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Cities in Minnesota by employed residents

Minneapolis, MN had the highest employed residents of 45 cities in 2021, at 239,436. White Bear Lake, MN had the lowest, at 11,626. The median was 23,441. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest239,436Minneapolis, MN
Lowest11,626White Bear Lake, MN
Median23,44145 cities

All cities, 2021

Minneapolis, MN: 239,436 personsMinneapolis, MN239,436St. Paul, MN: 158,297 personsSt. Paul, MN158,297Rochester, MN: 64,773 personsRochester, MN64,773Bloomington, MN: 47,174 personsBloomington, MN47,174Duluth, MN: 44,141 personsDuluth, MN44,141Brooklyn Park, MN: 43,307 personsBrooklyn Park, MN43,307Plymouth, MN: 42,403 personsPlymouth, MN42,403Woodbury, MN: 40,823 personsWoodbury, MN40,823Lakeville, MN: 38,906 personsLakeville, MN38,906Maple Grove, MN: 38,470 personsMaple Grove, MN38,470Eagan, MN: 37,988 personsEagan, MN37,988Blaine, MN: 35,552 personsBlaine, MN35,552St. Cloud, MN: 34,694 personsSt. Cloud, MN34,694Coon Rapids, MN: 33,918 personsCoon Rapids, MN33,918Burnsville, MN: 33,361 personsBurnsville, MN33,361Eden Prairie, MN: 33,261 personsEden Prairie, MN33,261St. Louis Park, MN: 29,545 personsSt. Louis Park, MN29,545Minnetonka, MN: 28,203 personsMinnetonka, MN28,203Apple Valley, MN: 28,150 personsApple Valley, MN28,150Edina, MN: 25,335 personsEdina, MN25,335Shakopee, MN: 24,851 personsShakopee, MN24,851Mankato, MN: 24,777 personsMankato, MN24,777Moorhead, MN: 23,441 personsMoorhead, MN23,441Cottage Grove, MN: 20,770 personsCottage Grove, MN20,770Maplewood, MN: 20,536 personsMaplewood, MN20,536Richfield, MN: 19,847 personsRichfield, MN19,847Inver Grove Heights, MN: 19,311 personsInver Grove Heights, MN19,311Savage, MN: 18,522 personsSavage, MN18,522Roseville, MN: 17,646 personsRoseville, MN17,646Andover, MN: 17,546 personsAndover, MN17,546Brooklyn Center, MN: 15,839 personsBrooklyn Center, MN15,839Chaska, MN: 15,533 personsChaska, MN15,533Fridley, MN: 15,403 personsFridley, MN15,403Prior Lake, MN: 15,233 personsPrior Lake, MN15,233Winona, MN: 14,521 personsWinona, MN14,521Ramsey, MN: 14,497 personsRamsey, MN14,497Rosemount, MN: 14,318 personsRosemount, MN14,318Oakdale, MN: 14,023 personsOakdale, MN14,023Elk River, MN: 13,694 personsElk River, MN13,694Chanhassen, MN: 13,196 personsChanhassen, MN13,196Champlin, MN: 12,827 personsChamplin, MN12,827Shoreview, MN: 12,816 personsShoreview, MN12,816Owatonna, MN: 12,698 personsOwatonna, MN12,698Austin, MN: 12,056 personsAustin, MN12,056White Bear Lake, MN: 11,626 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN11,626Minneapolis, MN: 239,436 personsMinneapolis, MN239,436St. Paul, MN: 158,297 personsSt. Paul, MN158,297Rochester, MN: 64,773 personsRochester, MN64,773Bloomington, MN: 47,174 personsBloomington, MN47,174Duluth, MN: 44,141 personsDuluth, MN44,141Brooklyn Park, MN: 43,307 personsBrooklyn Park, MN43,307Plymouth, MN: 42,403 personsPlymouth, MN42,403Woodbury, MN: 40,823 personsWoodbury, MN40,823Lakeville, MN: 38,906 personsLakeville, MN38,906Maple Grove, MN: 38,470 personsMaple Grove, MN38,470Eagan, MN: 37,988 personsEagan, MN37,988Blaine, MN: 35,552 personsBlaine, MN35,552St. Cloud, MN: 34,694 personsSt. Cloud, MN34,694Coon Rapids, MN: 33,918 personsCoon Rapids, MN33,918Burnsville, MN: 33,361 personsBurnsville, MN33,361Eden Prairie, MN: 33,261 personsEden Prairie, MN33,261St. Louis Park, MN: 29,545 personsSt. Louis Park, MN29,545Minnetonka, MN: 28,203 personsMinnetonka, MN28,203Apple Valley, MN: 28,150 personsApple Valley, MN28,150Edina, MN: 25,335 personsEdina, MN25,335Shakopee, MN: 24,851 personsShakopee, MN24,851Mankato, MN: 24,777 personsMankato, MN24,777Moorhead, MN: 23,441 personsMoorhead, MN23,441Cottage Grove, MN: 20,770 personsCottage Grove, MN20,770Maplewood, MN: 20,536 personsMaplewood, MN20,536Richfield, MN: 19,847 personsRichfield, MN19,847Inver Grove Heights, MN: 19,311 personsInver Grove Heights, MN19,311Savage, MN: 18,522 personsSavage, MN18,522Roseville, MN: 17,646 personsRoseville, MN17,646Andover, MN: 17,546 personsAndover, MN17,546Brooklyn Center, MN: 15,839 personsBrooklyn Center, MN15,839Chaska, MN: 15,533 personsChaska, MN15,533Fridley, MN: 15,403 personsFridley, MN15,403Prior Lake, MN: 15,233 personsPrior Lake, MN15,233Winona, MN: 14,521 personsWinona, MN14,521Ramsey, MN: 14,497 personsRamsey, MN14,497Rosemount, MN: 14,318 personsRosemount, MN14,318Oakdale, MN: 14,023 personsOakdale, MN14,023Elk River, MN: 13,694 personsElk River, MN13,694Chanhassen, MN: 13,196 personsChanhassen, MN13,196Champlin, MN: 12,827 personsChamplin, MN12,827Shoreview, MN: 12,816 personsShoreview, MN12,816Owatonna, MN: 12,698 personsOwatonna, MN12,698Austin, MN: 12,056 personsAustin, MN12,056White Bear Lake, MN: 11,626 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN11,626
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2021
persons		Change on 2020
1Minneapolis, MN239,436+0.3%
2St. Paul, MN158,297-0.2%
3Rochester, MN64,773+0.4%
4Bloomington, MN47,174+0.5%
5Duluth, MN44,141+0.6%
6Brooklyn Park, MN43,307-1%
7Plymouth, MN42,403-0.4%
8Woodbury, MN40,823+3%
9Lakeville, MN38,906+4.8%
10Maple Grove, MN38,470+1.4%
11Eagan, MN37,988+0.9%
12Blaine, MN35,552+1.8%
13St. Cloud, MN34,694-0.9%
14Coon Rapids, MN33,918+0.8%
15Burnsville, MN33,361+0.2%
16Eden Prairie, MN33,261-0.7%
17St. Louis Park, MN29,545-0.6%
18Minnetonka, MN28,203-0.7%
19Apple Valley, MN28,150+0.2%
20Edina, MN25,335+0.9%
21Shakopee, MN24,851+2.3%
22Mankato, MN24,777-0.1%
23Moorhead, MN23,441+0.1%
24Cottage Grove, MN20,770+3.4%
25Maplewood, MN20,536-1.5%
26Richfield, MN19,847-0.1%
27Inver Grove Heights, MN19,311+0.4%
28Savage, MN18,522+2.2%
29Roseville, MN17,646+0.2%
30Andover, MN17,546+1.9%
31Brooklyn Center, MN15,839-1.2%
32Chaska, MN15,533+1.4%
33Fridley, MN15,403+3.7%
34Prior Lake, MN15,233+2.7%
35Winona, MN14,521-0.7%
36Ramsey, MN14,497+2.4%
37Rosemount, MN14,318+4.3%
38Oakdale, MN14,0230%
39Elk River, MN13,694+2.2%
40Chanhassen, MN13,196+1%
41Champlin, MN12,827-0.7%
42Shoreview, MN12,816+0.1%
43Owatonna, MN12,698-0.7%
44Austin, MN12,056-0.6%
45White Bear Lake, MN11,626-1.6%

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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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, 2021 [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=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Minneapolis, MN, with 239,436 in 2021, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

White Bear Lake, MN, with 11,626 in 2021.

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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