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Cities in Minnesota by civilian labor force

Minneapolis, MN had the highest civilian labor force of 45 cities in 2023, at 251,548. White Bear Lake, MN had the lowest, at 11,950. The median was 24,392. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest251,548Minneapolis, MN
Lowest11,950White Bear Lake, MN
Median24,39245 cities

All cities, 2023

Minneapolis, MN: 251,548 personsMinneapolis, MN251,548St. Paul, MN: 165,640 personsSt. Paul, MN165,640Rochester, MN: 67,503 personsRochester, MN67,503Bloomington, MN: 48,803 personsBloomington, MN48,803Duluth, MN: 46,673 personsDuluth, MN46,673Brooklyn Park, MN: 44,597 personsBrooklyn Park, MN44,597Woodbury, MN: 44,245 personsWoodbury, MN44,245Plymouth, MN: 43,507 personsPlymouth, MN43,507Lakeville, MN: 42,955 personsLakeville, MN42,955Maple Grove, MN: 40,936 personsMaple Grove, MN40,936Eagan, MN: 39,287 personsEagan, MN39,287Blaine, MN: 38,996 personsBlaine, MN38,996St. Cloud, MN: 37,194 personsSt. Cloud, MN37,194Coon Rapids, MN: 35,797 personsCoon Rapids, MN35,797Burnsville, MN: 35,713 personsBurnsville, MN35,713Eden Prairie, MN: 34,569 personsEden Prairie, MN34,569St. Louis Park, MN: 31,422 personsSt. Louis Park, MN31,422Apple Valley, MN: 29,456 personsApple Valley, MN29,456Minnetonka, MN: 29,344 personsMinnetonka, MN29,344Shakopee, MN: 27,609 personsShakopee, MN27,609Mankato, MN: 26,909 personsMankato, MN26,909Edina, MN: 26,716 personsEdina, MN26,716Moorhead, MN: 24,392 personsMoorhead, MN24,392Cottage Grove, MN: 23,028 personsCottage Grove, MN23,028Maplewood, MN: 21,286 personsMaplewood, MN21,286Richfield, MN: 20,937 personsRichfield, MN20,937Inver Grove Heights, MN: 20,660 personsInver Grove Heights, MN20,660Savage, MN: 19,479 personsSavage, MN19,479Andover, MN: 18,554 personsAndover, MN18,554Roseville, MN: 18,433 personsRoseville, MN18,433Chaska, MN: 16,909 personsChaska, MN16,909Brooklyn Center, MN: 16,256 personsBrooklyn Center, MN16,256Fridley, MN: 16,221 personsFridley, MN16,221Prior Lake, MN: 15,976 personsPrior Lake, MN15,976Rosemount, MN: 15,617 personsRosemount, MN15,617Ramsey, MN: 15,515 personsRamsey, MN15,515Winona, MN: 15,304 personsWinona, MN15,304Elk River, MN: 15,065 personsElk River, MN15,065Oakdale, MN: 14,929 personsOakdale, MN14,929Chanhassen, MN: 13,813 personsChanhassen, MN13,813Shoreview, MN: 13,402 personsShoreview, MN13,402Champlin, MN: 13,224 personsChamplin, MN13,224Austin, MN: 12,829 personsAustin, MN12,829Owatonna, MN: 12,395 personsOwatonna, MN12,395White Bear Lake, MN: 11,950 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN11,950Minneapolis, MN: 251,548 personsMinneapolis, MN251,548St. Paul, MN: 165,640 personsSt. Paul, MN165,640Rochester, MN: 67,503 personsRochester, MN67,503Bloomington, MN: 48,803 personsBloomington, MN48,803Duluth, MN: 46,673 personsDuluth, MN46,673Brooklyn Park, MN: 44,597 personsBrooklyn Park, MN44,597Woodbury, MN: 44,245 personsWoodbury, MN44,245Plymouth, MN: 43,507 personsPlymouth, MN43,507Lakeville, MN: 42,955 personsLakeville, MN42,955Maple Grove, MN: 40,936 personsMaple Grove, MN40,936Eagan, MN: 39,287 personsEagan, MN39,287Blaine, MN: 38,996 personsBlaine, MN38,996St. Cloud, MN: 37,194 personsSt. Cloud, MN37,194Coon Rapids, MN: 35,797 personsCoon Rapids, MN35,797Burnsville, MN: 35,713 personsBurnsville, MN35,713Eden Prairie, MN: 34,569 personsEden Prairie, MN34,569St. Louis Park, MN: 31,422 personsSt. Louis Park, MN31,422Apple Valley, MN: 29,456 personsApple Valley, MN29,456Minnetonka, MN: 29,344 personsMinnetonka, MN29,344Shakopee, MN: 27,609 personsShakopee, MN27,609Mankato, MN: 26,909 personsMankato, MN26,909Edina, MN: 26,716 personsEdina, MN26,716Moorhead, MN: 24,392 personsMoorhead, MN24,392Cottage Grove, MN: 23,028 personsCottage Grove, MN23,028Maplewood, MN: 21,286 personsMaplewood, MN21,286Richfield, MN: 20,937 personsRichfield, MN20,937Inver Grove Heights, MN: 20,660 personsInver Grove Heights, MN20,660Savage, MN: 19,479 personsSavage, MN19,479Andover, MN: 18,554 personsAndover, MN18,554Roseville, MN: 18,433 personsRoseville, MN18,433Chaska, MN: 16,909 personsChaska, MN16,909Brooklyn Center, MN: 16,256 personsBrooklyn Center, MN16,256Fridley, MN: 16,221 personsFridley, MN16,221Prior Lake, MN: 15,976 personsPrior Lake, MN15,976Rosemount, MN: 15,617 personsRosemount, MN15,617Ramsey, MN: 15,515 personsRamsey, MN15,515Winona, MN: 15,304 personsWinona, MN15,304Elk River, MN: 15,065 personsElk River, MN15,065Oakdale, MN: 14,929 personsOakdale, MN14,929Chanhassen, MN: 13,813 personsChanhassen, MN13,813Shoreview, MN: 13,402 personsShoreview, MN13,402Champlin, MN: 13,224 personsChamplin, MN13,224Austin, MN: 12,829 personsAustin, MN12,829Owatonna, MN: 12,395 personsOwatonna, MN12,395White Bear Lake, MN: 11,950 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN11,950
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

RankCities2023
persons		Change on 2022
1Minneapolis, MN251,548+1.4%
2St. Paul, MN165,640+0.4%
3Rochester, MN67,503+1.1%
4Bloomington, MN48,803+0.4%
5Duluth, MN46,673+1.8%
6Brooklyn Park, MN44,597-0.9%
7Woodbury, MN44,245+1.8%
8Plymouth, MN43,507-0.6%
9Lakeville, MN42,955+2.9%
10Maple Grove, MN40,936+1.8%
11Eagan, MN39,287+0.4%
12Blaine, MN38,996+3.4%
13St. Cloud, MN37,194+2.3%
14Coon Rapids, MN35,797+1.5%
15Burnsville, MN35,713+1.9%
16Eden Prairie, MN34,569+0.4%
17St. Louis Park, MN31,422+2.5%
18Apple Valley, MN29,456+0.6%
19Minnetonka, MN29,344+0.5%
20Shakopee, MN27,609+4.1%
21Mankato, MN26,909+3.2%
22Edina, MN26,716+2.5%
23Moorhead, MN24,392+0.9%
24Cottage Grove, MN23,028+3.1%
25Maplewood, MN21,286+0.6%
26Richfield, MN20,937-0%
27Inver Grove Heights, MN20,660+1.8%
28Savage, MN19,479+0.9%
29Andover, MN18,554+1%
30Roseville, MN18,433+0.3%
31Chaska, MN16,909+3.3%
32Brooklyn Center, MN16,256-1%
33Fridley, MN16,221+0.1%
34Prior Lake, MN15,976+0.2%
35Rosemount, MN15,617+2.6%
36Ramsey, MN15,515+1.4%
37Winona, MN15,304+1.5%
38Elk River, MN15,065+3%
39Oakdale, MN14,929+2%
40Chanhassen, MN13,813-0.4%
41Shoreview, MN13,402-0.1%
42Champlin, MN13,224-0.4%
43Austin, MN12,829+2.8%
44Owatonna, MN12,395-0.2%
45White Bear Lake, MN11,950-0.2%

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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

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, 2023 [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=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Minneapolis, MN, with 251,548 in 2023, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

White Bear Lake, MN, with 11,950 in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

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