Editing Windom, Minnesota (section)

==Economy==
On December 1, 1987, Windom adopted the Minnesota "Star City" program to promote economic development and pursue the "Star City" designation.<ref>City of Windom Resolution #83-87</ref><ref name="90-09">City of Windom Resolution #90-09</ref> The city received the designation in August 1988.<ref name="90-09" />

Windom's largest employers are [[The Toro Company|Toro]], Windom Public Schools-ISD 177, and Fortune Transportation with 600, 176, and 175 employees respectively.<ref name="Community Profile">{{cite web|title=City of Windom|url=http://67.20.109.56/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/CommunityProfile.pdf|work=Community Profile|publisher=Economic Development Authority of Windom|access-date=6 June 2012}}</ref> Windom is home to one of eight Toro manufacturing facilities.<ref>{{cite web|title=NORTH AMERICA|url=http://www.thetorocompany.com/careers/careers_our_locations.html|publisher=The Toro Company|access-date=12 July 2012}}</ref> It is also the headquarters of Big Game Treestands.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dealer Services|url=http://www.biggametreestands.com/dealer-service.html?divider=no|publisher=Big Game Treestands|access-date=July 12, 2012}}</ref>

Windom has a labor force of 2,378, of whom 2,295 are employed; 85 are unemployed, creating an unemployment rate of 3.5%.<ref name="Economic characteristics">{{cite web|title=Selected Economic Characteristics 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_5YR_DP03&prodType=table|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212213253/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_5YR_DP03&prodType=table|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 12, 2020|work=American FactFinder|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=June 6, 2012}}</ref> The largest industries are educational services, health care and social assistance, with 26.3% of the employed population, and manufacturing, with 18.6% of the employed population.<ref name="Economic characteristics" />