# Cities in Minnesota by employed residents, 2025

All 45 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `employed_residents`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average. 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.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/minnesota-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Minneapolis, MN | 245,548 |
| 2 | St. Paul, MN | 162,120 |
| 3 | Rochester, MN | 67,379 |
| 4 | Bloomington, MN | 47,695 |
| 5 | Duluth, MN | 45,634 |
| 6 | Woodbury, MN | 43,739 |
| 7 | Brooklyn Park, MN | 43,491 |
| 8 | Lakeville, MN | 42,763 |
| 9 | Plymouth, MN | 42,704 |
| 10 | Maple Grove, MN | 40,565 |
| 11 | Blaine, MN | 38,541 |
| 12 | Eagan, MN | 38,105 |
| 13 | St. Cloud, MN | 36,402 |
| 14 | Coon Rapids, MN | 34,908 |
| 15 | Burnsville, MN | 34,647 |
| 16 | Eden Prairie, MN | 33,930 |
| 17 | St. Louis Park, MN | 30,638 |
| 18 | Minnetonka, MN | 28,556 |
| 19 | Apple Valley, MN | 28,550 |
| 20 | Shakopee, MN | 27,592 |
| 21 | Mankato, MN | 26,678 |
| 22 | Edina, MN | 26,047 |
| 23 | Moorhead, MN | 24,048 |
| 24 | Cottage Grove, MN | 22,779 |
| 25 | Maplewood, MN | 20,607 |
| 26 | Richfield, MN | 20,293 |
| 27 | Inver Grove Heights, MN | 20,132 |
| 28 | Savage, MN | 18,929 |
| 29 | Andover, MN | 18,223 |
| 30 | Roseville, MN | 17,930 |
| 31 | Chaska, MN | 17,147 |
| 32 | Rosemount, MN | 16,848 |
| 33 | Fridley, MN | 15,935 |
| 34 | Brooklyn Center, MN | 15,642 |
| 35 | Oakdale, MN | 15,609 |
| 36 | Prior Lake, MN | 15,559 |
| 37 | Ramsey, MN | 15,265 |
| 38 | Winona, MN | 15,053 |
| 39 | Elk River, MN | 14,760 |
| 40 | Chanhassen, MN | 13,394 |
| 41 | Shoreview, MN | 13,258 |
| 42 | Champlin, MN | 12,904 |
| 43 | Austin, MN | 12,692 |
| 44 | Owatonna, MN | 12,098 |
| 45 | White Bear Lake, MN | 11,574 |