# Cities in Minnesota by unemployed people, 2025

All 45 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployed_persons`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, annual average. 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.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/minnesota-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Minneapolis, MN | 9,350 |
| 2 | St. Paul, MN | 6,312 |
| 3 | Rochester, MN | 2,140 |
| 4 | Brooklyn Park, MN | 1,825 |
| 5 | Bloomington, MN | 1,802 |
| 6 | St. Cloud, MN | 1,656 |
| 7 | Duluth, MN | 1,638 |
| 8 | Blaine, MN | 1,494 |
| 9 | Plymouth, MN | 1,443 |
| 10 | Coon Rapids, MN | 1,416 |
| 11 | Lakeville, MN | 1,379 |
| 12 | Woodbury, MN | 1,371 |
| 13 | Maple Grove, MN | 1,369 |
| 14 | Burnsville, MN | 1,348 |
| 15 | Eagan, MN | 1,322 |
| 16 | Eden Prairie, MN | 1,153 |
| 17 | Apple Valley, MN | 1,053 |
| 18 | St. Louis Park, MN | 1,028 |
| 19 | Minnetonka, MN | 1,001 |
| 20 | Shakopee, MN | 993 |
| 21 | Maplewood, MN | 902 |
| 22 | Mankato, MN | 875 |
| 23 | Edina, MN | 873 |
| 24 | Cottage Grove, MN | 805 |
| 25 | Brooklyn Center, MN | 778 |
| 26 | Inver Grove Heights, MN | 770 |
| 27 | Moorhead, MN | 757 |
| 28 | Richfield, MN | 719 |
| 29 | Fridley, MN | 692 |
| 30 | Roseville, MN | 690 |
| 31 | Andover, MN | 651 |
| 32 | Oakdale, MN | 650 |
| 33 | Ramsey, MN | 615 |
| 34 | Savage, MN | 608 |
| 35 | Owatonna, MN | 594 |
| 36 | Chaska, MN | 582 |
| 37 | Elk River, MN | 570 |
| 38 | Rosemount, MN | 559 |
| 39 | White Bear Lake, MN | 521 |
| 40 | Prior Lake, MN | 513 |
| 41 | Winona, MN | 487 |
| 42 | Austin, MN | 484 |
| 43 | Shoreview, MN | 478 |
| 44 | Champlin, MN | 477 |
| 45 | Chanhassen, MN | 455 |