| 1 | UnitedHealth Group | 25 | 75,431.0 | Minnetonka | | 2 | Target | 31 | 63,367.0 | Minneapolis | | 3 | Supervalu | 62 | 37,406.0 | Eden Prairie | | 4 | Best Buy | 66 | 35,934.0 | Richfield | | 5 | Travelers Cos. | 93 | 26,017.0 | St. Paul | | 6 | 3M | 100 | 24,462.0 | St. Paul | | 7 | U.S. Bancorp | 122 | 20,308.0 | Minneapolis | | 8 | CHS | 145 | 17,216.0 | Inver Grove Heights | | 9 | Northwest Airlines | 213 | 12,528.0 | Eagan | | 10 | General Mills | 214 | 12,442.0 | Minneapolis | | 11 | Medtronic | 217 | 12,299.0 | Minneapolis | | 12 | Xcel Energy | 260 | 10,034.2 | Minneapolis | | 13 | Land O'Lakes | 294 | 8,924.9 | Arden Hills | | 14 | Ameriprise Financial | 296 | 8,909.0 | Minneapolis | | 15 | C.H. Robinson Worldwide | 341 | 7,316.2 | Eden Prairie | | 16 | Hormel Foods | 390 | 6,193.0 | Austin | | 17 | Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | 398 | 6,132.6 | Minneapolis | | 18 | Mosaic | 422 | 5,773.7 | Plymouth | | 19 | Ecolab | 438 | 5,469.6 | St. Paul | | 20 | Nash-Finch | 504 | 4,532.6 | Minneapolis | | 21 | PepsiAmericas | 508 | 4,479.5 | Minneapolis | | 22 | St. Jude Medical | 574 | 3,779.3 | St. Paul | | 23 | Alliant Techsystems | 594 | 3,564.9 | Edina | | 24 | Pentair | 613 | 3,398.7 | Golden Valley | | 25 | Valspar | 634 | 3,249.3 | Minneapolis | | 26 | Securian Financial Group | 700 | 2,852.2 | St. Paul | | 27 | Patterson | 710 | 2,798.4 | St. Paul | | 28 | Regis | 747 | 2,626.6 | Edina | | 29 | Imation | 877 | 2,062.0 | Oakdale | | 30 | Fastenal | 878 | 2,061.8 | Winona | | 31 | Donaldson | 915 | 1,918.8 | Minneapolis | | 32 | Toro | 924 | 1,876.9 | Bloomington | | 33 | Polaris Industries | 948 | 1,780.0 | Medina |
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From the May 5, 2008 issue
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