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Cities in Minnesota by employed residents

Minneapolis, MN had the highest employed residents of 43 cities in 2016, at 234,428. Austin, MN had the lowest, at 12,167. The median was 23,489. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest234,428Minneapolis, MN
Lowest12,167Austin, MN
Median23,48943 cities

All cities, 2016

Minneapolis, MN: 234,428 personsMinneapolis, MN234,428St. Paul, MN: 160,810 personsSt. Paul, MN160,810Rochester, MN: 60,605 personsRochester, MN60,605Bloomington, MN: 48,557 personsBloomington, MN48,557Duluth, MN: 45,155 personsDuluth, MN45,155Brooklyn Park, MN: 45,001 personsBrooklyn Park, MN45,001Plymouth, MN: 42,389 personsPlymouth, MN42,389Eagan, MN: 38,681 personsEagan, MN38,681Woodbury, MN: 37,502 personsWoodbury, MN37,502Maple Grove, MN: 37,095 personsMaple Grove, MN37,095St. Cloud, MN: 35,927 personsSt. Cloud, MN35,927Coon Rapids, MN: 34,167 personsCoon Rapids, MN34,167Blaine, MN: 34,011 personsBlaine, MN34,011Eden Prairie, MN: 33,834 personsEden Prairie, MN33,834Lakeville, MN: 33,829 personsLakeville, MN33,829Burnsville, MN: 33,588 personsBurnsville, MN33,588St. Louis Park, MN: 30,459 personsSt. Louis Park, MN30,459Minnetonka, MN: 27,527 personsMinnetonka, MN27,527Apple Valley, MN: 27,232 personsApple Valley, MN27,232Edina, MN: 25,222 personsEdina, MN25,222Mankato, MN: 24,472 personsMankato, MN24,472Shakopee, MN: 23,489 personsShakopee, MN23,489Moorhead, MN: 23,157 personsMoorhead, MN23,157Maplewood, MN: 21,200 personsMaplewood, MN21,200Richfield, MN: 20,317 personsRichfield, MN20,317Cottage Grove, MN: 19,385 personsCottage Grove, MN19,385Inver Grove Heights, MN: 19,304 personsInver Grove Heights, MN19,304Roseville, MN: 17,826 personsRoseville, MN17,826Savage, MN: 17,380 personsSavage, MN17,380Andover, MN: 17,102 personsAndover, MN17,102Brooklyn Center, MN: 16,776 personsBrooklyn Center, MN16,776Winona, MN: 15,353 personsWinona, MN15,353Chaska, MN: 15,087 personsChaska, MN15,087Fridley, MN: 15,047 personsFridley, MN15,047Oakdale, MN: 14,465 personsOakdale, MN14,465Prior Lake, MN: 14,456 personsPrior Lake, MN14,456Owatonna, MN: 13,396 personsOwatonna, MN13,396Ramsey, MN: 13,312 personsRamsey, MN13,312Shoreview, MN: 12,895 personsShoreview, MN12,895Chanhassen, MN: 12,876 personsChanhassen, MN12,876Champlin, MN: 12,809 personsChamplin, MN12,809White Bear Lake, MN: 12,222 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN12,222Austin, MN: 12,167 personsAustin, MN12,167Minneapolis, MN: 234,428 personsMinneapolis, MN234,428St. Paul, MN: 160,810 personsSt. Paul, MN160,810Rochester, MN: 60,605 personsRochester, MN60,605Bloomington, MN: 48,557 personsBloomington, MN48,557Duluth, MN: 45,155 personsDuluth, MN45,155Brooklyn Park, MN: 45,001 personsBrooklyn Park, MN45,001Plymouth, MN: 42,389 personsPlymouth, MN42,389Eagan, MN: 38,681 personsEagan, MN38,681Woodbury, MN: 37,502 personsWoodbury, MN37,502Maple Grove, MN: 37,095 personsMaple Grove, MN37,095St. Cloud, MN: 35,927 personsSt. Cloud, MN35,927Coon Rapids, MN: 34,167 personsCoon Rapids, MN34,167Blaine, MN: 34,011 personsBlaine, MN34,011Eden Prairie, MN: 33,834 personsEden Prairie, MN33,834Lakeville, MN: 33,829 personsLakeville, MN33,829Burnsville, MN: 33,588 personsBurnsville, MN33,588St. Louis Park, MN: 30,459 personsSt. Louis Park, MN30,459Minnetonka, MN: 27,527 personsMinnetonka, MN27,527Apple Valley, MN: 27,232 personsApple Valley, MN27,232Edina, MN: 25,222 personsEdina, MN25,222Mankato, MN: 24,472 personsMankato, MN24,472Shakopee, MN: 23,489 personsShakopee, MN23,489Moorhead, MN: 23,157 personsMoorhead, MN23,157Maplewood, MN: 21,200 personsMaplewood, MN21,200Richfield, MN: 20,317 personsRichfield, MN20,317Cottage Grove, MN: 19,385 personsCottage Grove, MN19,385Inver Grove Heights, MN: 19,304 personsInver Grove Heights, MN19,304Roseville, MN: 17,826 personsRoseville, MN17,826Savage, MN: 17,380 personsSavage, MN17,380Andover, MN: 17,102 personsAndover, MN17,102Brooklyn Center, MN: 16,776 personsBrooklyn Center, MN16,776Winona, MN: 15,353 personsWinona, MN15,353Chaska, MN: 15,087 personsChaska, MN15,087Fridley, MN: 15,047 personsFridley, MN15,047Oakdale, MN: 14,465 personsOakdale, MN14,465Prior Lake, MN: 14,456 personsPrior Lake, MN14,456Owatonna, MN: 13,396 personsOwatonna, MN13,396Ramsey, MN: 13,312 personsRamsey, MN13,312Shoreview, MN: 12,895 personsShoreview, MN12,895Chanhassen, MN: 12,876 personsChanhassen, MN12,876Champlin, MN: 12,809 personsChamplin, MN12,809White Bear Lake, MN: 12,222 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN12,222Austin, MN: 12,167 personsAustin, MN12,167
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2016
persons		Change on 2015
1Minneapolis, MN234,428+4.3%
2St. Paul, MN160,810+8.3%
3Rochester, MN60,605+0.9%
4Bloomington, MN48,557+8.3%
5Duluth, MN45,155+2.6%
6Brooklyn Park, MN45,001+12.5%
7Plymouth, MN42,389+2.5%
8Eagan, MN38,681+1.2%
9Woodbury, MN37,502+1.6%
10Maple Grove, MN37,095-3.3%
11St. Cloud, MN35,927+2%
12Coon Rapids, MN34,167+1.2%
13Blaine, MN34,011+0.1%
14Eden Prairie, MN33,834-2.6%
15Lakeville, MN33,829+2.5%
16Burnsville, MN33,588-1.9%
17St. Louis Park, MN30,459+4.8%
18Minnetonka, MN27,527-3%
19Apple Valley, MN27,232-4.1%
20Edina, MN25,222+4.7%
21Mankato, MN24,472-0.3%
22Shakopee, MN23,489+7.7%
23Moorhead, MN23,157-1.7%
24Maplewood, MN21,200+7.2%
25Richfield, MN20,317+5%
26Cottage Grove, MN19,385+0.7%
27Inver Grove Heights, MN19,304+2.9%
28Roseville, MN17,826-2.9%
29Savage, MN17,380+0.9%
30Andover, MN17,102-3.6%
31Brooklyn Center, MN16,776+15.4%
32Winona, MN15,353-0.4%
33Chaska, MN15,087+7.7%
34Fridley, MN15,047+6.5%
35Oakdale, MN14,465-6.4%
36Prior Lake, MN14,456+6%
37Owatonna, MN13,396-6.6%
38Ramsey, MN13,312-7.9%
39Shoreview, MN12,895-9.5%
40Chanhassen, MN12,876-4.9%
41Champlin, MN12,809-11.2%
42White Bear Lake, MN12,222-3.2%
43Austin, MN12,167+0.9%

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 2016 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, 2016) [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, 2016. 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=2016. 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, 2016. 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=2016.

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, 2016 [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=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Minneapolis, MN, with 234,428 in 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Austin, MN, with 12,167 in 2016.

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 2016 and are not ranked.

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