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Cities in Minnesota by civilian labor force

Minneapolis, MN had the highest civilian labor force of 45 cities in 2020, at 257,428. White Bear Lake, MN had the lowest, at 12,715. The median was 24,422. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest257,428Minneapolis, MN
Lowest12,715White Bear Lake, MN
Median24,42245 cities

All cities, 2020

Minneapolis, MN: 257,428 personsMinneapolis, MN257,428St. Paul, MN: 170,842 personsSt. Paul, MN170,842Rochester, MN: 68,409 personsRochester, MN68,409Bloomington, MN: 50,479 personsBloomington, MN50,479Brooklyn Park, MN: 47,227 personsBrooklyn Park, MN47,227Duluth, MN: 46,960 personsDuluth, MN46,960Plymouth, MN: 44,912 personsPlymouth, MN44,912Woodbury, MN: 41,731 personsWoodbury, MN41,731Eagan, MN: 40,100 personsEagan, MN40,100Maple Grove, MN: 40,079 personsMaple Grove, MN40,079Lakeville, MN: 39,200 personsLakeville, MN39,200St. Cloud, MN: 37,986 personsSt. Cloud, MN37,986Blaine, MN: 37,256 personsBlaine, MN37,256Coon Rapids, MN: 36,095 personsCoon Rapids, MN36,095Burnsville, MN: 35,959 personsBurnsville, MN35,959Eden Prairie, MN: 35,417 personsEden Prairie, MN35,417St. Louis Park, MN: 31,460 personsSt. Louis Park, MN31,460Apple Valley, MN: 30,071 personsApple Valley, MN30,071Minnetonka, MN: 30,023 personsMinnetonka, MN30,023Edina, MN: 26,436 personsEdina, MN26,436Mankato, MN: 26,325 personsMankato, MN26,325Shakopee, MN: 25,870 personsShakopee, MN25,870Moorhead, MN: 24,422 personsMoorhead, MN24,422Maplewood, MN: 22,489 personsMaplewood, MN22,489Richfield, MN: 21,348 personsRichfield, MN21,348Cottage Grove, MN: 21,313 personsCottage Grove, MN21,313Inver Grove Heights, MN: 20,447 personsInver Grove Heights, MN20,447Savage, MN: 19,248 personsSavage, MN19,248Roseville, MN: 18,796 personsRoseville, MN18,796Andover, MN: 18,232 personsAndover, MN18,232Brooklyn Center, MN: 17,546 personsBrooklyn Center, MN17,546Chaska, MN: 16,243 personsChaska, MN16,243Fridley, MN: 16,087 personsFridley, MN16,087Prior Lake, MN: 15,750 personsPrior Lake, MN15,750Winona, MN: 15,415 personsWinona, MN15,415Ramsey, MN: 15,131 personsRamsey, MN15,131Oakdale, MN: 15,088 personsOakdale, MN15,088Rosemount, MN: 14,490 personsRosemount, MN14,490Elk River, MN: 14,228 personsElk River, MN14,228Chanhassen, MN: 13,818 personsChanhassen, MN13,818Champlin, MN: 13,738 personsChamplin, MN13,738Owatonna, MN: 13,626 personsOwatonna, MN13,626Shoreview, MN: 13,601 personsShoreview, MN13,601Austin, MN: 12,804 personsAustin, MN12,804White Bear Lake, MN: 12,715 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN12,715Minneapolis, MN: 257,428 personsMinneapolis, MN257,428St. Paul, MN: 170,842 personsSt. Paul, MN170,842Rochester, MN: 68,409 personsRochester, MN68,409Bloomington, MN: 50,479 personsBloomington, MN50,479Brooklyn Park, MN: 47,227 personsBrooklyn Park, MN47,227Duluth, MN: 46,960 personsDuluth, MN46,960Plymouth, MN: 44,912 personsPlymouth, MN44,912Woodbury, MN: 41,731 personsWoodbury, MN41,731Eagan, MN: 40,100 personsEagan, MN40,100Maple Grove, MN: 40,079 personsMaple Grove, MN40,079Lakeville, MN: 39,200 personsLakeville, MN39,200St. Cloud, MN: 37,986 personsSt. Cloud, MN37,986Blaine, MN: 37,256 personsBlaine, MN37,256Coon Rapids, MN: 36,095 personsCoon Rapids, MN36,095Burnsville, MN: 35,959 personsBurnsville, MN35,959Eden Prairie, MN: 35,417 personsEden Prairie, MN35,417St. Louis Park, MN: 31,460 personsSt. Louis Park, MN31,460Apple Valley, MN: 30,071 personsApple Valley, MN30,071Minnetonka, MN: 30,023 personsMinnetonka, MN30,023Edina, MN: 26,436 personsEdina, MN26,436Mankato, MN: 26,325 personsMankato, MN26,325Shakopee, MN: 25,870 personsShakopee, MN25,870Moorhead, MN: 24,422 personsMoorhead, MN24,422Maplewood, MN: 22,489 personsMaplewood, MN22,489Richfield, MN: 21,348 personsRichfield, MN21,348Cottage Grove, MN: 21,313 personsCottage Grove, MN21,313Inver Grove Heights, MN: 20,447 personsInver Grove Heights, MN20,447Savage, MN: 19,248 personsSavage, MN19,248Roseville, MN: 18,796 personsRoseville, MN18,796Andover, MN: 18,232 personsAndover, MN18,232Brooklyn Center, MN: 17,546 personsBrooklyn Center, MN17,546Chaska, MN: 16,243 personsChaska, MN16,243Fridley, MN: 16,087 personsFridley, MN16,087Prior Lake, MN: 15,750 personsPrior Lake, MN15,750Winona, MN: 15,415 personsWinona, MN15,415Ramsey, MN: 15,131 personsRamsey, MN15,131Oakdale, MN: 15,088 personsOakdale, MN15,088Rosemount, MN: 14,490 personsRosemount, MN14,490Elk River, MN: 14,228 personsElk River, MN14,228Chanhassen, MN: 13,818 personsChanhassen, MN13,818Champlin, MN: 13,738 personsChamplin, MN13,738Owatonna, MN: 13,626 personsOwatonna, MN13,626Shoreview, MN: 13,601 personsShoreview, MN13,601Austin, MN: 12,804 personsAustin, MN12,804White Bear Lake, MN: 12,715 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN12,715
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

RankCities2020
persons		Change on 2019
1Minneapolis, MN257,428+2%
2St. Paul, MN170,842+0.4%
3Rochester, MN68,409+3.2%
4Bloomington, MN50,479+0.3%
5Brooklyn Park, MN47,227-0.1%
6Duluth, MN46,960+0.2%
7Plymouth, MN44,912-1.2%
8Woodbury, MN41,731+0.9%
9Eagan, MN40,100-0.7%
10Maple Grove, MN40,079-0.4%
11Lakeville, MN39,200+2.3%
12St. Cloud, MN37,986+1.9%
13Blaine, MN37,256+1.1%
14Coon Rapids, MN36,095-0.1%
15Burnsville, MN35,959+2.1%
16Eden Prairie, MN35,417-0.7%
17St. Louis Park, MN31,460-0.2%
18Apple Valley, MN30,071-0.4%
19Minnetonka, MN30,023+1.6%
20Edina, MN26,436-1.9%
21Mankato, MN26,325+0.4%
22Shakopee, MN25,870+3.2%
23Moorhead, MN24,422+0.8%
24Maplewood, MN22,4890%
25Richfield, MN21,348+0.1%
26Cottage Grove, MN21,313+0.9%
27Inver Grove Heights, MN20,447-0.4%
28Savage, MN19,248+1.3%
29Roseville, MN18,796-0.7%
30Andover, MN18,232-0.1%
31Brooklyn Center, MN17,546+0.6%
32Chaska, MN16,243+0.3%
33Fridley, MN16,087+1%
34Prior Lake, MN15,750-0.2%
35Winona, MN15,415-0.8%
36Ramsey, MN15,131+2.5%
37Oakdale, MN15,088-0.4%
38Rosemount, MN14,490+0.9%
39Elk River, MN14,2280%
40Chanhassen, MN13,818-0.4%
41Champlin, MN13,738-1.4%
42Owatonna, MN13,626-2.2%
43Shoreview, MN13,601-0.7%
44Austin, MN12,804+2.6%
45White Bear Lake, MN12,715-1.2%

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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.CurrentU20-24. 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, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

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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, 2020. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/minnesota-cities?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/minnesota-cities?period=2020.

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, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/minnesota-cities?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Minneapolis, MN, with 257,428 in 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

White Bear Lake, MN, with 12,715 in 2020.

Where does this ranking come from?

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