What You Have Heard About Rochester Minnesota Is True!

Milken Institute's Study of America's High-Tech Economy ranked Rochester as having the highest concentration of high-tech businesses in the United States.

Money magazine has selected Rochester as America's best place to live three times.

American City Business Journal ranked Olmsted County, which includes the city of Rochester, as second out of 3,141 counties and independent cities across the nation as having the best quality of life.

Rochester Metropolitan Statistical Area

(Includes Olmsted, Wabasha & Dodge Counties)

2006 Population - 180,280
2007 Median age - 36.19
2007 Total Employment - 109,085
2007 Unemployment Rate - 3.9%
2007 Per Capita Income - 38,973
2007 Total Commercial & Residential Permits - 10,559

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