Manufacturing in Stearns County, Minnesota

Stearns, Minnesota covers the 11 of 21 manufacturing subsectors BLS publishes, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ 2024 data. The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 241 establishments and an annual payroll of about $0.7 billion in Stearns, Minnesota in 2024. Listed in the register, there are 261 facilities across 31 cities in Stearns.

SUMMARIZED FROM THE FEDERAL FIGURES ON THIS PAGE

Map, cities and benchmark

Biggest cities

Saint Cloud45 Waite Park31 Saint Cloud25 Melrose18 Saint Joseph18 Cold Spring16 Albany13 Paynesville13 Sauk Centre10 Saint Joseph10 Avon7 Richmond7

Federal labor statistics counted at least 241 manufacturing establishments in Stearns County in 2024, employing about 10,218 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 261.

What Stearns County makes19 INDUSTRIES

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing46 Food Manufacturing35 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing32 Machinery Manufacturing30 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing21 Miscellaneous Manufacturing20 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing17 Printing and Related Support Activities17 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing11 Wood Product Manufacturing10 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing10 Chemical Manufacturing5 Primary Metal Manufacturing5 Paper Manufacturing4 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing3 Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing2 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing1 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing1 Textile Mills1

Bars are drawn against the largest subsector listed; the figure is the facility count in this county. Each row links to that industry across all of Minnesota — the register has no industry page scoped to a county.

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