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Cities in Minnesota by civilian labor force

Minneapolis, MN had the highest civilian labor force of 45 cities in 2021, at 249,328. White Bear Lake, MN had the lowest, at 12,085. The median was 24,128. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest249,328Minneapolis, MN
Lowest12,085White Bear Lake, MN
Median24,12845 cities

All cities, 2021

Minneapolis, MN: 249,328 personsMinneapolis, MN249,328St. Paul, MN: 165,374 personsSt. Paul, MN165,374Rochester, MN: 66,878 personsRochester, MN66,878Bloomington, MN: 49,002 personsBloomington, MN49,002Duluth, MN: 45,745 personsDuluth, MN45,745Brooklyn Park, MN: 45,448 personsBrooklyn Park, MN45,448Plymouth, MN: 43,677 personsPlymouth, MN43,677Woodbury, MN: 41,914 personsWoodbury, MN41,914Lakeville, MN: 40,031 personsLakeville, MN40,031Maple Grove, MN: 39,609 personsMaple Grove, MN39,609Eagan, MN: 39,220 personsEagan, MN39,220Blaine, MN: 36,850 personsBlaine, MN36,850St. Cloud, MN: 36,659 personsSt. Cloud, MN36,659Coon Rapids, MN: 35,269 personsCoon Rapids, MN35,269Burnsville, MN: 34,753 personsBurnsville, MN34,753Eden Prairie, MN: 34,273 personsEden Prairie, MN34,273St. Louis Park, MN: 30,463 personsSt. Louis Park, MN30,463Apple Valley, MN: 29,151 personsApple Valley, MN29,151Minnetonka, MN: 29,096 personsMinnetonka, MN29,096Edina, MN: 26,035 personsEdina, MN26,035Shakopee, MN: 25,723 personsShakopee, MN25,723Mankato, MN: 25,660 personsMankato, MN25,660Moorhead, MN: 24,128 personsMoorhead, MN24,128Maplewood, MN: 21,456 personsMaplewood, MN21,456Cottage Grove, MN: 21,455 personsCottage Grove, MN21,455Richfield, MN: 20,607 personsRichfield, MN20,607Inver Grove Heights, MN: 19,990 personsInver Grove Heights, MN19,990Savage, MN: 19,113 personsSavage, MN19,113Roseville, MN: 18,283 personsRoseville, MN18,283Andover, MN: 18,061 personsAndover, MN18,061Brooklyn Center, MN: 16,773 personsBrooklyn Center, MN16,773Fridley, MN: 16,133 personsFridley, MN16,133Chaska, MN: 16,034 personsChaska, MN16,034Prior Lake, MN: 15,701 personsPrior Lake, MN15,701Ramsey, MN: 14,999 personsRamsey, MN14,999Winona, MN: 14,976 personsWinona, MN14,976Rosemount, MN: 14,717 personsRosemount, MN14,717Oakdale, MN: 14,641 personsOakdale, MN14,641Elk River, MN: 14,141 personsElk River, MN14,141Chanhassen, MN: 13,562 personsChanhassen, MN13,562Champlin, MN: 13,264 personsChamplin, MN13,264Shoreview, MN: 13,202 personsShoreview, MN13,202Owatonna, MN: 13,198 personsOwatonna, MN13,198Austin, MN: 12,507 personsAustin, MN12,507White Bear Lake, MN: 12,085 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN12,085Minneapolis, MN: 249,328 personsMinneapolis, MN249,328St. Paul, MN: 165,374 personsSt. Paul, MN165,374Rochester, MN: 66,878 personsRochester, MN66,878Bloomington, MN: 49,002 personsBloomington, MN49,002Duluth, MN: 45,745 personsDuluth, MN45,745Brooklyn Park, MN: 45,448 personsBrooklyn Park, MN45,448Plymouth, MN: 43,677 personsPlymouth, MN43,677Woodbury, MN: 41,914 personsWoodbury, MN41,914Lakeville, MN: 40,031 personsLakeville, MN40,031Maple Grove, MN: 39,609 personsMaple Grove, MN39,609Eagan, MN: 39,220 personsEagan, MN39,220Blaine, MN: 36,850 personsBlaine, MN36,850St. Cloud, MN: 36,659 personsSt. Cloud, MN36,659Coon Rapids, MN: 35,269 personsCoon Rapids, MN35,269Burnsville, MN: 34,753 personsBurnsville, MN34,753Eden Prairie, MN: 34,273 personsEden Prairie, MN34,273St. Louis Park, MN: 30,463 personsSt. Louis Park, MN30,463Apple Valley, MN: 29,151 personsApple Valley, MN29,151Minnetonka, MN: 29,096 personsMinnetonka, MN29,096Edina, MN: 26,035 personsEdina, MN26,035Shakopee, MN: 25,723 personsShakopee, MN25,723Mankato, MN: 25,660 personsMankato, MN25,660Moorhead, MN: 24,128 personsMoorhead, MN24,128Maplewood, MN: 21,456 personsMaplewood, MN21,456Cottage Grove, MN: 21,455 personsCottage Grove, MN21,455Richfield, MN: 20,607 personsRichfield, MN20,607Inver Grove Heights, MN: 19,990 personsInver Grove Heights, MN19,990Savage, MN: 19,113 personsSavage, MN19,113Roseville, MN: 18,283 personsRoseville, MN18,283Andover, MN: 18,061 personsAndover, MN18,061Brooklyn Center, MN: 16,773 personsBrooklyn Center, MN16,773Fridley, MN: 16,133 personsFridley, MN16,133Chaska, MN: 16,034 personsChaska, MN16,034Prior Lake, MN: 15,701 personsPrior Lake, MN15,701Ramsey, MN: 14,999 personsRamsey, MN14,999Winona, MN: 14,976 personsWinona, MN14,976Rosemount, MN: 14,717 personsRosemount, MN14,717Oakdale, MN: 14,641 personsOakdale, MN14,641Elk River, MN: 14,141 personsElk River, MN14,141Chanhassen, MN: 13,562 personsChanhassen, MN13,562Champlin, MN: 13,264 personsChamplin, MN13,264Shoreview, MN: 13,202 personsShoreview, MN13,202Owatonna, MN: 13,198 personsOwatonna, MN13,198Austin, MN: 12,507 personsAustin, MN12,507White Bear Lake, MN: 12,085 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN12,085
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

RankCities2021
persons		Change on 2020
1Minneapolis, MN249,328-3.1%
2St. Paul, MN165,374-3.2%
3Rochester, MN66,878-2.2%
4Bloomington, MN49,002-2.9%
5Duluth, MN45,745-2.6%
6Brooklyn Park, MN45,448-3.8%
7Plymouth, MN43,677-2.7%
8Woodbury, MN41,914+0.4%
9Lakeville, MN40,031+2.1%
10Maple Grove, MN39,609-1.2%
11Eagan, MN39,220-2.2%
12Blaine, MN36,850-1.1%
13St. Cloud, MN36,659-3.5%
14Coon Rapids, MN35,269-2.3%
15Burnsville, MN34,753-3.4%
16Eden Prairie, MN34,273-3.2%
17St. Louis Park, MN30,463-3.2%
18Apple Valley, MN29,151-3.1%
19Minnetonka, MN29,096-3.1%
20Edina, MN26,035-1.5%
21Shakopee, MN25,723-0.6%
22Mankato, MN25,660-2.5%
23Moorhead, MN24,128-1.2%
24Maplewood, MN21,456-4.6%
25Cottage Grove, MN21,455+0.7%
26Richfield, MN20,607-3.5%
27Inver Grove Heights, MN19,990-2.2%
28Savage, MN19,113-0.7%
29Roseville, MN18,283-2.7%
30Andover, MN18,061-0.9%
31Brooklyn Center, MN16,773-4.4%
32Fridley, MN16,133+0.3%
33Chaska, MN16,034-1.3%
34Prior Lake, MN15,701-0.3%
35Ramsey, MN14,999-0.9%
36Winona, MN14,976-2.8%
37Rosemount, MN14,717+1.6%
38Oakdale, MN14,641-3%
39Elk River, MN14,141-0.6%
40Chanhassen, MN13,562-1.9%
41Champlin, MN13,264-3.5%
42Shoreview, MN13,202-2.9%
43Owatonna, MN13,198-3.1%
44Austin, MN12,507-2.3%
45White Bear Lake, MN12,085-5%

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. 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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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, 2021 [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=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Minneapolis, MN, with 249,328 in 2021, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

White Bear Lake, MN, with 12,085 in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

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