Burnsville, Minnesota

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The 2000 Census showed that Burnsville had a population of 60,220 people^<1>. This represents 1.22% of the total population of Minnesota, making it the state's 10th 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
7	Plymouth	NW	19 mi [30.58 km]	71,486	8.49% increase
8	Eagan	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]	63,985	0.67% increase
9	Coon Rapids	N	28 mi [45.06 km]	61,832	0.37% increase
-10-	Burnsville			59,139	1.8% decrease
11	Saint Cloud	NW	68 mi [109.4 km]	66,948	13.27% increase
12	Eden Prairie	NW	10 mi [16.09 km]	61,191	11.46% increase
13	Minnetonka	NW	14 mi [22.53 km]	50,081	2.38% decrease

Burnsville had 24,261 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Burnsville has a total area of 26.74 square miles [69.2 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 24.87 square miles [64.4 km²]1.86 square miles [4.82 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Burnsville had a 2000 population density of 2,420 people per square mile [934 people/km²], making it the state's 47th most densely populated area.

Dakota County

The city of Burnsville is located in Dakota County.

The county had a population of 357,850 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 60,220 people, Burnsville contained 16.83% of the Dakota County total.

In addition, where the community of Burnsville has a population density of 2,420 people per square mile [934 people/km²], Dakota County averages 628 people per square mile [242.6 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Burnsville and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Burnsville. 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 Burnsville. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Burnsville, it also contains a comparison between Burnsville and the state of Minnesota.

Click here for the Burnsville QuickFact (QF-2708794).

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

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Apple Valley	QF-2701900	E	4 mi [6.44 km]	50,004	9.83% increase
	Bloomington	QF-2706616	N	4 mi [6.44 km]	81,280	4.57% decrease
	Eagan	QF-2717288	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]	63,985	0.67% increase
	Lakeville	QF-2735180	S	6 mi [9.66 km]	54,542	26.47% increase
	Richfield	QF-2754214	N	7 mi [11.27 km]	32,728	4.97% decrease
	Edina	QF-2718188	NW	9 mi [14.48 km]	45,608	3.83% decrease
	Eden Prairie	QF-2718116	NW	10 mi [16.09 km]	61,191	11.46% increase
	Inver Grove Heights	QF-2731076	E	11 mi [17.7 km]	33,383	12.21% increase

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

A Census Quickfact is available for Dakota County (QF-27037).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Dakota County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Ramsey	QF-27123	N	501,428	1.99% decrease
	Washington	QF-27163	NE	229,173	13.16% increase
	Pierce (WI)	QF-55093	E	40,254	9.04% increase
	Goodhue	QF-27049	SE	45,897	3.94% increase
	Rice	QF-27131	S	62,390	9.82% increase
	Scott	QF-27139	W	128,937	41.57% increase
	Hennepin	QF-27053	NW	1,140,988	2.04% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

Burnsville 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 Burnsville.

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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned 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) Burnsville. 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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