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Saint Paul, Minnesota
Saint Paul is the capital and second most populous city in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies on the north bank of the Mississippi River, downstream of the river's confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Minneapolis, the state's largest city. Known as the "Twin Cities", these two cities form the core of Minneapolis-Saint Paul, the sixteenth largest metropolitan area in the United States, with about 3.2 million residents. The city's population at the 2000 census was 287,151. Saint Paul serves as the county seat of Ramsey County, the smallest and most densely populated county in Minnesota. Founded near historic Native American settlements as a trading and transportation center, the city rose to prominence when it was named the capital of the Minnesota Territory in 1849. Though Minneapolis is more nationally recognized, Saint Paul contains important institutions and the state's political activity.
The local economy
The Minneapolis-Saint Paul-Bloomington area employs 1,570,700 people in the private sector as of July 2008, 82.43 percent of which work in private service providing-related jobs.Major corporations headquartered in Saint Paul include The Travelers Companies, a major insurance firm, Ecolab, a chemical and cleaning product company which was named in 2008 by the Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal as the eighth best place to work in the Twin Cites for companies with 1,000 full-time Minnesota employees, Securian Financial Group Inc., Lawson Software, a business software and support company, and Gander Mountain, a retailer of sporting goods which operates 115 stores in 23 states.
The 3M Company is often cited as one of Saint Paul's companies though it is located in adjacent Maplewood, Minnesota. 3M employees 16,000 people throughout Minnesota. St. Jude Medical, a manufacturer of medical devices, is directly across the municipal border of Saint Paul in Little Canada though the companies address is listed in Saint Paul.
Recent Saint Paul business news
Links to recent headlines via Topix.net
See also
- Saint Paul, Minnesota Hub - Links to SmallBusiness.com entries about Saint Paul small business resources
- Minnesota Hub
- Cities in Minnesota Hub
External links
- City of Saint Paul – Official site
- Department of Employment and Economic Development
- Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce
- Midway Chamber of Commerce
- Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA)
- Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry
- Small Business Association (SBA) - Minnesota
- Saint Paul SCORE Chapter for free mentoring
- Metropolitan Economic Development Association (MEDA)
- Working in Saint Paul
