Research Guides: Business Research Guide: Minnesota Resources

Minnesota Business Resources

Business and Industry Links from the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
State's largest and premier business organization, representing more than 2,300 businesses of all types and sizes across Minnesota.
Economic and Business Condition Reports - Minnesota Secretary of State
These reports analyze Minnesota on a regional basis and present customized economic reviews and forecasts based on business filings (incorporations, limited liability companies, non-profits, etc.), and where businesses are being created in the state, labor market conditions (employment, unemployment, job vacancies, etc...

Regional Business News This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text regional business publications for the United States and Canadian provinces.
Star Tribune: 1986-current (text only) This link opens in a new window
Full text access via ProQuest Newspapers. Most recent articles may be delayed up to 24 hours.
St. Paul Pioneer Press This link opens in a new window
Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages and full-text articles from 1988-present.

Twin Cities Business
Provides business news, insight, and analysis through daily online news stories, e-newsletters, a monthly print magazine and live events. You can sign up for a variety of e-newsletters. Limited access as the Library doesn't have a subscription.
Star Tribune Business News
Current issue (limit of 10 articles). Use the library's Star Tribune subscription to access articles (see link above).
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal
Access is limited as the Library doesn't have a subscription to this journal.

Minnesota Compass
Track and analyze trends and data on the topics that impact Minnesotans' quality of life.
Wilder Research
Check their research topics and library for excellent resources. Part of the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation.

Minnesota Quick Facts
From the U.S. Census Bureau.
Minnesota State Demographic Center
Minnesota Department of Employment & Economic Development
Provides data on employment, wages, job growth and more, as well as key economic comparisons between Minnesota and other states.
Atlas of Minnesota
Interactive online maps providing social and economic data for counties in Minnesota. Data includes people, economic vitality, income & poverty, and agriculture. From the Center for Rural Development.
Minnesota Department of Health
Health data and statistics for the state.

Minnesota information on inflation, prices and spending, pay and benefits, and employment,.