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Cities in Minnesota by employed residents

Minneapolis, MN had the highest employed residents of 45 cities in 2020, at 238,731. White Bear Lake, MN had the lowest, at 11,811. The median was 23,419. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest238,731Minneapolis, MN
Lowest11,811White Bear Lake, MN
Median23,41945 cities

All cities, 2020

Minneapolis, MN: 238,731 personsMinneapolis, MN238,731St. Paul, MN: 158,563 personsSt. Paul, MN158,563Rochester, MN: 64,517 personsRochester, MN64,517Bloomington, MN: 46,926 personsBloomington, MN46,926Duluth, MN: 43,879 personsDuluth, MN43,879Brooklyn Park, MN: 43,758 personsBrooklyn Park, MN43,758Plymouth, MN: 42,578 personsPlymouth, MN42,578Woodbury, MN: 39,626 personsWoodbury, MN39,626Maple Grove, MN: 37,926 personsMaple Grove, MN37,926Eagan, MN: 37,651 personsEagan, MN37,651Lakeville, MN: 37,120 personsLakeville, MN37,120St. Cloud, MN: 35,007 personsSt. Cloud, MN35,007Blaine, MN: 34,938 personsBlaine, MN34,938Coon Rapids, MN: 33,648 personsCoon Rapids, MN33,648Eden Prairie, MN: 33,488 personsEden Prairie, MN33,488Burnsville, MN: 33,307 personsBurnsville, MN33,307St. Louis Park, MN: 29,717 personsSt. Louis Park, MN29,717Minnetonka, MN: 28,389 personsMinnetonka, MN28,389Apple Valley, MN: 28,093 personsApple Valley, MN28,093Edina, MN: 25,104 personsEdina, MN25,104Mankato, MN: 24,813 personsMankato, MN24,813Shakopee, MN: 24,286 personsShakopee, MN24,286Moorhead, MN: 23,419 personsMoorhead, MN23,419Maplewood, MN: 20,853 personsMaplewood, MN20,853Cottage Grove, MN: 20,093 personsCottage Grove, MN20,093Richfield, MN: 19,864 personsRichfield, MN19,864Inver Grove Heights, MN: 19,242 personsInver Grove Heights, MN19,242Savage, MN: 18,121 personsSavage, MN18,121Roseville, MN: 17,616 personsRoseville, MN17,616Andover, MN: 17,219 personsAndover, MN17,219Brooklyn Center, MN: 16,039 personsBrooklyn Center, MN16,039Chaska, MN: 15,323 personsChaska, MN15,323Fridley, MN: 14,857 personsFridley, MN14,857Prior Lake, MN: 14,831 personsPrior Lake, MN14,831Winona, MN: 14,628 personsWinona, MN14,628Ramsey, MN: 14,158 personsRamsey, MN14,158Oakdale, MN: 14,023 personsOakdale, MN14,023Rosemount, MN: 13,729 personsRosemount, MN13,729Elk River, MN: 13,404 personsElk River, MN13,404Chanhassen, MN: 13,071 personsChanhassen, MN13,071Champlin, MN: 12,921 personsChamplin, MN12,921Shoreview, MN: 12,805 personsShoreview, MN12,805Owatonna, MN: 12,792 personsOwatonna, MN12,792Austin, MN: 12,132 personsAustin, MN12,132White Bear Lake, MN: 11,811 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN11,811Minneapolis, MN: 238,731 personsMinneapolis, MN238,731St. Paul, MN: 158,563 personsSt. Paul, MN158,563Rochester, MN: 64,517 personsRochester, MN64,517Bloomington, MN: 46,926 personsBloomington, MN46,926Duluth, MN: 43,879 personsDuluth, MN43,879Brooklyn Park, MN: 43,758 personsBrooklyn Park, MN43,758Plymouth, MN: 42,578 personsPlymouth, MN42,578Woodbury, MN: 39,626 personsWoodbury, MN39,626Maple Grove, MN: 37,926 personsMaple Grove, MN37,926Eagan, MN: 37,651 personsEagan, MN37,651Lakeville, MN: 37,120 personsLakeville, MN37,120St. Cloud, MN: 35,007 personsSt. Cloud, MN35,007Blaine, MN: 34,938 personsBlaine, MN34,938Coon Rapids, MN: 33,648 personsCoon Rapids, MN33,648Eden Prairie, MN: 33,488 personsEden Prairie, MN33,488Burnsville, MN: 33,307 personsBurnsville, MN33,307St. Louis Park, MN: 29,717 personsSt. Louis Park, MN29,717Minnetonka, MN: 28,389 personsMinnetonka, MN28,389Apple Valley, MN: 28,093 personsApple Valley, MN28,093Edina, MN: 25,104 personsEdina, MN25,104Mankato, MN: 24,813 personsMankato, MN24,813Shakopee, MN: 24,286 personsShakopee, MN24,286Moorhead, MN: 23,419 personsMoorhead, MN23,419Maplewood, MN: 20,853 personsMaplewood, MN20,853Cottage Grove, MN: 20,093 personsCottage Grove, MN20,093Richfield, MN: 19,864 personsRichfield, MN19,864Inver Grove Heights, MN: 19,242 personsInver Grove Heights, MN19,242Savage, MN: 18,121 personsSavage, MN18,121Roseville, MN: 17,616 personsRoseville, MN17,616Andover, MN: 17,219 personsAndover, MN17,219Brooklyn Center, MN: 16,039 personsBrooklyn Center, MN16,039Chaska, MN: 15,323 personsChaska, MN15,323Fridley, MN: 14,857 personsFridley, MN14,857Prior Lake, MN: 14,831 personsPrior Lake, MN14,831Winona, MN: 14,628 personsWinona, MN14,628Ramsey, MN: 14,158 personsRamsey, MN14,158Oakdale, MN: 14,023 personsOakdale, MN14,023Rosemount, MN: 13,729 personsRosemount, MN13,729Elk River, MN: 13,404 personsElk River, MN13,404Chanhassen, MN: 13,071 personsChanhassen, MN13,071Champlin, MN: 12,921 personsChamplin, MN12,921Shoreview, MN: 12,805 personsShoreview, MN12,805Owatonna, MN: 12,792 personsOwatonna, MN12,792Austin, MN: 12,132 personsAustin, MN12,132White Bear Lake, MN: 11,811 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN11,811
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2020
persons		Change on 2019
1Minneapolis, MN238,731-2.7%
2St. Paul, MN158,563-4%
3Rochester, MN64,517-0.1%
4Bloomington, MN46,926-4%
5Duluth, MN43,879-3.4%
6Brooklyn Park, MN43,758-4.5%
7Plymouth, MN42,578-3.8%
8Woodbury, MN39,626-1.7%
9Maple Grove, MN37,926-3.3%
10Eagan, MN37,651-4.2%
11Lakeville, MN37,120-0.5%
12St. Cloud, MN35,007-2.6%
13Blaine, MN34,938-2.2%
14Coon Rapids, MN33,648-3.8%
15Eden Prairie, MN33,488-3.6%
16Burnsville, MN33,307-2.4%
17St. Louis Park, MN29,717-3.3%
18Minnetonka, MN28,389-1.3%
19Apple Valley, MN28,093-4.2%
20Edina, MN25,104-4.3%
21Mankato, MN24,813-2.7%
22Shakopee, MN24,286-0.4%
23Moorhead, MN23,419-0.6%
24Maplewood, MN20,853-4.1%
25Cottage Grove, MN20,093-2.2%
26Richfield, MN19,864-4.3%
27Inver Grove Heights, MN19,242-3.4%
28Savage, MN18,121-2.2%
29Roseville, MN17,616-4.2%
30Andover, MN17,219-2.9%
31Brooklyn Center, MN16,039-4.9%
32Chaska, MN15,323-2.7%
33Fridley, MN14,857-3.6%
34Prior Lake, MN14,831-3.5%
35Winona, MN14,628-3.1%
36Ramsey, MN14,158-1%
37Oakdale, MN14,023-4.1%
38Rosemount, MN13,729-1.5%
39Elk River, MN13,404-2.6%
40Chanhassen, MN13,071-3.2%
41Champlin, MN12,921-4.5%
42Shoreview, MN12,805-3.7%
43Owatonna, MN12,792-5%
44Austin, MN12,132+0.3%
45White Bear Lake, MN11,811-5%

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. 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.CurrentU20-24. 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, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

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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, 2020. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/minnesota-cities?period=2020. 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, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/minnesota-cities?period=2020.

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, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/minnesota-cities?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Minneapolis, MN, with 238,731 in 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

White Bear Lake, MN, with 11,811 in 2020.

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.

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