Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Minneapolis is the largest city within a 50 mile [80 km] radius.

The next largest community is Saint Paul. It lies just east of Minneapolis and has a population of 287,151 people.^<1>

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Apple Valley	S	15 mi [24.14 km]	50,004	9.83% increase
	Blaine	N	14 mi [22.53 km]	55,042	22.47% increase
	Bloomington	S	9 mi [14.48 km]	81,280	4.57% decrease
	Brooklyn Park	N	11 mi [17.7 km]	71,308	5.82% increase
	Burnsville	S	13 mi [20.92 km]	59,139	1.8% decrease
	Coon Rapids	N	14 mi [22.53 km]	61,832	0.37% increase
	Eagan	SE	11 mi [17.7 km]	63,985	0.67% increase
	Eden Prairie	SW	12 mi [19.31 km]	61,191	11.46% increase
	Edina	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]	45,608	3.83% decrease
	Lakeville	S	19 mi [30.58 km]	54,542	26.47% increase
	Maple Grove	NW	13 mi [20.92 km]	61,542	22.19% increase
	Minnetonka	W	9 mi [14.48 km]	50,081	2.38% decrease
	Plymouth	NW	10 mi [16.09 km]	71,486	8.49% increase
	Saint Louis Park	W	4 mi [6.44 km]	45,465	3.03% increase
	Woodbury	E	17 mi [27.36 km]	56,128	20.8% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Brooklyn Center	N	7 mi [11.27 km]	27,402	6.07% decrease
	Columbia Heights	N	6 mi [9.66 km]	18,210	1.67% decrease
	Crystal	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]	21,707	4.37% decrease
	Falcon Heights	NE	4 mi [6.44 km]	5,643	1.27% increase
	Fort Snelling	SE	6 mi [9.66 km]	442	---
	Golden Valley	NW	4 mi [6.44 km]	20,344	0.31% increase
	Hilltop	N	6 mi [9.66 km]	683	10.84% decrease
	Hopkins	W	7 mi [11.27 km]	16,961	1.07% decrease
	Lauderdale	NE	3 mi [4.83 km]	2,212	6.43% decrease
	Lilydale	SE	7 mi [11.27 km]	615	11.41% increase
	Medicine Lake	W	7 mi [11.27 km]	340	7.61% decrease
	Richfield	S	5 mi [8.05 km]	32,728	4.97% decrease
	Robbinsdale	NW	5 mi [8.05 km]	13,518	4.28% decrease
	Roseville	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]	32,815	2.6% decrease
	Saint Anthony	NE	4 mi [6.44 km]	8,341	4.11% increase

Hennepin County

Minneapolis is located in Hennepin County and is the county seat.

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 Minneapolis: Washington, Saint Croix (WI) and Pierce (WI).

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Minneapolis
	Anoka County	N	Columbia Heights	6 miles [9 km]
	Carver County	SW	Carver Beach	14 miles [22 km]
	Chisago County	NE	Wyoming	29 miles [46 km]
	Dakota County	SE	Lilydale	7 miles [11 km]
	Goodhue County	SE	Cannon Falls	35 miles [56 km]
	Isanti County	N	Crown	34 miles [54 km]
	Le Sueur County	SW	Union Hill	34 miles [54 km]
	McLeod County	W	Country Acres	38 miles [61 km]
	Ramsey County	NE	Lauderdale	3 miles [4 km]
	Rice County	S	Hazelwood	30 miles [48 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Minnesota<3>

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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