,780Winona, MN: 15,545 personsWinona, MN15,545Oakdale, MN: 15,142 personsOakdale, MN15,142Ramsey, MN: 14,763 personsRamsey, MN14,763Rosemount, MN: 14,355 personsRosemount, MN14,355Elk River, MN: 14,227 personsElk River, MN14,227Champlin, MN: 13,928 personsChamplin, MN13,928Owatonna, MN: 13,928 personsOwatonna, MN13,928Chanhassen, MN: 13,870 personsChanhassen, MN13,870Shoreview, MN: 13,693 personsShoreview, MN13,693White Bear Lake, MN: 12,868 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN12,868Austin, MN: 12,485 personsAustin, MN12,485Minneapolis, MN: 252,325 personsMinneapolis, MN252,325St. Paul, MN: 170,213 personsSt. Paul, MN170,213Rochester, MN: 66,268 personsRochester, MN66,268Bloomington, MN: 50,336 personsBloomington, MN50,336Brooklyn Park, MN: 47,267 personsBrooklyn Park, MN47,267Duluth, MN: 46,868 personsDuluth, MN46,868Plymouth, MN: 45,437 personsPlymouth, MN45,437Woodbury, MN: 41,364 personsWoodbury, MN41,364Eagan, MN: 40,402 personsEagan, MN40,402Maple Grove, MN: 40,237 personsMaple Grove, MN40,237Lakeville, MN: 38,323 personsLakeville, MN38,323St. Cloud, MN: 37,262 personsSt. Cloud, MN37,262Blaine, MN: 36,845 personsBlaine, MN36,845Coon Rapids, MN: 36,119 personsCoon Rapids, MN36,119Eden Prairie, MN: 35,676 personsEden Prairie, MN35,676Burnsville, MN: 35,228 personsBurnsville, MN35,228St. Louis Park, MN: 31,509 personsSt. Louis Park, MN31,509Apple Valley, MN: 30,205 personsApple Valley, MN30,205Minnetonka, MN: 29,555 personsMinnetonka, MN29,555Edina, MN: 26,936 personsEdina, MN26,936Mankato, MN: 26,220 personsMankato, MN26,220Shakopee, MN: 25,074 personsShakopee, MN25,074Moorhead, MN: 24,232 personsMoorhead, MN24,232Maplewood, MN: 22,479 personsMaplewood, MN22,479Richfield, MN: 21,329 personsRichfield, MN21,329Cottage Grove, MN: 21,130 personsCottage Grove, MN21,130Inver Grove Heights, MN: 20,531 personsInver Grove Heights, MN20,531Savage, MN: 19,002 personsSavage, MN19,002Roseville, MN: 18,929 personsRoseville, MN18,929Andover, MN: 18,247 personsAndover, MN18,247Brooklyn Center, MN: 17,438 personsBrooklyn Center, MN17,438Chaska, MN: 16,195 personsChaska, MN16,195Fridley, MN: 15,924 personsFridley, MN15,924Prior Lake, MN: 15,780 personsPrior Lake, MN15,780Winona, MN: 15,545 personsWinona, MN15,545Oakdale, MN: 15,142 personsOakdale, MN15,142Ramsey, MN: 14,763 personsRamsey, MN14,763Rosemount, MN: 14,355 personsRosemount, MN14,355Elk River, MN: 14,227 personsElk River, MN14,227Champlin, MN: 13,928 personsChamplin, MN13,928Owatonna, MN: 13,928 personsOwatonna, MN13,928Chanhassen, MN: 13,870 personsChanhassen, MN13,870Shoreview, MN: 13,693 personsShoreview, MN13,693White Bear Lake, MN: 12,868 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN12,868Austin, MN: 12,485 personsAustin, MN12,485
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

RankCities2019
persons		Change on 2018
1Minneapolis, MN252,325+1.6%
2St. Paul, MN170,213+0.7%
3Rochester, MN66,268+2.6%
4Bloomington, MN50,336-0.1%
5Brooklyn Park, MN47,267+0.3%
6Duluth, MN46,868+0.1%
7Plymouth, MN45,437+0.9%
8Woodbury, MN41,364+2.8%
9Eagan, MN40,402+0.5%
10Maple Grove, MN40,237+1.7%
11Lakeville, MN38,323+3%
12St. Cloud, MN37,262+0.2%
13Blaine, MN36,845+1.4%
14Coon Rapids, MN36,119+1.4%
15Eden Prairie, MN35,676+1.4%
16Burnsville, MN35,228+1.1%
17St. Louis Park, MN31,509-0.2%
18Apple Valley, MN30,205+2.5%
19Minnetonka, MN29,555+0.8%
20Edina, MN26,936+1.3%
21Mankato, MN26,220+1.8%
22Shakopee, MN25,074+1.3%
23Moorhead, MN24,232+1.5%
24Maplewood, MN22,479+0.4%
25Richfield, MN21,329+1.5%
26Cottage Grove, MN21,130+1.6%
27Inver Grove Heights, MN20,531+1.3%
28Savage, MN19,002+2.4%
29Roseville, MN18,929+0.6%
30Andover, MN18,247+0.9%
31Brooklyn Center, MN17,438-0.2%
32Chaska, MN16,195+1.5%
33Fridley, MN15,924+0.7%
34Prior Lake, MN15,780+1.5%
35Winona, MN15,545+0.2%
36Oakdale, MN15,142+0.5%
37Ramsey, MN14,763+3.7%
38Rosemount, MN14,355n/a
39Elk River, MN14,227n/a
40Champlin, MN13,928+0.2%
40Owatonna, MN13,928+3.9%
42Chanhassen, MN13,870+3.1%
43Shoreview, MN13,693+0.2%
44White Bear Lake, MN12,868+0.4%
45Austin, MN12,485+0.5%

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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. 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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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, 2019 [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=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Minneapolis, MN, with 252,325 in 2019, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Austin, MN, with 12,485 in 2019.

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