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Cities in Minnesota by employed residents

Minneapolis, MN had the highest employed residents of 45 cities in 2022, at 242,439. White Bear Lake, MN had the lowest, at 11,667. The median was 23,721. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest242,439Minneapolis, MN
Lowest11,667White Bear Lake, MN
Median23,72145 cities

All cities, 2022

Minneapolis, MN: 242,439 personsMinneapolis, MN242,439St. Paul, MN: 161,009 personsSt. Paul, MN161,009Rochester, MN: 65,406 personsRochester, MN65,406Bloomington, MN: 47,516 personsBloomington, MN47,516Duluth, MN: 44,863 personsDuluth, MN44,863Brooklyn Park, MN: 43,856 personsBrooklyn Park, MN43,856Plymouth, MN: 42,910 personsPlymouth, MN42,910Woodbury, MN: 42,701 personsWoodbury, MN42,701Lakeville, MN: 40,950 personsLakeville, MN40,950Maple Grove, MN: 39,471 personsMaple Grove, MN39,471Eagan, MN: 38,367 personsEagan, MN38,367Blaine, MN: 36,873 personsBlaine, MN36,873St. Cloud, MN: 35,311 personsSt. Cloud, MN35,311Coon Rapids, MN: 34,451 personsCoon Rapids, MN34,451Burnsville, MN: 34,229 personsBurnsville, MN34,229Eden Prairie, MN: 33,800 personsEden Prairie, MN33,800St. Louis Park, MN: 30,072 personsSt. Louis Park, MN30,072Apple Valley, MN: 28,695 personsApple Valley, MN28,695Minnetonka, MN: 28,596 personsMinnetonka, MN28,596Shakopee, MN: 26,036 personsShakopee, MN26,036Edina, MN: 25,570 personsEdina, MN25,570Mankato, MN: 25,567 personsMankato, MN25,567Moorhead, MN: 23,721 personsMoorhead, MN23,721Cottage Grove, MN: 21,886 personsCottage Grove, MN21,886Maplewood, MN: 20,597 personsMaplewood, MN20,597Richfield, MN: 20,468 personsRichfield, MN20,468Inver Grove Heights, MN: 19,881 personsInver Grove Heights, MN19,881Savage, MN: 18,949 personsSavage, MN18,949Andover, MN: 18,000 personsAndover, MN18,000Roseville, MN: 17,963 personsRoseville, MN17,963Chaska, MN: 16,044 personsChaska, MN16,044Brooklyn Center, MN: 15,924 personsBrooklyn Center, MN15,924Fridley, MN: 15,772 personsFridley, MN15,772Prior Lake, MN: 15,641 personsPrior Lake, MN15,641Ramsey, MN: 14,954 personsRamsey, MN14,954Rosemount, MN: 14,948 personsRosemount, MN14,948Winona, MN: 14,804 personsWinona, MN14,804Elk River, MN: 14,313 personsElk River, MN14,313Oakdale, MN: 14,284 personsOakdale, MN14,284Chanhassen, MN: 13,623 personsChanhassen, MN13,623Shoreview, MN: 13,142 personsShoreview, MN13,142Champlin, MN: 12,982 personsChamplin, MN12,982Austin, MN: 12,175 personsAustin, MN12,175Owatonna, MN: 12,069 personsOwatonna, MN12,069White Bear Lake, MN: 11,667 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN11,667Minneapolis, MN: 242,439 personsMinneapolis, MN242,439St. Paul, MN: 161,009 personsSt. Paul, MN161,009Rochester, MN: 65,406 personsRochester, MN65,406Bloomington, MN: 47,516 personsBloomington, MN47,516Duluth, MN: 44,863 personsDuluth, MN44,863Brooklyn Park, MN: 43,856 personsBrooklyn Park, MN43,856Plymouth, MN: 42,910 personsPlymouth, MN42,910Woodbury, MN: 42,701 personsWoodbury, MN42,701Lakeville, MN: 40,950 personsLakeville, MN40,950Maple Grove, MN: 39,471 personsMaple Grove, MN39,471Eagan, MN: 38,367 personsEagan, MN38,367Blaine, MN: 36,873 personsBlaine, MN36,873St. Cloud, MN: 35,311 personsSt. Cloud, MN35,311Coon Rapids, MN: 34,451 personsCoon Rapids, MN34,451Burnsville, MN: 34,229 personsBurnsville, MN34,229Eden Prairie, MN: 33,800 personsEden Prairie, MN33,800St. Louis Park, MN: 30,072 personsSt. Louis Park, MN30,072Apple Valley, MN: 28,695 personsApple Valley, MN28,695Minnetonka, MN: 28,596 personsMinnetonka, MN28,596Shakopee, MN: 26,036 personsShakopee, MN26,036Edina, MN: 25,570 personsEdina, MN25,570Mankato, MN: 25,567 personsMankato, MN25,567Moorhead, MN: 23,721 personsMoorhead, MN23,721Cottage Grove, MN: 21,886 personsCottage Grove, MN21,886Maplewood, MN: 20,597 personsMaplewood, MN20,597Richfield, MN: 20,468 personsRichfield, MN20,468Inver Grove Heights, MN: 19,881 personsInver Grove Heights, MN19,881Savage, MN: 18,949 personsSavage, MN18,949Andover, MN: 18,000 personsAndover, MN18,000Roseville, MN: 17,963 personsRoseville, MN17,963Chaska, MN: 16,044 personsChaska, MN16,044Brooklyn Center, MN: 15,924 personsBrooklyn Center, MN15,924Fridley, MN: 15,772 personsFridley, MN15,772Prior Lake, MN: 15,641 personsPrior Lake, MN15,641Ramsey, MN: 14,954 personsRamsey, MN14,954Rosemount, MN: 14,948 personsRosemount, MN14,948Winona, MN: 14,804 personsWinona, MN14,804Elk River, MN: 14,313 personsElk River, MN14,313Oakdale, MN: 14,284 personsOakdale, MN14,284Chanhassen, MN: 13,623 personsChanhassen, MN13,623Shoreview, MN: 13,142 personsShoreview, MN13,142Champlin, MN: 12,982 personsChamplin, MN12,982Austin, MN: 12,175 personsAustin, MN12,175Owatonna, MN: 12,069 personsOwatonna, MN12,069White Bear Lake, MN: 11,667 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN11,667
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022
persons		Change on 2021
1Minneapolis, MN242,439+1.3%
2St. Paul, MN161,009+1.7%
3Rochester, MN65,406+1%
4Bloomington, MN47,516+0.7%
5Duluth, MN44,863+1.6%
6Brooklyn Park, MN43,856+1.3%
7Plymouth, MN42,910+1.2%
8Woodbury, MN42,701+4.6%
9Lakeville, MN40,950+5.3%
10Maple Grove, MN39,471+2.6%
11Eagan, MN38,367+1%
12Blaine, MN36,873+3.7%
13St. Cloud, MN35,311+1.8%
14Coon Rapids, MN34,451+1.6%
15Burnsville, MN34,229+2.6%
16Eden Prairie, MN33,800+1.6%
17St. Louis Park, MN30,072+1.8%
18Apple Valley, MN28,695+1.9%
19Minnetonka, MN28,596+1.4%
20Shakopee, MN26,036+4.8%
21Edina, MN25,570+0.9%
22Mankato, MN25,567+3.2%
23Moorhead, MN23,721+1.2%
24Cottage Grove, MN21,886+5.4%
25Maplewood, MN20,597+0.3%
26Richfield, MN20,468+3.1%
27Inver Grove Heights, MN19,881+3%
28Savage, MN18,949+2.3%
29Andover, MN18,000+2.6%
30Roseville, MN17,963+1.8%
31Chaska, MN16,044+3.3%
32Brooklyn Center, MN15,924+0.5%
33Fridley, MN15,772+2.4%
34Prior Lake, MN15,641+2.7%
35Ramsey, MN14,954+3.2%
36Rosemount, MN14,948+4.4%
37Winona, MN14,804+1.9%
38Elk River, MN14,313+4.5%
39Oakdale, MN14,284+1.9%
40Chanhassen, MN13,623+3.2%
41Shoreview, MN13,142+2.5%
42Champlin, MN12,982+1.2%
43Austin, MN12,175+1%
44Owatonna, MN12,069-5%
45White Bear Lake, MN11,667+0.4%

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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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, 2022 [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=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Minneapolis, MN, with 242,439 in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

White Bear Lake, MN, with 11,667 in 2022.

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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