Nearly 290,000 people live in the St. Cloud Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), according to the City of St. Cloud.

Many companies call the St. Cloud MSA home. Here are the top 20 biggest employers:

St Cloud Hospital/CentraCare Health	6,334
State of Minnesota*	1,930
St. Cloud VA Health Care System	1,915
St. Cloud Area School District #742	1,852
Coborn's, Inc.	1,384
Pilgrim's-formerly GNP Company	1,250
Stearns County	955
College St. Benedict/St. John's University	935
Electrolux North America,Inc.	825
New Flyer of America	763
Knife River Corporation - North Central	700
Capital One 360	695
Bernick's	680
Sherburne County	678
Sauk Rapids-Rice School District #47	649
City of St. Cloud	608
Coldspring	606
Alltran	597
Sartell-St.Stephen School District #748	500
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services	490

*Includes St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud Technical & Community College, St. Cloud Correctional Facility & MnDOT.

The St. Cloud Area Chamber notes that St. Cloud has earned various recognitions as a great place to work, including being listed among the “Top 10 Mid-sized Cities in the Nation for Small Businesses” by Entrepreneur magazine and 2010 Top 200 list of “Best Small Cities for Business and Careers" by Forbes.