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Major Employers <br />Approximate <br />Number <br />Employer Product/Service of Employees <br />Independent School District No. 728 <br /> (Elk River) Education 2,100 <br />Sherburne County County government 697 <br />Guardian Angels Care CenterSkilled nursing facility374 <br />Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.Retail store354 <br />Coborn’s (Elk River/Big Lake/Princeton) Grocery store 265 <br />Great River Energy Electric power distributor210 <br />Cornerstone Auto Group Automobile Dealership200 <br />Sportech, Inc. Thermoformed plastic products 185 <br />Menards Retail home improvement173 <br />Emerson Processing Management <br /> (Tescom Corporation) Pressure control devices/industrial valves 170 <br />City of Elk RiverCity government 149 <br />First National Financial ServicesFinancial services142 <br />Morrell CompaniesFreight trucking112 <br />Avalon Home Care Home health110 <br />E&O Tools & Plastics, Inc. Plastic injection molding manufacturer110 <br />Cretex, Inc Precast concrete products109 <br />The Bank of Elk River Financial services107 <br />Metal CraftSurgical & medical instruments105 <br />Cub Foods Grocery store 100 <br />Home DepotLumber and home improvement100 <br />Alltool Pinnacle Design & ManufacturingMetal stampings99 <br />Source:This does not purport to be a comprehensive list and is based on a November 2020 telephone survey of <br />individual employers and Sherburne County, https://www.co.sherburne.mn.us/246/Major-Industries- <br />Employers. Some employers do not respond to inquiries. <br />Labor Force Data <br />Annual Average January <br />2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 <br />Labor Force: <br /> Sherburne County 51,363 51,700 52,364 51,780 51,168 <br />State of Minnesota 3,057,358 3,071,433 3,109,647 3,094,701 2,985,747 <br />Unemployment Rate: <br /> Sherburne County 3.7% 3.2% 3.6% 5.8% 5.9% <br />State of Minnesota 3.4 2.93.26.25.1 <br />Source:Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, <br />https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/laus/. 2020 data are preliminary. <br />- 29 - <br />294 <br />