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Cities in Minnesota by employed residents

Minneapolis, MN had the highest employed residents of 45 cities in 2023, at 245,182. White Bear Lake, MN had the lowest, at 11,604. The median was 23,904. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest245,182Minneapolis, MN
Lowest11,604White Bear Lake, MN
Median23,90445 cities

All cities, 2023

Minneapolis, MN: 245,182 personsMinneapolis, MN245,182St. Paul, MN: 161,351 personsSt. Paul, MN161,351Rochester, MN: 66,077 personsRochester, MN66,077Bloomington, MN: 47,510 personsBloomington, MN47,510Duluth, MN: 45,543 personsDuluth, MN45,543Brooklyn Park, MN: 43,337 personsBrooklyn Park, MN43,337Woodbury, MN: 43,317 personsWoodbury, MN43,317Plymouth, MN: 42,508 personsPlymouth, MN42,508Lakeville, MN: 41,999 personsLakeville, MN41,999Maple Grove, MN: 40,025 personsMaple Grove, MN40,025Eagan, MN: 38,387 personsEagan, MN38,387Blaine, MN: 38,003 personsBlaine, MN38,003St. Cloud, MN: 36,025 personsSt. Cloud, MN36,025Coon Rapids, MN: 34,841 personsCoon Rapids, MN34,841Burnsville, MN: 34,765 personsBurnsville, MN34,765Eden Prairie, MN: 33,762 personsEden Prairie, MN33,762St. Louis Park, MN: 30,723 personsSt. Louis Park, MN30,723Apple Valley, MN: 28,728 personsApple Valley, MN28,728Minnetonka, MN: 28,663 personsMinnetonka, MN28,663Shakopee, MN: 26,959 personsShakopee, MN26,959Mankato, MN: 26,316 personsMankato, MN26,316Edina, MN: 26,115 personsEdina, MN26,115Moorhead, MN: 23,904 personsMoorhead, MN23,904Cottage Grove, MN: 22,476 personsCottage Grove, MN22,476Maplewood, MN: 20,668 personsMaplewood, MN20,668Richfield, MN: 20,401 personsRichfield, MN20,401Inver Grove Heights, MN: 20,164 personsInver Grove Heights, MN20,164Savage, MN: 19,039 personsSavage, MN19,039Andover, MN: 18,126 personsAndover, MN18,126Roseville, MN: 17,970 personsRoseville, MN17,970Chaska, MN: 16,509 personsChaska, MN16,509Fridley, MN: 15,739 personsFridley, MN15,739Brooklyn Center, MN: 15,722 personsBrooklyn Center, MN15,722Prior Lake, MN: 15,606 personsPrior Lake, MN15,606Rosemount, MN: 15,273 personsRosemount, MN15,273Ramsey, MN: 15,104 personsRamsey, MN15,104Winona, MN: 14,963 personsWinona, MN14,963Elk River, MN: 14,658 personsElk River, MN14,658Oakdale, MN: 14,529 personsOakdale, MN14,529Chanhassen, MN: 13,498 personsChanhassen, MN13,498Shoreview, MN: 13,077 personsShoreview, MN13,077Champlin, MN: 12,886 personsChamplin, MN12,886Austin, MN: 12,485 personsAustin, MN12,485Owatonna, MN: 12,005 personsOwatonna, MN12,005White Bear Lake, MN: 11,604 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN11,604Minneapolis, MN: 245,182 personsMinneapolis, MN245,182St. Paul, MN: 161,351 personsSt. Paul, MN161,351Rochester, MN: 66,077 personsRochester, MN66,077Bloomington, MN: 47,510 personsBloomington, MN47,510Duluth, MN: 45,543 personsDuluth, MN45,543Brooklyn Park, MN: 43,337 personsBrooklyn Park, MN43,337Woodbury, MN: 43,317 personsWoodbury, MN43,317Plymouth, MN: 42,508 personsPlymouth, MN42,508Lakeville, MN: 41,999 personsLakeville, MN41,999Maple Grove, MN: 40,025 personsMaple Grove, MN40,025Eagan, MN: 38,387 personsEagan, MN38,387Blaine, MN: 38,003 personsBlaine, MN38,003St. Cloud, MN: 36,025 personsSt. Cloud, MN36,025Coon Rapids, MN: 34,841 personsCoon Rapids, MN34,841Burnsville, MN: 34,765 personsBurnsville, MN34,765Eden Prairie, MN: 33,762 personsEden Prairie, MN33,762St. Louis Park, MN: 30,723 personsSt. Louis Park, MN30,723Apple Valley, MN: 28,728 personsApple Valley, MN28,728Minnetonka, MN: 28,663 personsMinnetonka, MN28,663Shakopee, MN: 26,959 personsShakopee, MN26,959Mankato, MN: 26,316 personsMankato, MN26,316Edina, MN: 26,115 personsEdina, MN26,115Moorhead, MN: 23,904 personsMoorhead, MN23,904Cottage Grove, MN: 22,476 personsCottage Grove, MN22,476Maplewood, MN: 20,668 personsMaplewood, MN20,668Richfield, MN: 20,401 personsRichfield, MN20,401Inver Grove Heights, MN: 20,164 personsInver Grove Heights, MN20,164Savage, MN: 19,039 personsSavage, MN19,039Andover, MN: 18,126 personsAndover, MN18,126Roseville, MN: 17,970 personsRoseville, MN17,970Chaska, MN: 16,509 personsChaska, MN16,509Fridley, MN: 15,739 personsFridley, MN15,739Brooklyn Center, MN: 15,722 personsBrooklyn Center, MN15,722Prior Lake, MN: 15,606 personsPrior Lake, MN15,606Rosemount, MN: 15,273 personsRosemount, MN15,273Ramsey, MN: 15,104 personsRamsey, MN15,104Winona, MN: 14,963 personsWinona, MN14,963Elk River, MN: 14,658 personsElk River, MN14,658Oakdale, MN: 14,529 personsOakdale, MN14,529Chanhassen, MN: 13,498 personsChanhassen, MN13,498Shoreview, MN: 13,077 personsShoreview, MN13,077Champlin, MN: 12,886 personsChamplin, MN12,886Austin, MN: 12,485 personsAustin, MN12,485Owatonna, MN: 12,005 personsOwatonna, MN12,005White Bear Lake, MN: 11,604 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN11,604
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023
persons		Change on 2022
1Minneapolis, MN245,182+1.1%
2St. Paul, MN161,351+0.2%
3Rochester, MN66,077+1%
4Bloomington, MN47,510-0%
5Duluth, MN45,543+1.5%
6Brooklyn Park, MN43,337-1.2%
7Woodbury, MN43,317+1.4%
8Plymouth, MN42,508-0.9%
9Lakeville, MN41,999+2.6%
10Maple Grove, MN40,025+1.4%
11Eagan, MN38,387+0.1%
12Blaine, MN38,003+3.1%
13St. Cloud, MN36,025+2%
14Coon Rapids, MN34,841+1.1%
15Burnsville, MN34,765+1.6%
16Eden Prairie, MN33,762-0.1%
17St. Louis Park, MN30,723+2.2%
18Apple Valley, MN28,728+0.1%
19Minnetonka, MN28,663+0.2%
20Shakopee, MN26,959+3.5%
21Mankato, MN26,316+2.9%
22Edina, MN26,115+2.1%
23Moorhead, MN23,904+0.8%
24Cottage Grove, MN22,476+2.7%
25Maplewood, MN20,668+0.3%
26Richfield, MN20,401-0.3%
27Inver Grove Heights, MN20,164+1.4%
28Savage, MN19,039+0.5%
29Andover, MN18,126+0.7%
30Roseville, MN17,9700%
31Chaska, MN16,509+2.9%
32Fridley, MN15,739-0.2%
33Brooklyn Center, MN15,722-1.3%
34Prior Lake, MN15,606-0.2%
35Rosemount, MN15,273+2.2%
36Ramsey, MN15,104+1%
37Winona, MN14,963+1.1%
38Elk River, MN14,658+2.4%
39Oakdale, MN14,529+1.7%
40Chanhassen, MN13,498-0.9%
41Shoreview, MN13,077-0.5%
42Champlin, MN12,886-0.7%
43Austin, MN12,485+2.5%
44Owatonna, MN12,005-0.5%
45White Bear Lake, MN11,604-0.5%

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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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, 2023. 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=2023.

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, 2023 [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=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Minneapolis, MN, with 245,182 in 2023, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

White Bear Lake, MN, with 11,604 in 2023.

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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