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Cities in Minnesota by employed residents

Minneapolis, MN had the highest employed residents of 45 cities in 2024, at 244,467. White Bear Lake, MN had the lowest, at 11,517. The median was 24,119. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest244,467Minneapolis, MN
Lowest11,517White Bear Lake, MN
Median24,11945 cities

All cities, 2024

Minneapolis, MN: 244,467 personsMinneapolis, MN244,467St. Paul, MN: 161,328 personsSt. Paul, MN161,328Rochester, MN: 66,882 personsRochester, MN66,882Bloomington, MN: 47,486 personsBloomington, MN47,486Duluth, MN: 45,736 personsDuluth, MN45,736Woodbury, MN: 43,539 personsWoodbury, MN43,539Brooklyn Park, MN: 43,300 personsBrooklyn Park, MN43,300Lakeville, MN: 42,551 personsLakeville, MN42,551Plymouth, MN: 42,516 personsPlymouth, MN42,516Maple Grove, MN: 40,386 personsMaple Grove, MN40,386Blaine, MN: 38,362 personsBlaine, MN38,362Eagan, MN: 37,915 personsEagan, MN37,915St. Cloud, MN: 36,417 personsSt. Cloud, MN36,417Coon Rapids, MN: 34,747 personsCoon Rapids, MN34,747Burnsville, MN: 34,475 personsBurnsville, MN34,475Eden Prairie, MN: 33,781 personsEden Prairie, MN33,781St. Louis Park, MN: 30,503 personsSt. Louis Park, MN30,503Minnetonka, MN: 28,430 personsMinnetonka, MN28,430Apple Valley, MN: 28,408 personsApple Valley, MN28,408Shakopee, MN: 27,454 personsShakopee, MN27,454Mankato, MN: 26,643 personsMankato, MN26,643Edina, MN: 25,932 personsEdina, MN25,932Moorhead, MN: 24,119 personsMoorhead, MN24,119Cottage Grove, MN: 22,675 personsCottage Grove, MN22,675Maplewood, MN: 20,507 personsMaplewood, MN20,507Richfield, MN: 20,204 personsRichfield, MN20,204Inver Grove Heights, MN: 20,031 personsInver Grove Heights, MN20,031Savage, MN: 18,834 personsSavage, MN18,834Andover, MN: 18,139 personsAndover, MN18,139Roseville, MN: 17,843 personsRoseville, MN17,843Chaska, MN: 17,060 personsChaska, MN17,060Rosemount, MN: 16,764 personsRosemount, MN16,764Fridley, MN: 15,862 personsFridley, MN15,862Brooklyn Center, MN: 15,573 personsBrooklyn Center, MN15,573Oakdale, MN: 15,538 personsOakdale, MN15,538Prior Lake, MN: 15,481 personsPrior Lake, MN15,481Ramsey, MN: 15,194 personsRamsey, MN15,194Winona, MN: 15,092 personsWinona, MN15,092Elk River, MN: 14,686 personsElk River, MN14,686Chanhassen, MN: 13,326 personsChanhassen, MN13,326Shoreview, MN: 13,193 personsShoreview, MN13,193Champlin, MN: 12,847 personsChamplin, MN12,847Austin, MN: 12,663 personsAustin, MN12,663Owatonna, MN: 12,105 personsOwatonna, MN12,105White Bear Lake, MN: 11,517 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN11,517Minneapolis, MN: 244,467 personsMinneapolis, MN244,467St. Paul, MN: 161,328 personsSt. Paul, MN161,328Rochester, MN: 66,882 personsRochester, MN66,882Bloomington, MN: 47,486 personsBloomington, MN47,486Duluth, MN: 45,736 personsDuluth, MN45,736Woodbury, MN: 43,539 personsWoodbury, MN43,539Brooklyn Park, MN: 43,300 personsBrooklyn Park, MN43,300Lakeville, MN: 42,551 personsLakeville, MN42,551Plymouth, MN: 42,516 personsPlymouth, MN42,516Maple Grove, MN: 40,386 personsMaple Grove, MN40,386Blaine, MN: 38,362 personsBlaine, MN38,362Eagan, MN: 37,915 personsEagan, MN37,915St. Cloud, MN: 36,417 personsSt. Cloud, MN36,417Coon Rapids, MN: 34,747 personsCoon Rapids, MN34,747Burnsville, MN: 34,475 personsBurnsville, MN34,475Eden Prairie, MN: 33,781 personsEden Prairie, MN33,781St. Louis Park, MN: 30,503 personsSt. Louis Park, MN30,503Minnetonka, MN: 28,430 personsMinnetonka, MN28,430Apple Valley, MN: 28,408 personsApple Valley, MN28,408Shakopee, MN: 27,454 personsShakopee, MN27,454Mankato, MN: 26,643 personsMankato, MN26,643Edina, MN: 25,932 personsEdina, MN25,932Moorhead, MN: 24,119 personsMoorhead, MN24,119Cottage Grove, MN: 22,675 personsCottage Grove, MN22,675Maplewood, MN: 20,507 personsMaplewood, MN20,507Richfield, MN: 20,204 personsRichfield, MN20,204Inver Grove Heights, MN: 20,031 personsInver Grove Heights, MN20,031Savage, MN: 18,834 personsSavage, MN18,834Andover, MN: 18,139 personsAndover, MN18,139Roseville, MN: 17,843 personsRoseville, MN17,843Chaska, MN: 17,060 personsChaska, MN17,060Rosemount, MN: 16,764 personsRosemount, MN16,764Fridley, MN: 15,862 personsFridley, MN15,862Brooklyn Center, MN: 15,573 personsBrooklyn Center, MN15,573Oakdale, MN: 15,538 personsOakdale, MN15,538Prior Lake, MN: 15,481 personsPrior Lake, MN15,481Ramsey, MN: 15,194 personsRamsey, MN15,194Winona, MN: 15,092 personsWinona, MN15,092Elk River, MN: 14,686 personsElk River, MN14,686Chanhassen, MN: 13,326 personsChanhassen, MN13,326Shoreview, MN: 13,193 personsShoreview, MN13,193Champlin, MN: 12,847 personsChamplin, MN12,847Austin, MN: 12,663 personsAustin, MN12,663Owatonna, MN: 12,105 personsOwatonna, MN12,105White Bear Lake, MN: 11,517 personsWhite Bear Lake, MN11,517
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024
persons		Change on 2023
1Minneapolis, MN244,467-0.3%
2St. Paul, MN161,328-0%
3Rochester, MN66,882+1.2%
4Bloomington, MN47,486-0.1%
5Duluth, MN45,736+0.4%
6Woodbury, MN43,539+0.5%
7Brooklyn Park, MN43,300-0.1%
8Lakeville, MN42,551+1.3%
9Plymouth, MN42,5160%
10Maple Grove, MN40,386+0.9%
11Blaine, MN38,362+0.9%
12Eagan, MN37,915-1.2%
13St. Cloud, MN36,417+1.1%
14Coon Rapids, MN34,747-0.3%
15Burnsville, MN34,475-0.8%
16Eden Prairie, MN33,781+0.1%
17St. Louis Park, MN30,503-0.7%
18Minnetonka, MN28,430-0.8%
19Apple Valley, MN28,408-1.1%
20Shakopee, MN27,454+1.8%
21Mankato, MN26,643+1.2%
22Edina, MN25,932-0.7%
23Moorhead, MN24,119+0.9%
24Cottage Grove, MN22,675+0.9%
25Maplewood, MN20,507-0.8%
26Richfield, MN20,204-1%
27Inver Grove Heights, MN20,031-0.7%
28Savage, MN18,834-1.1%
29Andover, MN18,139+0.1%
30Roseville, MN17,843-0.7%
31Chaska, MN17,060+3.3%
32Rosemount, MN16,764+9.8%
33Fridley, MN15,862+0.8%
34Brooklyn Center, MN15,573-0.9%
35Oakdale, MN15,538+6.9%
36Prior Lake, MN15,481-0.8%
37Ramsey, MN15,194+0.6%
38Winona, MN15,092+0.9%
39Elk River, MN14,686+0.2%
40Chanhassen, MN13,326-1.3%
41Shoreview, MN13,193+0.9%
42Champlin, MN12,847-0.3%
43Austin, MN12,663+1.4%
44Owatonna, MN12,105+0.8%
45White Bear Lake, MN11,517-0.7%

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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

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, 2024 [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=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Minneapolis, MN, with 244,467 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

White Bear Lake, MN, with 11,517 in 2024.

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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