2024 population: 3,757,952 ( 67,721 from 2020)
Land area: 7047.6 square miles
Population density: 533.2 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	2,683,015	71.40%	1.6%
Black:	388,816	10.35%	14.9%
Indian:	21,084	0.56%	0.9%
Asian:	289,669	7.71%	10.0%
2+ races:	107,548	2.86%	9.3%
Hispanic:	267,820	7.13%	10.6%

Total non-White:	1,074,937	28.60%	11.5%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	178,260	12.1
Deaths:	122,826	8.3
Net Migration:	-48,251	-3.3
Net Immigration:	59,449	4.0

Change in White population:	-43,419	-1.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	111,140	3.0

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
3,690,231
2,726,434	73.88%
338,476	9.17%
21,271	0.58%
263,432	7.14%
98,435	2.67%
242,183	6.56%
963,797	26.12%

2010
3,333,633
2,627,390	78.81%
239,077	7.17%
20,745	0.62%
188,485	5.65%
74,954	2.25%
178,104	5.34%
706,243	21.19%

2000
3,016,562
2,559,351	84.84%
155,526	5.16%
20,777	0.69%
123,314	4.09%
53,124	1.76%
100,332	3.33%
457,211	15.16%

1990
2,580,743
2,368,159	91.76%
88,004	3.41%
23,091	0.89%
66,916	2.59%
n/a
34,573	1.34%
212,584	8.24%

1980
2,240,054
2,124,053	94.82%
48,896	2.18%
16,758	0.75%
24,967	1.11%
n/a
23,103	1.03%
116,001	5.18%

1970
2,063,750
1,995,609	96.70%
32,149	1.56%
10,562	0.51%
5,842	0.28%
n/a
17,223	0.83%
68,141	3.30%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
419,634	12.6
210,510	6.3
11,638	0.3
87,847	2.6

99,044	3.0
257,554	7.7

Number	Rate
2000's
430,441	14.3
179,990	6.0
-15,138	-0.5
87,536	2.9

68,039	2.3
249,032	8.3

Number	Rate
1990's
425,591	16.5
185,122	7.2
80,289	3.1
53,305	2.1

191,192	7.4
244,627	9.5

Number	Rate
1980's
396,366	17.7
165,651	7.4
121,088	5.4
n/a

244,106	10.9
96,583	4.3

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-22,017	-1.1
n/a

128,444	6.2
47,860	2.3

Age, Family & Household Data for Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2024
Number	Percent
38.0
861,253	22.9%
2,896,699	77.1%
576,309	15.3%

1,477,259
2.47

924,480	62.6%
720,734	78.0%
80,544	8.7%
552,779	37.4%

2010
Number	Percent
36.1
833,459	25.0%
2,500,174	75.0%
357,851	10.7%

1,293,601
2.53

835,624	64.6%
648,359	77.6%
80,761	9.7%
457,977	35.4%

2000
Number	Percent
34.2
805,985	26.7%
2,210,577	73.3%
291,354	9.7%

1,155,587
2.55

762,316	66.0%
615,745	80.8%
70,232	9.2%
393,271	34.0%

1990
Number	Percent
32.7
708,894	27.5%
1,871,849	72.5%
262,388	10.2%

1,002,753
2.52

687,823	68.6%
568,514	82.7%
57,445	8.4%
314,930	31.4%

1980
Number	Percent
29.0
641,345	28.6%
1,598,709	71.4%
216,255	9.7%

803,798
2.72

566,009	70.4%
481,712	85.1%
43,145	7.6%
237,789	29.6%

2024 Housing Data for Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	50,414	3.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	32,311	2.2%
$15,000 to $19,999	31,614	2.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	32,809	2.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	32,975	2.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	36,724	2.5%
$35,000 to $39,999	39,456	2.7%
$40,000 to $44,999	40,966	2.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	41,895	2.8%
$50,000 to $59,999	85,901	5.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	127,469	8.6%
$75,000 to $99,999	187,209	12.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	165,880	11.2%
$125,000 to $149,999	131,318	8.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	184,775	12.5%
$200,000 or more	255,543	17.3%

Median Household Income	99,843
Per Capita Income	53,055

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	109

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	54,486	3.7%
Public Assistance	49,502	3.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	126,679	8.6%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,756,713	79.4%
Unemployed	73,125	3.3%
In Armed Forces	2,319	0.1%

Total Labor Force	1,832,157	82.8%
Not in Labor Force	381,380	17.2%

Real Unemployment Rate		20.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	756,968	594,401	56.0%
Non-Profit	73,991	150,617	32.9%
Self-Employed	104,987	66,234	61.3%

Local Government	50,751	90,777	35.9%
State Government	30,752	40,977	42.9%
Federal Government	16,814	14,722	53.3%

Total Private + Self	861,955	660,635	56.6%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	172,308	297,093	36.7%
Total	1,034,263	957,728	51.9%

Pct. Govt.	12.3%
Pct. Private + Self	76.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	422,887	21.2%
Sales and Office Occupations	371,027	18.6%
Professional, Technical	557,800	28.0%
Service Occupations	274,073	13.7%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	4,784	0.2%
All others	368,489	18.5%

White Collar		67.8%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	303,613	15.2%
Manufacturing	271,766	13.6%
Retail trade	210,061	10.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	181,111	9.1%
Educational services	179,041	9.0%
Finance and insurance	136,578	6.8%
Construction	115,890	5.8%
Accommodation and food services	102,705	5.1%
Other services	85,380	4.3%
Transportation and warehousing	84,908	4.3%
Public administration	71,232	3.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	66,508	3.3%
Wholesale trade	50,582	2.5%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	40,103	2.0%
Real estate and rental and leasing	31,989	1.6%
Information	29,324	1.5%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	14,898	0.7%
Utilities	12,464	0.6%
Management	4,680	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,443	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	151,117	4.07%
Puerto Rican	13,241	0.36%
Cuban	4,623	0.12%
Dominican	2,937	0.08%

Total Central American	27,605	0.74%
Costa Rican	1,122	0.03%
Guatemalan	6,651	0.18%
Honduran	5,441	0.15%
Nicaraguan	2,218	0.06%
Panamanian	956	0.03%
Salvadoran	11,210	0.30%
Other Central American	7	0.00%

Total South American	35,180	0.95%
Argentinean	1,444	0.04%
Bolivian	535	0.01%
Chilean	1,785	0.05%
Colombian	6,460	0.17%
Ecuadorian	15,243	0.41%
Paraguayan	234	0.01%
Peruvian	3,676	0.10%
Uruguayan	734	0.02%
Venezuelan	4,748	0.13%
Other South American	321	0.01%

Other Hispanic	18,989	0.51%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Hmong	97,223	2.62%
Indian	40,893	1.10%
Chinese	25,763	0.69%
Vietnamese	21,445	0.58%
Korean	12,521	0.34%
Burmese	11,809	0.32%
Filipino	11,312	0.30%
Cambodian	6,343	0.17%
Laotian	5,843	0.16%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	2,963,051	84.8%
Spanish	162,667	4.7%
Other Asian	114,441	3.3%
Other	114,406	3.3%
Other Indo-European	33,469	1.0%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	20,269	0.6%
Chinese	19,758	0.6%
Vietnamese	17,468	0.5%
French, Haitian, Cajun	15,502	0.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	1,003,951	27.0%
Irish	401,252	10.8%
Norwegian	384,011	10.3%
English	261,849	7.1%
Swedish	249,976	6.7%
Polish	143,180	3.9%
American	112,677	3.0%
French	103,142	2.8%
Italian	94,216	2.5%
European	71,721	1.9%
Scandinavian	64,795	1.7%
Somalian	51,303	1.4%
Czech	48,099	1.3%
Dutch	45,981	1.2%
Finnish	45,675	1.2%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	3,555,756	95.7%
Not a citizen	157,912	4.3%

Native	3,309,093	89.1%
Foreign-born	404,575	10.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
68,463	2.7%	77,346	3.0%	508,624	20.0%	735,479	28.9%	746,981	29.3%	408,418	16.0%
Average years of education: 14.3

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	68,463	2.7%
9-12 Years	77,346	3.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	508,624	20.0%
Some College	735,479	28.9%
Bach. Degree	746,981	29.3%
Grad Degree	408,418	16.0%
Average years of education: 14.3

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	3,000,184	2,879,146	121,038	4.0%
1991	3,033,768	2,894,660	139,108	4.6%
1992	3,083,658	2,946,144	137,514	4.5%
1993	3,138,988	3,008,984	130,004	4.1%
1994	3,235,270	3,129,166	106,104	3.3%
1995	3,307,448	3,210,536	96,912	2.9%
1996	3,353,998	3,254,034	99,964	3.0%
1997	3,394,662	3,310,046	84,616	2.5%
1998	3,449,054	3,375,924	73,130	2.1%
1999	3,503,484	3,427,808	75,676	2.2%

2000	3,548,750	3,455,166	93,584	2.6%
2001	3,602,350	3,478,050	124,300	3.5%
2002	3,628,768	3,470,948	157,820	4.3%
2003	3,667,642	3,498,186	169,456	4.6%
2004	3,678,664	3,517,826	160,838	4.4%
2005	3,674,754	3,532,810	141,944	3.9%
2006	3,690,700	3,549,274	141,426	3.8%
2007	3,707,848	3,546,574	161,274	4.3%
2008	3,722,778	3,530,550	192,228	5.2%
2009	3,720,664	3,429,270	291,394	7.8%

2010	3,726,690	3,453,636	273,054	7.3%
2011	3,751,958	3,513,872	238,086	6.3%
2012	3,758,674	3,551,516	207,158	5.5%
2013	3,790,468	3,607,118	183,350	4.8%
2014	3,825,116	3,670,494	154,622	4.0%
2015	3,851,268	3,715,976	135,292	3.5%
2016	3,891,360	3,754,204	137,156	3.5%
2017	3,950,016	3,824,832	125,184	3.2%
2018	3,975,238	3,865,492	109,746	2.8%
2019	4,025,224	3,908,504	116,720	2.9%

2020	4,021,222	3,764,168	257,054	6.4%
2021	3,936,418	3,787,984	148,434	3.8%
2022	4,001,944	3,899,530	102,414	2.6%
2023	4,031,594	3,922,390	109,204	2.7%
2024	4,140,722	4,021,044	119,678	2.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	1,551,396
Median Value	$375,565

Occupied	1,477,259	95.2%
Vacant	74,137	4.8%

Owned	1,044,794	70.7%
Rented	432,465	29.3%
Median Rent	$1,445

Single-Family Units	1,091,303	70.3%
Detached	933,277	60.2%
Attached	158,026	10.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	368,049	23.7%
Mobile Homes	23,089	1.5%

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area

2024 Housing Data for Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area

2024 Income & Employment Data for Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area

2024 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area

2024 Educational Attainment Data for Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area