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Lowest unemployment, Minnesota cities

Minnesota cities ranked by the lowest unemployment rate (2024 ACS). This list covers the 155 cities in Minnesota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 155 is 3.6%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Minnetrista, MN, up 122 places to #32.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2020

01▲6Elko New Market, MNMN5,3000.0%−0.8 pts

02▲8Albertville, MNMN8,5440.2%−0.8 pts

03▼1La Crescent, MNMN5,2610.5%+0.5 pts

04▲90Lake City, MNMN5,3060.6%−3.3 pts

05▲20Morris, MNMN5,1500.6%−1.1 pts

06▲96St. Anthony city (Hennepin and Ramsey Counties), MNMN9,9891.0%−3.1 pts

07▲32Isanti, MNMN7,7141.1%−1.2 pts

08▲4Becker, MNMN5,4251.1%−0.1 pts

09▲7Medina, MNMN7,4601.1%−0.4 pts

10▲9Corcoran, MNMN9,2691.1%−0.5 pts

11▲2Rogers, MNMN15,6061.2%0.0 pts

12▼6Zimmerman, MNMN6,9041.4%+0.7 pts

13▲19Mendota Heights, MNMN11,4751.4%−0.6 pts

14▲17Prior Lake, MNMN28,1401.5%−0.5 pts

15▲101Princeton, MNMN5,4801.6%−2.9 pts

16▲37Elk River, MNMN27,8961.6%−1.0 pts

17▲23Hugo, MNMN17,1671.6%−0.6 pts

18▲37St. Paul Park, MNMN5,3961.7%−1.0 pts

19▲15Otsego, MNMN24,5251.7%−0.4 pts

20▲87Victoria, MNMN12,4471.8%−2.3 pts

21Credit River, MNMN5,6441.9%–

22▲2Dayton, MNMN11,4021.9%+0.1 pts

23▼9Delano, MNMN7,7881.9%+0.6 pts

24▼6Lonsdale, MNMN5,1171.9%+0.5 pts

25▲18St. Peter, MNMN12,2752.0%−0.3 pts

26▲10Lakeville, MNMN79,2702.0%−0.2 pts

27▲6Hermantown, MNMN10,1102.1%+0.1 pts

28▲58Sartell, MNMN19,9182.2%−1.3 pts

29▲12Plymouth, MNMN78,9422.3%0.0 pts

30▲15Lake Elmo, MNMN14,3762.3%−0.1 pts

31▼11Baxter, MNMN9,2172.3%+0.6 pts

32▲122Minnetrista, MNMN9,4582.3%−6.2 pts

33▲112Montevideo, MNMN5,3352.3%−3.4 pts

34▲38St. Francis, MNMN8,6352.4%−0.6 pts

35▲55Crystal, MNMN22,2392.4%−1.3 pts

36▲53New Brighton, MNMN22,1592.5%−1.3 pts

37▲47Winona, MNMN26,5302.7%−0.9 pts

38▲21Thief River Falls, MNMN8,7992.7%−0.1 pts

39▲74North St. Paul, MNMN12,7802.7%−1.7 pts

40▲47Jordan, MNMN6,9882.7%−0.8 pts

41▼11Orono, MNMN8,3012.8%+0.8 pts

42▲18North Mankato, MNMN14,1652.8%−0.1 pts

43▲14New Prague, MNMN8,2382.8%0.0 pts

44▲60Waseca, MNMN9,0352.8%−1.3 pts

45▲17St. Joseph, MNMN6,8462.8%−0.1 pts

46▲89Mounds View, MNMN12,7862.8%−2.4 pts

47▼30Lindstrom, MNMN5,0392.8%+1.3 pts

48▲47Wyoming, MNMN8,1212.8%−1.1 pts

49▼28Andover, MNMN33,8742.8%+1.1 pts

50▼24Litchfield, MNMN6,5282.9%+1.1 pts

51▲7Monticello, MNMN15,6702.9%+0.1 pts

52▲17St. Michael, MNMN22,4982.9%−0.1 pts

53▲1New Ulm, MNMN13,8633.0%+0.3 pts

54▼17Oak Grove, MNMN9,4763.0%+0.7 pts

55▼13Minnetonka, MNMN53,9693.0%+0.7 pts

56▲80Fairmont, MNMN10,0993.1%−2.1 pts

57▲20Apple Valley, MNMN55,2483.1%−0.1 pts

58▼36Chaska, MNMN30,5133.2%+1.4 pts

59▼50Big Lake, MNMN12,9293.2%+2.3 pts

60▼13Chanhassen, MNMN25,7483.2%+0.8 pts

61▼17St. Louis Park, MNMN50,0273.2%+0.8 pts

62▲64Oakdale, MNMN30,5883.2%−1.6 pts

63▼52Redwood Falls, MNMN5,0403.3%+2.2 pts

64▲12Crookston, MNMN7,3753.4%+0.1 pts

65▼17Farmington, MNMN25,4253.4%+1.0 pts

66▼63Glencoe, MNMN5,6323.4%+2.8 pts

67▼39Cambridge, MNMN11,0903.4%+1.5 pts

68▼19Ham Lake, MNMN17,1043.4%+0.9 pts

69▼54Stillwater, MNMN19,3543.5%+2.2 pts

70Rosemount, MNMN31,8813.5%+0.4 pts

71▲2Spring Lake Park, MNMN7,1273.5%+0.3 pts

72▼67Stewartville, MNMN6,8503.5%+2.8 pts

73▼2East Grand Forks, MNMN8,9063.5%+0.4 pts

74▲8East Bethel, MNMN12,6053.5%0.0 pts

75▼19Maple Grove, MNMN73,8933.5%+0.8 pts

76▼8Mahtomedi, MNMN8,1893.5%+0.5 pts

77▼26Champlin, MNMN23,1253.6%+1.0 pts

78▼32Alexandria, MNMN15,0453.6%+1.2 pts

79▲9Owatonna, MNMN26,6333.6%−0.1 pts

80▼15Eden Prairie, MNMN63,0753.6%+0.8 pts

81▼1Inver Grove Heights, MNMN36,8733.6%+0.3 pts

82▼19Cottage Grove, MNMN43,6043.7%+0.8 pts

83▼2Carver, MNMN7,1983.7%+0.3 pts

84▲34Eagan, MNMN67,1093.7%−0.8 pts

85▼2Shakopee, MNMN49,3663.7%+0.3 pts

86▲11Rochester, MNMN124,2923.7%−0.2 pts

87▼35Marshall, MNMN14,1713.7%+1.2 pts

88▼38Worthington, MNMN13,9793.8%+1.3 pts

89▼15Woodbury, MNMN81,5583.9%+0.7 pts

90▼61Kasson, MNMN7,3503.9%+2.0 pts

91▼16Edina, MNMN54,3563.9%+0.7 pts

92▼31Lino Lakes, MNMN23,2204.0%+1.1 pts

93Brooklyn Park, MNMN83,5434.0%+0.1 pts

94▲9Maplewood, MNMN40,7174.0%0.0 pts

95▲27White Bear Lake, MNMN23,3924.0%−0.7 pts

96▲13Hutchinson, MNMN14,6554.0%−0.2 pts

97▼93North Oaks, MNMN5,2834.0%+3.4 pts

98▲50Cloquet, MNMN12,3994.0%−2.3 pts

99▼21North Branch, MNMN12,3984.1%+0.8 pts

100▼9Blaine, MNMN76,6034.2%+0.5 pts

101▲4Shoreview, MNMN26,9064.3%+0.2 pts

102▲28Forest Lake, MNMN20,9524.3%−0.7 pts

103▼2Newport, MNMN5,5254.3%+0.4 pts

104▼25Ramsey, MNMN29,6244.4%+1.0 pts

105▼41Sauk Rapids, MNMN13,7684.4%+1.5 pts

106▼105Byron, MNMN6,7404.4%+4.4 pts

107▼72Waconia, MNMN14,1134.4%+2.3 pts

108▼23Austin, MNMN26,6894.5%+0.9 pts

109▼1Coon Rapids, MNMN64,1934.5%+0.3 pts

110▲29West St. Paul, MNMN21,9504.5%−0.9 pts

111▲4Vadnais Heights, MNMN13,0524.5%+0.1 pts

112▼74Golden Valley, MNMN21,3254.6%+2.3 pts

113▲31Arden Hills, MNMN9,5834.6%−0.9 pts

114▲19Duluth, MNMN88,3304.7%−0.3 pts

115▲10Anoka, MNMN18,1694.8%−0.1 pts

116▼10Bloomington, MNMN89,0344.8%+0.7 pts

117▲35Falcon Heights, MNMN5,0714.8%−3.0 pts

118▲20Willmar, MNMN22,0014.8%−0.4 pts

119▲5Red Wing, MNMN16,8054.9%+0.1 pts

120▲21Northfield, MNMN21,9924.9%−0.5 pts

121▼98Hastings, MNMN22,5634.9%+3.2 pts

122▼3Shorewood, MNMN7,6205.0%+0.4 pts

123▼3Burnsville, MNMN65,2445.0%+0.4 pts

124▼32Moorhead, MNMN46,5335.0%+1.2 pts

125▼27New Hope, MNMN20,8075.0%+1.1 pts

126▲1Bemidji, MNMN15,7705.2%+0.2 pts

127▼100Mound, MNMN9,0645.2%+3.4 pts

128▼120Belle Plaine, MNMN7,6325.3%+4.4 pts

129▲2Grand Rapids, MNMN11,1815.3%+0.3 pts

130▼9Savage, MNMN32,9705.3%+0.7 pts

131▼2Richfield, MNMN36,5935.3%+0.4 pts

132▼4St. Paul, MNMN306,6845.4%+0.4 pts

133▲16Faribault, MNMN25,0405.4%−1.2 pts

134▲9Columbia Heights, MNMN22,4825.5%0.0 pts

135▲15Virginia, MNMN8,1875.6%−1.1 pts

136▼25Albert Lea, MNMN18,2175.7%+1.4 pts

137▲10Brooklyn Center, MNMN31,8465.8%−0.4 pts

138▼72Little Canada, MNMN10,5675.9%+2.9 pts

139▼16South St. Paul, MNMN20,5325.9%+1.1 pts

140▼40Roseville, MNMN35,6635.9%+2.0 pts

141▼4Minneapolis, MNMN430,3245.9%+0.7 pts

142▼2Buffalo, MNMN16,8786.0%+0.6 pts

143▼26Mankato, MNMN46,5296.0%+1.5 pts

144▲7St. Cloud, MNMN72,6476.0%−1.5 pts

145▲1Little Falls, MNMN9,2776.1%+0.4 pts

146▼47Robbinsdale, MNMN14,0306.2%+2.2 pts

147▼51Hibbing, MNMN15,8236.3%+2.4 pts

148▼6Hopkins, MNMN19,5236.4%+1.0 pts

149▼17Fridley, MNMN30,8296.5%+1.5 pts

150▼83Detroit Lakes, MNMN10,0196.8%+3.8 pts

151▼39Fergus Falls, MNMN14,2467.2%+2.9 pts

152▼38Chisago City, MNMN5,9557.5%+3.1 pts

153▼43Waite Park, MNMN8,4507.5%+3.3 pts

154▼1International Falls, MNMN5,4817.7%−0.2 pts

155▼21Brainerd, MNMN14,4289.0%+3.9 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES