Editing Hennepin County, Minnesota (section)

===Major companies and employers===
As the economic center of Minnesota and the Upper Midwest, Hennepin County is home to many major companies in a diverse section of industries. As of the 2018 estimate, there are twelve Fortune 500 companies headquartered in Hennepin County, five of which are located in Minneapolis.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Fortune 500 Companies in Hennepin County<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fortune.com/fortune500/list/filtered?statename=Minnesota|title=Fortune 500 Companies 2018: Who Made the List|website=Fortune|access-date=November 15, 2018}}</ref>
!Company Name
!National Rank
!Revenue ($millions),
2018 Estimate
!Headquarters City
!Industry
|-
|[[UnitedHealth Group]]
|5
|201,159
|[[Minnetonka, Minnesota|Minnetonka]]
|[[Managed care|Managed Healthcare]]
|-
|[[Target Corporation|Target]]
|39
|71,879
|[[Minneapolis]]
|General Retailing
|-
|[[Best Buy]]
|72
|42,151
|[[Richfield, Minnesota|Richfield]]
|Electronics Retailing
|-
|[[U.S. Bancorp]]
|122
|23,996
|[[Minneapolis]]
|Banking and Finance
|-
|[[SuperValu (United States)|SuperValu]]
|180
|16,009
|[[Eden Prairie, Minnesota|Eden Prairie]]
|Food Distribution and Retailing
|-
|[[General Mills]]
|182
|15,619.8
|[[Golden Valley, Minnesota|Golden Valley]]
|Food Processing
|-
|[[C. H. Robinson|C.H. Robinson]]
|193
|14,869.4
|[[Eden Prairie, Minnesota|Eden Prairie]]
|Transportation
|-
|[[Ameriprise Financial]]
|252
|12,075
|[[Minneapolis]]
|Financial Services
|-
|[[Xcel Energy]]
|266
|11,404
|[[Minneapolis]]
|Electricity and Natural Gas Utility
|-
|[[Thrivent Financial]]
|343
|8,527.9
|[[Minneapolis]]
|Financial Services
|-
|[[The Mosaic Company|Mosaic]]
|382
|7,409.4
|[[Plymouth, Minnesota|Plymouth]]
|Fertilizer Manufacturing
|-
|[[Polaris Industries|Polaris]]
|496
|5,504.8
|[[Medina, Minnesota|Medina]]
|Snowmobile Manufacturing
|}
[[File:Tree Map of Employment by Industries in Hennepin County, Mn (2015).svg|alt=From 2014 to 2015, employment in Hennepin County, MN grew at a rate of 2.61%, from 664,619 employees to 681,944 employees. The most common employment sectors for those who live in Hennepin County, MN, are Healthcare & Social Assistance, Manufacturing, and Retail trade. This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Hennepin County, MN, though some of these residents may live in Hennepin County, MN and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.|thumb|390x390px|Tree Map of Employment by Industries in Hennepin County (2015)]]
Hennepin County is also home to several major private companies such as [[Carlson Companies|Carlson]] and [[Cargill]], both located in Minnetonka, the latter of which is the largest privately owned company in the United States.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/largest-private-companies/list/#tab:rank|title=America's Largest Private Companies|work=Forbes|access-date=November 15, 2018}}</ref>

Along with these major companies, Hennepin County also contains several large employers, as listed below. According to the 2016 [[American Community Survey]], the largest overall industries in Hennepin County are healthcare and social assistance (96,511 workers), manufacturing (80,324), and retail trade (75,861).<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://datausa.io/profile/geo/hennepin-county-mn/|title=Hennepin County, MN|work=Data USA|access-date=November 26, 2018}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Largest employers in Hennepin County<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.careerinfonet.org/oview6.asp?stfips=27&Level=State1|title=America's Career InfoNet: Largest Employers|last=Team|first=XPAND Corporation: America's Career InfoNet Development|website=www.careerinfonet.org|access-date=November 26, 2018}}</ref>
!Employer
!Number of employees
!Industry
|-
|[[University of Minnesota]]
|18,000
|Education
|-
|[[Target Corporation|Target Stores Inc]]
|10,000
|Retail
|-
|Pharmacy at [[Park Nicollet]]
|9,000
|Healthcare
|-
|Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
|8,200
|Healthcare
|-
|Park Nicollet Clinic
|8,000
|Healthcare
|-
|[[M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center]]
|8,000
|Healthcare
|-
|[[M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital]]
|7,658
|Healthcare
|-
|[[Ameriprise Financial|Ameriprise Financial Inc]]
|7,000
|Financial Services
|-
|Park Nicollet Urgent Care
|7,000
|Healthcare
|-
|[[Best Buy|Best Buy Inc]]
|6,000
|Electronics Retail
|}