Bloomington, Minnesota

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The 2000 Census showed that Bloomington had a population of 85,172 people^<1>. This represents 1.73% of the total population of Minnesota, making it the state's 5th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
2	Saint Paul	NE	13 mi [20.92 km]	279,590	2.63% decrease
3	Duluth	N	146 mi [235 km]	84,284	3.03% decrease
4	Rochester	SE	69 mi [111 km]	100,413	17.02% increase
-5-	Bloomington			81,280	4.57% decrease
6	Brooklyn Park	N	19 mi [30.58 km]	71,308	5.82% increase
7	Plymouth	NW	15 mi [24.14 km]	71,486	8.49% increase
8	Eagan	E	7 mi [11.27 km]	63,985	0.67% increase

Bloomington had 37,104 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Bloomington has a total area of 38.37 square miles [99.4 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 35.48 square miles [91.9 km²]2.89 square miles [7.48 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Bloomington had a 2000 population density of 2,400 people per square mile [926 people/km²], making it the state's 49th most densely populated area.

Hennepin County

The city of Bloomington is located in Hennepin County.

The county had a population of 1,118,227 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 85,172 people, Bloomington contained 7.62% of the Hennepin County total.

In addition, where the community of Bloomington has a population density of 2,400 people per square mile [926 people/km²], Hennepin County averages 2,008 people per square mile [775 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Hennepin County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Bloomington and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Bloomington. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Bloomington. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Bloomington, it also contains a comparison between Bloomington and the state of Minnesota.

Click here for the Bloomington QuickFact (QF-2706616).

The following communities are nearby Bloomington and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Richfield	QF-2754214	NE	3 mi [4.83 km]	32,728	4.97% decrease
	Burnsville	QF-2708794	S	4 mi [6.44 km]	59,139	1.8% decrease
	Edina	QF-2718188	NW	4 mi [6.44 km]	45,608	3.83% decrease
	Eagan	QF-2717288	E	7 mi [11.27 km]	63,985	0.67% increase
	Eden Prairie	QF-2718116	W	7 mi [11.27 km]	61,191	11.46% increase
	Apple Valley	QF-2701900	SE	8 mi [12.87 km]	50,004	9.83% increase
	Saint Louis Park	QF-2757220	N	8 mi [12.87 km]	45,465	3.03% increase
	Minneapolis	QF-2743000	N	9 mi [14.48 km]	382,605	---

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Bloomington.

A Census Quickfact is available for Hennepin County (QF-27053).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Hennepin County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Anoka	QF-27003	N	327,090	9.13% increase
	Carver	QF-27019	SW	90,043	27.07% increase
	Dakota	QF-27037	SE	392,755	9.75% increase
	Ramsey	QF-27123	E	501,428	1.99% decrease
	Scott	QF-27139	S	128,937	41.57% increase
	Sherburne	QF-27141	NW	87,660	34.29% increase
	Wright	QF-27171	NW	119,701	31.9% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Bloomington:

Bloomington is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and in Division #4 (the West North-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Bloomington.

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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Bloomington. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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