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Cities in Minnesota by employed residents

Minneapolis, MN had the highest employed residents of 43 cities in 2014, at 221,938. Austin, MN had the lowest, at 11,937. The median was 22,436. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest221,938Minneapolis, MN
Lowest11,937Austin, MN
Median22,43643 cities

All cities, 2014

Minneapolis, MN: 221,938 personsMinneapolis, MN221,938St. Paul, MN: 146,350 personsSt. Paul, MN146,350Rochester, MN: 59,104 personsRochester, MN59,104Bloomington, MN: 44,603 personsBloomington, MN44,603Duluth, MN: 44,010 personsDuluth, MN44,010Plymouth, MN: 40,746 personsPlymouth, MN40,746Brooklyn Park, MN: 39,656 personsBrooklyn Park, MN39,656Eagan, MN: 37,972 personsEagan, MN37,972Maple Grove, MN: 37,421 personsMaple Grove, MN37,421Woodbury, MN: 36,171 personsWoodbury, MN36,171St. Cloud, MN: 34,862 personsSt. Cloud, MN34,862Eden Prairie, MN: 34,461 personsEden Prairie, MN34,461Burnsville, MN: 34,189 personsBurnsville, MN34,189Coon Rapids, MN: 33,566 personsCoon Rapids, MN33,566Blaine, MN: 33,330 personsBlaine, MN33,330Lakeville, MN: 32,451 personsLakeville, MN32,451St. Louis Park, MN: 28,548 personsSt. Louis Park, MN28,548Minnetonka, MN: 28,176 personsMinnetonka, MN28,176Apple Valley, MN: 27,882 personsApple Valley, MN27,882Edina, MN: 23,736 personsEdina, MN23,736Mankato, MN: 23,653 personsMankato, MN23,653Moorhead, MN: 22,436 personsMoorhead, MN22,436Shakopee, MN: 21,556 personsShakopee, MN21,556Maplewood, MN: 19,518 personsMaplewood, MN19,518Richfield, MN: 19,257 personsRichfield, MN19,257Cottage Grove, MN: 19,005 personsCottage Grove, MN19,005Inver Grove Heights, MN: 18,605 personsInver Grove Heights, MN18,605Roseville, MN: 18,145 personsRoseville, MN18,145Andover, MN: 17,549 personsAndover, MN17,549Savage, MN: 16,476 personsSavage, MN16,476Winona, MN: 15,363 personsWinona, MN15,363Oakdale, MN: 15,362 personsOakdale, MN15,362Brooklyn Center, MN: 14,471 personsBrooklyn Center, MN14,471Owatonna, MN: 14,347 personsOwatonna, MN14,347Champlin, MN: 14,341 personsChamplin, MN14,341Ramsey, MN: 14,273 personsRamsey, MN14,273Fridley, MN: 14,055 personsFridley, MN14,055Shoreview, MN: 14,045 personsShoreview, MN14,045Chaska, MN: 13,706 personsChaska, MN13,706Prior Lake, MN: 13,448 personsPrior Lake, MN13,448Chanhassen, MN: 13,241 personsChanhassen, MN13,241White Bear Lake, MN: 12,469 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN12,469Austin, MN: 11,937 personsAustin, MN11,937Minneapolis, MN: 221,938 personsMinneapolis, MN221,938St. Paul, MN: 146,350 personsSt. Paul, MN146,350Rochester, MN: 59,104 personsRochester, MN59,104Bloomington, MN: 44,603 personsBloomington, MN44,603Duluth, MN: 44,010 personsDuluth, MN44,010Plymouth, MN: 40,746 personsPlymouth, MN40,746Brooklyn Park, MN: 39,656 personsBrooklyn Park, MN39,656Eagan, MN: 37,972 personsEagan, MN37,972Maple Grove, MN: 37,421 personsMaple Grove, MN37,421Woodbury, MN: 36,171 personsWoodbury, MN36,171St. Cloud, MN: 34,862 personsSt. Cloud, MN34,862Eden Prairie, MN: 34,461 personsEden Prairie, MN34,461Burnsville, MN: 34,189 personsBurnsville, MN34,189Coon Rapids, MN: 33,566 personsCoon Rapids, MN33,566Blaine, MN: 33,330 personsBlaine, MN33,330Lakeville, MN: 32,451 personsLakeville, MN32,451St. Louis Park, MN: 28,548 personsSt. Louis Park, MN28,548Minnetonka, MN: 28,176 personsMinnetonka, MN28,176Apple Valley, MN: 27,882 personsApple Valley, MN27,882Edina, MN: 23,736 personsEdina, MN23,736Mankato, MN: 23,653 personsMankato, MN23,653Moorhead, MN: 22,436 personsMoorhead, MN22,436Shakopee, MN: 21,556 personsShakopee, MN21,556Maplewood, MN: 19,518 personsMaplewood, MN19,518Richfield, MN: 19,257 personsRichfield, MN19,257Cottage Grove, MN: 19,005 personsCottage Grove, MN19,005Inver Grove Heights, MN: 18,605 personsInver Grove Heights, MN18,605Roseville, MN: 18,145 personsRoseville, MN18,145Andover, MN: 17,549 personsAndover, MN17,549Savage, MN: 16,476 personsSavage, MN16,476Winona, MN: 15,363 personsWinona, MN15,363Oakdale, MN: 15,362 personsOakdale, MN15,362Brooklyn Center, MN: 14,471 personsBrooklyn Center, MN14,471Owatonna, MN: 14,347 personsOwatonna, MN14,347Champlin, MN: 14,341 personsChamplin, MN14,341Ramsey, MN: 14,273 personsRamsey, MN14,273Fridley, MN: 14,055 personsFridley, MN14,055Shoreview, MN: 14,045 personsShoreview, MN14,045Chaska, MN: 13,706 personsChaska, MN13,706Prior Lake, MN: 13,448 personsPrior Lake, MN13,448Chanhassen, MN: 13,241 personsChanhassen, MN13,241White Bear Lake, MN: 12,469 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN12,469Austin, MN: 11,937 personsAustin, MN11,937
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2014
persons		Change on 2013
1Minneapolis, MN221,938+2.5%
2St. Paul, MN146,350+1.7%
3Rochester, MN59,104+0.2%
4Bloomington, MN44,603+0.7%
5Duluth, MN44,010+1.2%
6Plymouth, MN40,746+2.2%
7Brooklyn Park, MN39,656+1.2%
8Eagan, MN37,972+1.7%
9Maple Grove, MN37,421+3.1%
10Woodbury, MN36,171+2.5%
11St. Cloud, MN34,862+1.7%
12Eden Prairie, MN34,461+1.7%
13Burnsville, MN34,189+1.1%
14Coon Rapids, MN33,566+0.8%
15Blaine, MN33,330+2.1%
16Lakeville, MN32,451+3%
17St. Louis Park, MN28,548+0.9%
18Minnetonka, MN28,176+1%
19Apple Valley, MN27,882+1.3%
20Edina, MN23,736+1.2%
21Mankato, MN23,653+0.3%
22Moorhead, MN22,436+2.4%
23Shakopee, MN21,556+2.1%
24Maplewood, MN19,518+1.8%
25Richfield, MN19,257+0.7%
26Cottage Grove, MN19,005+1.4%
27Inver Grove Heights, MN18,605+1.8%
28Roseville, MN18,145+1.8%
29Andover, MN17,549+1.7%
30Savage, MN16,476+2.8%
31Winona, MN15,363-0.3%
32Oakdale, MN15,362+1.7%
33Brooklyn Center, MN14,471+0.8%
34Owatonna, MN14,347+0.6%
35Champlin, MN14,341+0.9%
36Ramsey, MN14,273+3.4%
37Fridley, MN14,055+0.8%
38Shoreview, MN14,045+1.8%
39Chaska, MN13,706+2.5%
40Prior Lake, MN13,448+3.4%
41Chanhassen, MN13,241+2.8%
42White Bear Lake, MN12,469+2.5%
43Austin, MN11,937-0.3%

Other periods

About this ranking

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, 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, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. 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. 2 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2014 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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.CurrentU10-14. 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: employment (measure 05), annual average (Cities in Minnesota by employed residents, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Minnesota by employed residents, 2014. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/minnesota-cities?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Cities in Minnesota by employed residents, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/minnesota-cities?period=2014.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Minnesota by employed residents, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/minnesota-cities?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Minneapolis, MN, with 221,938 in 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Austin, MN, with 11,937 in 2014.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 2 cities have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.

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