Clean Jobs Midwest 2020 takes a look into the clean energy sector and how it is growing across the Midwest. Minnesota as a whole outperformed most Midwestern states when it came to an increase in clean energy jobs, with an increase of 1,147 jobs in 2019. Minnesota’s largest clean energy job sector was in energy efficiency, making up nearly 75% of all clean energy jobs. St. Louis County accounts for 1,608 of the total clean energy jobs in the state.