Minneapolis, Minnesota

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The 2000 Census showed that Minneapolis had a population of 382,618 people^<1>. This represents 7.76% of the total population of Minnesota, making it the state's 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			382,605	---
2	Saint Paul	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	279,590	2.63% decrease
3	Duluth	NE	137 mi [220.5 km]	84,284	3.03% decrease
4	Rochester	SE	76 mi [122.3 km]	100,413	17.02% increase
5	Bloomington	S	9 mi [14.48 km]	81,280	4.57% decrease
6	Brooklyn Park	N	11 mi [17.7 km]	71,308	5.82% increase
7	Plymouth	NW	10 mi [16.09 km]	71,486	8.49% increase

Minneapolis had 168,606 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Minneapolis has a total area of 58.4 square miles [151.3 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 54.9 square miles [142.2 km²]3.51 square miles [9.08 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Minneapolis had a 2000 population density of 6,970 people per square mile [2,691 people/km²], making it the state's 2nd most densely populated area.

Hennepin County

The city of Minneapolis is located in Hennepin County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 1,118,227 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 382,618 people, Minneapolis contained 34.22% of the Hennepin County total.

In addition, where the community of Minneapolis has a population density of 6,970 people per square mile [2,691 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 Minneapolis and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Minneapolis. 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 Minneapolis. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Minneapolis, it also contains a comparison between Minneapolis and the state of Minnesota.

Click here for the Minneapolis QuickFact (QF-2743000).

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

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Saint Louis Park	QF-2757220	W	4 mi [6.44 km]	45,465	3.03% increase
	Richfield	QF-2754214	S	5 mi [8.05 km]	32,728	4.97% decrease
	Edina	QF-2718188	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]	45,608	3.83% decrease
	Roseville	QF-2755852	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]	32,815	2.6% decrease
	Brooklyn Center	QF-2707948	N	7 mi [11.27 km]	27,402	6.07% decrease
	Saint Paul	QF-2758000	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	279,590	2.63% decrease
	Bloomington	QF-2706616	S	9 mi [14.48 km]	81,280	4.57% decrease
	Minnetonka	QF-2743252	W	9 mi [14.48 km]	50,081	2.38% decrease

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

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 Minneapolis:

Minneapolis 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 Minneapolis.

The Commemorative Quarter for Minnesota<6>

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) Minneapolis. 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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