Saint Paul, Minnesota

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The 2000 Census showed that Saint Paul had a population of 287,151 people^<1>. This represents 5.82% of the total population of Minnesota, making it the state's 2nd 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	W	8 mi [12.87 km]	382,605	---
-2-	Saint Paul			279,590	2.63% decrease
3	Duluth	N	135 mi [217.3 km]	84,284	3.03% decrease
4	Rochester	SE	71 mi [114.3 km]	100,413	17.02% increase
5	Bloomington	SW	13 mi [20.92 km]	81,280	4.57% decrease
6	Brooklyn Park	NW	16 mi [25.75 km]	71,308	5.82% increase
7	Plymouth	W	18 mi [28.97 km]	71,486	8.49% increase

Saint Paul had 115,713 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Saint Paul has a total area of 56.2 square miles [145.5 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 52.8 square miles [136.7 km²]3.41 square miles [8.82 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Saint Paul had a 2000 population density of 5,441 people per square mile [2,101 people/km²], making it the state's 5th most densely populated area.

Ramsey County

The city of Saint Paul is located in Ramsey County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 511,585 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 287,151 people, Saint Paul contained 56.1% of the Ramsey County total.

In addition, where the community of Saint Paul has a population density of 5,441 people per square mile [2,101 people/km²], Ramsey County averages 3,284 people per square mile [1,267 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

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

Click here for the Saint Paul QuickFact (QF-2758000).

The following communities are nearby Saint Paul and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Roseville	QF-2755852	NW	5 mi [8.05 km]	32,815	2.6% decrease
	Maplewood	QF-2740382	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]	36,087	3.26% increase
	Inver Grove Heights	QF-2731076	S	8 mi [12.87 km]	33,383	12.21% increase
	Minneapolis	QF-2743000	W	8 mi [12.87 km]	382,605	---
	Eagan	QF-2717288	S	9 mi [14.48 km]	63,985	0.67% increase
	Richfield	QF-2754214	SW	9 mi [14.48 km]	32,728	4.97% decrease
	Woodbury	QF-2771428	E	9 mi [14.48 km]	56,128	20.8% increase
	Cottage Grove	QF-2713456	SE	12 mi [19.31 km]	33,623	9.94% increase

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

A Census Quickfact is available for Ramsey County (QF-27123).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Ramsey County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Anoka	QF-27003	NW	327,090	9.13% increase
	Dakota	QF-27037	S	392,755	9.75% increase
	Hennepin	QF-27053	W	1,140,988	2.04% increase
	Washington	QF-27163	E	229,173	13.16% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

Saint Paul 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 Saint Paul.

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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) Saint Paul. 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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