# Counties in Minnesota by covered employment (QCEW), 2025

All 87 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `covered_employment`
- Unit: jobs
- Definition: Average number of jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/covered-employment/minnesota-counties

| Rank | Place | jobs |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Hennepin County | 919,062 |
| 2 | Ramsey County | 330,908 |
| 3 | Dakota County | 189,166 |
| 4 | Anoka County | 133,128 |
| 5 | Olmsted County | 105,239 |
| 6 | Washington County | 96,635 |
| 7 | St. Louis County | 95,078 |
| 8 | Stearns County | 87,420 |
| 9 | Scott County | 63,836 |
| 10 | Wright County | 49,245 |
| 11 | Blue Earth County | 41,483 |
| 12 | Carver County | 40,641 |
| 13 | Crow Wing County | 31,145 |
| 14 | Sherburne County | 28,584 |
| 15 | Rice County | 26,450 |
| 16 | Winona County | 23,933 |
| 17 | Kandiyohi County | 23,281 |
| 18 | Otter Tail County | 22,581 |
| 19 | Goodhue County | 21,796 |
| 20 | Beltrami County | 20,687 |
| 21 | Douglas County | 19,728 |
| 22 | Clay County | 19,568 |
| 23 | Steele County | 19,168 |
| 24 | Benton County | 17,097 |
| 25 | Mower County | 16,974 |
| 26 | Itasca County | 16,444 |
| 27 | Chisago County | 16,270 |
| 28 | McLeod County | 15,822 |
| 29 | Becker County | 15,368 |
| 30 | Nicollet County | 14,599 |
| 31 | Lyon County | 13,452 |
| 32 | Brown County | 13,328 |
| 33 | Carlton County | 13,111 |
| 34 | Polk County | 12,003 |
| 35 | Freeborn County | 11,723 |
| 36 | Morrison County | 11,202 |
| 37 | Isanti County | 11,167 |
| 38 | Cass County | 10,595 |
| 39 | Nobles County | 9,959 |
| 40 | Mille Lacs County | 9,490 |
| 41 | Pennington County | 9,386 |
| 42 | Le Sueur County | 8,456 |
| 43 | Martin County | 8,383 |
| 44 | Pine County | 7,906 |
| 45 | Meeker County | 7,838 |
| 46 | Roseau County | 7,687 |
| 47 | Todd County | 7,119 |
| 48 | Wabasha County | 6,512 |
| 49 | Hubbard County | 6,286 |
| 50 | Fillmore County | 6,170 |
| 51 | Redwood County | 5,995 |
| 52 | Dodge County | 5,983 |
| 53 | Stevens County | 5,774 |
| 54 | Renville County | 5,595 |
| 55 | Waseca County | 5,429 |
| 56 | Wadena County | 5,398 |
| 57 | Chippewa County | 5,136 |
| 58 | Houston County | 5,129 |
| 59 | Jackson County | 4,837 |
| 60 | Cottonwood County | 4,821 |
| 61 | Watonwan County | 4,490 |
| 62 | Faribault County | 4,468 |
| 63 | Aitkin County | 4,402 |
| 64 | Pope County | 4,400 |
| 65 | Pipestone County | 4,239 |
| 66 | Kanabec County | 4,175 |
| 67 | Koochiching County | 4,163 |
| 68 | Lake County | 4,000 |
| 69 | Rock County | 3,898 |
| 70 | Sibley County | 3,771 |
| 71 | Swift County | 3,627 |
| 72 | Yellow Medicine County | 3,610 |
| 73 | Murray County | 2,866 |
| 74 | Cook County | 2,646 |
| 75 | Clearwater County | 2,559 |
| 76 | Marshall County | 2,430 |
| 77 | Lac qui Parle County | 2,145 |
| 78 | Mahnomen County | 2,028 |
| 79 | Grant County | 1,904 |
| 80 | Norman County | 1,874 |
| 81 | Big Stone County | 1,742 |
| 82 | Lincoln County | 1,671 |
| 83 | Wilkin County | 1,649 |
| 84 | Lake of the Woods County | 1,520 |
| 85 | Kittson County | 1,494 |
| 86 | Traverse County | 1,015 |
| 87 | Red Lake County | 958 |