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Cities in Minnesota by civilian labor force

Minneapolis, MN had the highest civilian labor force of 45 cities in 2024, at 251,841. White Bear Lake, MN had the lowest, at 11,916. The median was 24,708. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest251,841Minneapolis, MN
Lowest11,916White Bear Lake, MN
Median24,70845 cities

All cities, 2024

Minneapolis, MN: 251,841 personsMinneapolis, MN251,841St. Paul, MN: 166,410 personsSt. Paul, MN166,410Rochester, MN: 68,519 personsRochester, MN68,519Bloomington, MN: 48,944 personsBloomington, MN48,944Duluth, MN: 47,048 personsDuluth, MN47,048Brooklyn Park, MN: 44,738 personsBrooklyn Park, MN44,738Woodbury, MN: 44,628 personsWoodbury, MN44,628Plymouth, MN: 43,664 personsPlymouth, MN43,664Lakeville, MN: 43,640 personsLakeville, MN43,640Maple Grove, MN: 41,449 personsMaple Grove, MN41,449Blaine, MN: 39,536 personsBlaine, MN39,536Eagan, MN: 38,934 personsEagan, MN38,934St. Cloud, MN: 37,769 personsSt. Cloud, MN37,769Coon Rapids, MN: 35,902 personsCoon Rapids, MN35,902Burnsville, MN: 35,538 personsBurnsville, MN35,538Eden Prairie, MN: 34,727 personsEden Prairie, MN34,727St. Louis Park, MN: 31,298 personsSt. Louis Park, MN31,298Minnetonka, MN: 29,257 personsMinnetonka, MN29,257Apple Valley, MN: 29,242 personsApple Valley, MN29,242Shakopee, MN: 28,230 personsShakopee, MN28,230Mankato, MN: 27,340 personsMankato, MN27,340Edina, MN: 26,615 personsEdina, MN26,615Moorhead, MN: 24,708 personsMoorhead, MN24,708Cottage Grove, MN: 23,317 personsCottage Grove, MN23,317Maplewood, MN: 21,226 personsMaplewood, MN21,226Richfield, MN: 20,779 personsRichfield, MN20,779Inver Grove Heights, MN: 20,628 personsInver Grove Heights, MN20,628Savage, MN: 19,338 personsSavage, MN19,338Andover, MN: 18,646 personsAndover, MN18,646Roseville, MN: 18,380 personsRoseville, MN18,380Chaska, MN: 17,528 personsChaska, MN17,528Rosemount, MN: 17,191 personsRosemount, MN17,191Fridley, MN: 16,404 personsFridley, MN16,404Brooklyn Center, MN: 16,199 personsBrooklyn Center, MN16,199Oakdale, MN: 16,026 personsOakdale, MN16,026Prior Lake, MN: 15,913 personsPrior Lake, MN15,913Ramsey, MN: 15,695 personsRamsey, MN15,695Winona, MN: 15,468 personsWinona, MN15,468Elk River, MN: 15,134 personsElk River, MN15,134Chanhassen, MN: 13,690 personsChanhassen, MN13,690Shoreview, MN: 13,567 personsShoreview, MN13,567Champlin, MN: 13,221 personsChamplin, MN13,221Austin, MN: 13,024 personsAustin, MN13,024Owatonna, MN: 12,536 personsOwatonna, MN12,536White Bear Lake, MN: 11,916 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN11,916Minneapolis, MN: 251,841 personsMinneapolis, MN251,841St. Paul, MN: 166,410 personsSt. Paul, MN166,410Rochester, MN: 68,519 personsRochester, MN68,519Bloomington, MN: 48,944 personsBloomington, MN48,944Duluth, MN: 47,048 personsDuluth, MN47,048Brooklyn Park, MN: 44,738 personsBrooklyn Park, MN44,738Woodbury, MN: 44,628 personsWoodbury, MN44,628Plymouth, MN: 43,664 personsPlymouth, MN43,664Lakeville, MN: 43,640 personsLakeville, MN43,640Maple Grove, MN: 41,449 personsMaple Grove, MN41,449Blaine, MN: 39,536 personsBlaine, MN39,536Eagan, MN: 38,934 personsEagan, MN38,934St. Cloud, MN: 37,769 personsSt. Cloud, MN37,769Coon Rapids, MN: 35,902 personsCoon Rapids, MN35,902Burnsville, MN: 35,538 personsBurnsville, MN35,538Eden Prairie, MN: 34,727 personsEden Prairie, MN34,727St. Louis Park, MN: 31,298 personsSt. Louis Park, MN31,298Minnetonka, MN: 29,257 personsMinnetonka, MN29,257Apple Valley, MN: 29,242 personsApple Valley, MN29,242Shakopee, MN: 28,230 personsShakopee, MN28,230Mankato, MN: 27,340 personsMankato, MN27,340Edina, MN: 26,615 personsEdina, MN26,615Moorhead, MN: 24,708 personsMoorhead, MN24,708Cottage Grove, MN: 23,317 personsCottage Grove, MN23,317Maplewood, MN: 21,226 personsMaplewood, MN21,226Richfield, MN: 20,779 personsRichfield, MN20,779Inver Grove Heights, MN: 20,628 personsInver Grove Heights, MN20,628Savage, MN: 19,338 personsSavage, MN19,338Andover, MN: 18,646 personsAndover, MN18,646Roseville, MN: 18,380 personsRoseville, MN18,380Chaska, MN: 17,528 personsChaska, MN17,528Rosemount, MN: 17,191 personsRosemount, MN17,191Fridley, MN: 16,404 personsFridley, MN16,404Brooklyn Center, MN: 16,199 personsBrooklyn Center, MN16,199Oakdale, MN: 16,026 personsOakdale, MN16,026Prior Lake, MN: 15,913 personsPrior Lake, MN15,913Ramsey, MN: 15,695 personsRamsey, MN15,695Winona, MN: 15,468 personsWinona, MN15,468Elk River, MN: 15,134 personsElk River, MN15,134Chanhassen, MN: 13,690 personsChanhassen, MN13,690Shoreview, MN: 13,567 personsShoreview, MN13,567Champlin, MN: 13,221 personsChamplin, MN13,221Austin, MN: 13,024 personsAustin, MN13,024Owatonna, MN: 12,536 personsOwatonna, MN12,536White Bear Lake, MN: 11,916 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN11,916
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

RankCities2024
persons		Change on 2023
1Minneapolis, MN251,841+0.1%
2St. Paul, MN166,410+0.5%
3Rochester, MN68,519+1.5%
4Bloomington, MN48,944+0.3%
5Duluth, MN47,048+0.8%
6Brooklyn Park, MN44,738+0.3%
7Woodbury, MN44,628+0.9%
8Plymouth, MN43,664+0.4%
9Lakeville, MN43,640+1.6%
10Maple Grove, MN41,449+1.3%
11Blaine, MN39,536+1.4%
12Eagan, MN38,934-0.9%
13St. Cloud, MN37,769+1.5%
14Coon Rapids, MN35,902+0.3%
15Burnsville, MN35,538-0.5%
16Eden Prairie, MN34,727+0.5%
17St. Louis Park, MN31,298-0.4%
18Minnetonka, MN29,257-0.3%
19Apple Valley, MN29,242-0.7%
20Shakopee, MN28,230+2.2%
21Mankato, MN27,340+1.6%
22Edina, MN26,615-0.4%
23Moorhead, MN24,708+1.3%
24Cottage Grove, MN23,317+1.3%
25Maplewood, MN21,226-0.3%
26Richfield, MN20,779-0.8%
27Inver Grove Heights, MN20,628-0.2%
28Savage, MN19,338-0.7%
29Andover, MN18,646+0.5%
30Roseville, MN18,380-0.3%
31Chaska, MN17,528+3.7%
32Rosemount, MN17,191+10.1%
33Fridley, MN16,404+1.1%
34Brooklyn Center, MN16,199-0.4%
35Oakdale, MN16,026+7.3%
36Prior Lake, MN15,913-0.4%
37Ramsey, MN15,695+1.2%
38Winona, MN15,468+1.1%
39Elk River, MN15,134+0.5%
40Chanhassen, MN13,690-0.9%
41Shoreview, MN13,567+1.2%
42Champlin, MN13,221-0%
43Austin, MN13,024+1.5%
44Owatonna, MN12,536+1.1%
45White Bear Lake, MN11,916-0.3%

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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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

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, 2024 [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=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Minneapolis, MN, with 251,841 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

White Bear Lake, MN, with 11,916 in 2024.

Where does this ranking come from?

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