Duluth, Minnesota

The 2000 Census showed that Duluth had a population of 86,918 people^<1>. This represents 1.76% of the total population of Minnesota, making it the state's 3rd 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
1	Minneapolis	SW	137 mi [220.5 km]	382,605	---
2	Saint Paul	S	135 mi [217.3 km]	279,590	2.63% decrease
-3-	Duluth			84,284	3.03% decrease
4	Rochester	S	191 mi [307.4 km]	100,413	17.02% increase
5	Bloomington	SW	146 mi [235 km]	81,280	4.57% decrease
6	Brooklyn Park	SW	129 mi [207.6 km]	71,308	5.82% increase
7	Plymouth	SW	137 mi [220.5 km]	71,486	8.49% increase

Duluth had 36,994 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Duluth has a total area of 87.3 square miles [226.2 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 68 square miles [176.1 km²]19.31 square miles [50 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Duluth had a 2000 population density of 1,278 people per square mile [493.5 people/km²], making it the state's 192nd most densely populated area.

Saint Louis County

The city of Duluth is located in Saint Louis County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 200,471 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 86,918 people, Duluth contained 43.36% of the Saint Louis County total.

In addition, where the community of Duluth has a population density of 1,278 people per square mile [493.5 people/km²], Saint Louis County averages 32.2 people per square mile [12.43 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

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

Click here for the Duluth QuickFact (QF-2717000).

A Census Quickfact is available for Saint Louis County (QF-27137).

Miscellaneous Information

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

Duluth 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 Duluth.

The Commemorative Quarter for Minnesota<6>

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) Duluth. 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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