Bloomington, Minnesota

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Minneapolis. It lies just north of Bloomington and has a population of 382,618 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Saint Paul. It is located about 13 miles [20 km] to the northeast of Bloomington and has a population of 287,151 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Apple Valley	SE	8 mi [12.87 km]	50,004	9.83% increase
	Blaine	N	24 mi [38.62 km]	55,042	22.47% increase
	Brooklyn Park	N	19 mi [30.58 km]	71,308	5.82% increase
	Burnsville	S	4 mi [6.44 km]	59,139	1.8% decrease
	Coon Rapids	N	23 mi [37.01 km]	61,832	0.37% increase
	Eagan	E	7 mi [11.27 km]	63,985	0.67% increase
	Eden Prairie	W	7 mi [11.27 km]	61,191	11.46% increase
	Edina	NW	4 mi [6.44 km]	45,608	3.83% decrease
	Lakeville	S	10 mi [16.09 km]	54,542	26.47% increase
	Maple Grove	N	20 mi [32.19 km]	61,542	22.19% increase
	Maplewood	NE	19 mi [30.58 km]	36,087	3.26% increase
	Minnetonka	NW	9 mi [14.48 km]	50,081	2.38% decrease
	Plymouth	NW	15 mi [24.14 km]	71,486	8.49% increase
	Saint Louis Park	N	8 mi [12.87 km]	45,465	3.03% increase
	Woodbury	E	19 mi [30.58 km]	56,128	20.8% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Chanhassen	W	12 mi [19.31 km]	23,480	15.55% increase
	Credit River	S	11 mi [17.7 km]	---
	Deephaven	NW	12 mi [19.31 km]	3,775	2.02% decrease
	Falcon Heights	NE	12 mi [19.31 km]	5,643	1.27% increase
	Fort Snelling	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]	442	---
	Golden Valley	N	11 mi [17.7 km]	20,344	0.31% increase
	Hopkins	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]	16,961	1.07% decrease
	Lilydale	NE	10 mi [16.09 km]	615	11.41% increase
	Mendota Heights	NE	9 mi [14.48 km]	11,594	1.4% increase
	Mendota	NE	8 mi [12.87 km]	202	2.54% increase
	Prior Lake	SW	9 mi [14.48 km]	23,836	49.75% increase
	Richfield	NE	3 mi [4.83 km]	32,728	4.97% decrease
	Savage	SW	5 mi [8.05 km]	27,692	31.15% increase
	Shakopee	SW	8 mi [12.87 km]	33,455	62.66% increase
	Sunfish Lake	E	11 mi [17.7 km]	523	3.77% increase

Hennepin County

Bloomington is located in Hennepin County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hennepin: Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Ramsey, Scott, Sherburne and Wright.

While not sharing a border with Hennepin, the following counties are close to Bloomington: Washington, Rice and Le Sueur.

Below are counties that are near Bloomington (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Bloomington:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Bloomington
	Anoka County	N	Columbia Heights	15 miles [24 km]
	Carver County	W	Carver Beach	11 miles [17 km]
	Chisago County	NE	Wyoming	38 miles [61 km]
	Dakota County	S	Port Cargill	3 miles [4 km]
	Goodhue County	SE	Stanton	28 miles [45 km]
	Le Sueur County	SW	Union Hill	26 miles [41 km]
	McLeod County	W	Lester Prairie	35 miles [56 km]
	Ramsey County	NE	Falcon Heights	12 miles [19 km]
	Rice County	S	Webster	20 miles [32 km]
	Scott County	SW	Barden	5 miles [8 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Minnesota<3>

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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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