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<br />DAHLEN & DWYER, INC. <br /> <br /> <br />Largest Minnesota Employers <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />The following chart lists the largest Minnesota employers ranked by number of <br />Minnesota Employees. <br /> <br />LARGEST MINNESOTA EMPLOYERS <br /> <br />RANK EMPLOYER # of EMPLOYEES YEAR FOUNDED <br />1 State of Minnesota 45,379 1858 <br />2 U.S. Government 34,178 1776 <br />3 Dayton Hudson Corp. 28,544 1902 <br />4 University of Minnesota 25,300 1851 <br />5 3M Company 20,915 1902 <br />6 Allina Hea1th System 19,381 1993 <br />7 Northwest Airlines Corp. 18,300 1926 <br />8 Mayo Foundation 16,814 1919 <br />9 Norwest Corp. 11,175 1929 <br />10 Hennepin County 10,263 1852 <br />1 1 War-Mart Stores, Inc. 8,446 1962 <br />12 Special School District # 1-Mpls 7,825 1960 <br />13 Health Partners 7 ,800 1992 <br />14 Fairview Health System 7,376 1905 <br />15 Honeywell, Inc. 7 , 1 00 1927 <br />16 First Bank System, Inc. 7 ,086 1929 <br />17 Fingerhut Cas. 6,821 1978 <br />18 Evangelicallutheran Good Samaritan 6,153 1922 <br />19 US West Communications-MN 6, 1 00 1984 <br />20 Northern States Power Co. 5,961 1909 <br /> <br />Source: City Business, August 30, 1996 <br />J <br /> <br /> <br />12 <br />