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Cities in Minnesota by employed residents

Minneapolis, MN had the highest employed residents of 43 cities in 2015, at 224,754. Austin, MN had the lowest, at 12,060. The median was 23,549. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest224,754Minneapolis, MN
Lowest12,060Austin, MN
Median23,54943 cities

All cities, 2015

Minneapolis, MN: 224,754 personsMinneapolis, MN224,754St. Paul, MN: 148,497 personsSt. Paul, MN148,497Rochester, MN: 60,074 personsRochester, MN60,074Bloomington, MN: 44,822 personsBloomington, MN44,822Duluth, MN: 44,002 personsDuluth, MN44,002Plymouth, MN: 41,352 personsPlymouth, MN41,352Brooklyn Park, MN: 40,006 personsBrooklyn Park, MN40,006Maple Grove, MN: 38,360 personsMaple Grove, MN38,360Eagan, MN: 38,237 personsEagan, MN38,237Woodbury, MN: 36,910 personsWoodbury, MN36,910St. Cloud, MN: 35,218 personsSt. Cloud, MN35,218Eden Prairie, MN: 34,728 personsEden Prairie, MN34,728Burnsville, MN: 34,241 personsBurnsville, MN34,241Blaine, MN: 33,976 personsBlaine, MN33,976Coon Rapids, MN: 33,771 personsCoon Rapids, MN33,771Lakeville, MN: 32,996 personsLakeville, MN32,996St. Louis Park, MN: 29,051 personsSt. Louis Park, MN29,051Apple Valley, MN: 28,399 personsApple Valley, MN28,399Minnetonka, MN: 28,376 personsMinnetonka, MN28,376Mankato, MN: 24,544 personsMankato, MN24,544Edina, MN: 24,079 personsEdina, MN24,079Moorhead, MN: 23,549 personsMoorhead, MN23,549Shakopee, MN: 21,815 personsShakopee, MN21,815Maplewood, MN: 19,772 personsMaplewood, MN19,772Richfield, MN: 19,344 personsRichfield, MN19,344Cottage Grove, MN: 19,249 personsCottage Grove, MN19,249Inver Grove Heights, MN: 18,758 personsInver Grove Heights, MN18,758Roseville, MN: 18,350 personsRoseville, MN18,350Andover, MN: 17,740 personsAndover, MN17,740Savage, MN: 17,217 personsSavage, MN17,217Oakdale, MN: 15,460 personsOakdale, MN15,460Winona, MN: 15,410 personsWinona, MN15,410Brooklyn Center, MN: 14,541 personsBrooklyn Center, MN14,541Ramsey, MN: 14,461 personsRamsey, MN14,461Champlin, MN: 14,430 personsChamplin, MN14,430Owatonna, MN: 14,341 personsOwatonna, MN14,341Shoreview, MN: 14,251 personsShoreview, MN14,251Fridley, MN: 14,134 personsFridley, MN14,134Chaska, MN: 14,012 personsChaska, MN14,012Prior Lake, MN: 13,637 personsPrior Lake, MN13,637Chanhassen, MN: 13,539 personsChanhassen, MN13,539White Bear Lake, MN: 12,626 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN12,626Austin, MN: 12,060 personsAustin, MN12,060Minneapolis, MN: 224,754 personsMinneapolis, MN224,754St. Paul, MN: 148,497 personsSt. Paul, MN148,497Rochester, MN: 60,074 personsRochester, MN60,074Bloomington, MN: 44,822 personsBloomington, MN44,822Duluth, MN: 44,002 personsDuluth, MN44,002Plymouth, MN: 41,352 personsPlymouth, MN41,352Brooklyn Park, MN: 40,006 personsBrooklyn Park, MN40,006Maple Grove, MN: 38,360 personsMaple Grove, MN38,360Eagan, MN: 38,237 personsEagan, MN38,237Woodbury, MN: 36,910 personsWoodbury, MN36,910St. Cloud, MN: 35,218 personsSt. Cloud, MN35,218Eden Prairie, MN: 34,728 personsEden Prairie, MN34,728Burnsville, MN: 34,241 personsBurnsville, MN34,241Blaine, MN: 33,976 personsBlaine, MN33,976Coon Rapids, MN: 33,771 personsCoon Rapids, MN33,771Lakeville, MN: 32,996 personsLakeville, MN32,996St. Louis Park, MN: 29,051 personsSt. Louis Park, MN29,051Apple Valley, MN: 28,399 personsApple Valley, MN28,399Minnetonka, MN: 28,376 personsMinnetonka, MN28,376Mankato, MN: 24,544 personsMankato, MN24,544Edina, MN: 24,079 personsEdina, MN24,079Moorhead, MN: 23,549 personsMoorhead, MN23,549Shakopee, MN: 21,815 personsShakopee, MN21,815Maplewood, MN: 19,772 personsMaplewood, MN19,772Richfield, MN: 19,344 personsRichfield, MN19,344Cottage Grove, MN: 19,249 personsCottage Grove, MN19,249Inver Grove Heights, MN: 18,758 personsInver Grove Heights, MN18,758Roseville, MN: 18,350 personsRoseville, MN18,350Andover, MN: 17,740 personsAndover, MN17,740Savage, MN: 17,217 personsSavage, MN17,217Oakdale, MN: 15,460 personsOakdale, MN15,460Winona, MN: 15,410 personsWinona, MN15,410Brooklyn Center, MN: 14,541 personsBrooklyn Center, MN14,541Ramsey, MN: 14,461 personsRamsey, MN14,461Champlin, MN: 14,430 personsChamplin, MN14,430Owatonna, MN: 14,341 personsOwatonna, MN14,341Shoreview, MN: 14,251 personsShoreview, MN14,251Fridley, MN: 14,134 personsFridley, MN14,134Chaska, MN: 14,012 personsChaska, MN14,012Prior Lake, MN: 13,637 personsPrior Lake, MN13,637Chanhassen, MN: 13,539 personsChanhassen, MN13,539White Bear Lake, MN: 12,626 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN12,626Austin, MN: 12,060 personsAustin, MN12,060
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2015
persons		Change on 2014
1Minneapolis, MN224,754+1.3%
2St. Paul, MN148,497+1.5%
3Rochester, MN60,074+1.6%
4Bloomington, MN44,822+0.5%
5Duluth, MN44,002-0%
6Plymouth, MN41,352+1.5%
7Brooklyn Park, MN40,006+0.9%
8Maple Grove, MN38,360+2.5%
9Eagan, MN38,237+0.7%
10Woodbury, MN36,910+2%
11St. Cloud, MN35,218+1%
12Eden Prairie, MN34,728+0.8%
13Burnsville, MN34,241+0.2%
14Blaine, MN33,976+1.9%
15Coon Rapids, MN33,771+0.6%
16Lakeville, MN32,996+1.7%
17St. Louis Park, MN29,051+1.8%
18Apple Valley, MN28,399+1.9%
19Minnetonka, MN28,376+0.7%
20Mankato, MN24,544+3.8%
21Edina, MN24,079+1.4%
22Moorhead, MN23,549+5%
23Shakopee, MN21,815+1.2%
24Maplewood, MN19,772+1.3%
25Richfield, MN19,344+0.5%
26Cottage Grove, MN19,249+1.3%
27Inver Grove Heights, MN18,758+0.8%
28Roseville, MN18,350+1.1%
29Andover, MN17,740+1.1%
30Savage, MN17,217+4.5%
31Oakdale, MN15,460+0.6%
32Winona, MN15,410+0.3%
33Brooklyn Center, MN14,541+0.5%
34Ramsey, MN14,461+1.3%
35Champlin, MN14,430+0.6%
36Owatonna, MN14,341-0%
37Shoreview, MN14,251+1.5%
38Fridley, MN14,134+0.6%
39Chaska, MN14,012+2.2%
40Prior Lake, MN13,637+1.4%
41Chanhassen, MN13,539+2.3%
42White Bear Lake, MN12,626+1.3%
43Austin, MN12,060+1%

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 2015 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.CurrentU15-19. 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, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19

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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, 2015. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/minnesota-cities?period=2015. 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, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/minnesota-cities?period=2015.

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, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/minnesota-cities?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Minneapolis, MN, with 224,754 in 2015, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Austin, MN, with 12,060 in 2015.

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 2015 and are not ranked.

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