Plymouth, Minnesota

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The 2000 Census showed that Plymouth had a population of 65,894 people^<1>. This represents 1.34% of the total population of Minnesota, making it the state's 7th 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
4	Rochester	SE	84 mi [135.2 km]	100,413	17.02% increase
5	Bloomington	SE	15 mi [24.14 km]	81,280	4.57% decrease
6	Brooklyn Park	NE	8 mi [12.87 km]	71,308	5.82% increase
-7-	Plymouth			71,486	8.49% increase
8	Eagan	SE	20 mi [32.19 km]	63,985	0.67% increase
9	Coon Rapids	NE	12 mi [19.31 km]	61,832	0.37% increase
10	Burnsville	SE	19 mi [30.58 km]	59,139	1.8% decrease

Plymouth had 25,258 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Plymouth has a total area of 35.32 square miles [91.5 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 32.91 square miles [85.2 km²]2.41 square miles [6.24 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Plymouth had a 2000 population density of 2,001 people per square mile [772 people/km²], making it the state's 74th most densely populated area.

Hennepin County

The city of Plymouth is located in Hennepin County.

The county had a population of 1,118,227 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 65,894 people, Plymouth contained 5.89% of the Hennepin County total.

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

Population Rings

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

Click here for the Plymouth QuickFact (QF-2751730).

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

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Maple Grove	QF-2740166	N	5 mi [8.05 km]	61,542	22.19% increase
	Minnetonka	QF-2743252	S	6 mi [9.66 km]	50,081	2.38% decrease
	Saint Louis Park	QF-2757220	SE	6 mi [9.66 km]	45,465	3.03% increase
	Brooklyn Center	QF-2707948	NE	7 mi [11.27 km]	27,402	6.07% decrease
	Brooklyn Park	QF-2707966	NE	8 mi [12.87 km]	71,308	5.82% increase
	Edina	QF-2718188	SE	10 mi [16.09 km]	45,608	3.83% decrease
	Minneapolis	QF-2743000	SE	10 mi [16.09 km]	382,605	---
	Coon Rapids	QF-2713114	NE	12 mi [19.31 km]	61,832	0.37% increase

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

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 Plymouth:

Plymouth 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 Plymouth.

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Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when 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) Plymouth. 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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