The 10 Most Common Jobs in Minnesota 155 Years Ago

If you had to guess, what do you think are the most common jobs in the Land of 10,000 Lakes right now? It's probably jobs like a cashier, or maybe something in manufacturing. I would take a gander and say our most common jobs at the moment are jobs that do a lot of work behind the scenes.

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Minnesota's Most In-Demand Jobs

Earlier this year, Dunken wrote an article on our site about the most in-demand jobs in Minnesota currently. Those jobs include:

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

Registered Nurse

and Retail Sales

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But let's hop in the time machine and go way back. Like, 155 years, all the way back to 1870, kind of 'way back.' What kind of jobs were hot back then?

Thanks to Stacker and the US Census Bureau, we know which jobs were the most common in Minnesota back then!

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What Was Happening in Minnesota in 1870

What exactly was going on in Minnesota way back in 1870?

History.com writes that in the 1870s, Minnesota saw a ton of immigrants coming from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Czechoslovakia, France, Italy, Poland, and China.

As a country, the 15th Amendment, which granted African American men the right to vote, was adopted in 1870.

What Jobs Were Most Common in Minnesota in 1870

Obviously, many of the jobs from 1870 are going to be quite different from today, but some positions still exist and are needed today.