2024 population: 4,939,917 ( 88,820 from 2020)
Land area: 39638.1 square miles
Population density: 124.6 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	3,700,957	74.92%	1.2%
Black:	427,060	8.65%	15.6%
Indian:	43,081	0.87%	0.3%
Asian:	307,025	6.22%	10.2%
2+ races:	128,384	2.60%	10.1%
Hispanic:	333,410	6.75%	12.7%

Total non-White:	1,238,960	25.08%	12.3%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	231,377	11.9
Deaths:	176,299	9.1
Net Migration:	-38,690	-2.0
Net Immigration:	71,153	3.7

Change in White population:	-46,575	-1.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	135,395	2.8

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
4,851,097
3,747,532	77.25%
369,477	7.62%
42,968	0.89%
278,682	5.74%
116,595	2.40%
295,843	6.10%
1,103,565	22.75%

2010
4,465,581
3,662,805	82.02%
253,230	5.67%
40,150	0.90%
199,808	4.47%
88,800	1.99%
215,394	4.82%
802,776	17.98%

2000
4,087,751
3,569,070	87.31%
161,195	3.94%
38,294	0.94%
131,614	3.22%
61,114	1.50%
121,820	2.98%
518,681	12.69%

1990
3,550,786
3,312,445	93.29%
90,259	2.54%
35,693	1.01%
71,378	2.01%
n/a
41,011	1.15%
238,341	6.71%

1980
3,192,421
3,059,248	95.83%
49,960	1.56%
25,567	0.80%
28,261	0.89%
n/a
26,794	0.84%
133,173	4.17%

1970
2,919,583
2,841,157	97.31%
32,989	1.13%
17,000	0.58%
6,473	0.22%
n/a
19,189	0.66%
78,426	2.69%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
543,306	12.2
308,549	6.9
-8,036	-0.2
100,584	2.3

84,727	1.9
300,789	6.7

Number	Rate
2000's
560,470	13.7
271,358	6.6
-9,207	-0.2
95,282	2.3

93,735	2.3
284,095	6.9

Number	Rate
1990's
551,983	15.5
283,031	8.0
130,826	3.7
56,839	1.6

256,625	7.2
280,340	7.9

Number	Rate
1980's
546,442	17.1
257,574	8.1
80,249	2.5
n/a

253,197	7.9
105,168	3.3

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
14,615	0.5
n/a

218,091	7.5
54,747	1.9

Age, Family & Household Data for Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI Market 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
38.8
1,130,312	22.9%
3,809,605	77.1%
823,125	16.7%

1,963,409
2.45

1,234,072	62.9%
967,720	78.4%
104,286	8.5%
729,337	37.1%

2010
Number	Percent
37.0
1,098,088	24.6%
3,367,493	75.4%
540,316	12.1%

1,742,860
2.50

1,133,699	65.0%
889,004	78.4%
104,548	9.2%
609,161	35.0%

2000
Number	Percent
34.8
1,083,044	26.5%
3,004,707	73.5%
454,228	11.1%

1,564,264
2.55

1,044,474	66.8%
853,793	81.7%
89,807	8.6%
519,790	33.2%

1990
Number	Percent
32.0
952,875	26.8%
2,597,911	73.2%
408,915	11.5%

1,331,627
2.60

919,754	69.1%
769,833	83.7%
72,095	7.8%
411,873	30.9%

1980
Number	Percent
29.4
924,232	29.0%
2,268,189	71.0%
354,768	11.1%

1,130,532
2.74

812,050	71.8%
702,343	86.5%
53,808	6.6%
318,482	28.2%

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

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	70,221	3.6%
$10,000 to $14,999	49,353	2.5%
$15,000 to $19,999	47,770	2.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	49,225	2.5%
$25,000 to $29,999	50,493	2.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	54,050	2.8%
$35,000 to $39,999	57,552	2.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	59,264	3.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	60,217	3.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	123,017	6.3%
$60,000 to $74,999	176,227	9.0%
$75,000 to $99,999	257,167	13.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	219,434	11.2%
$125,000 to $149,999	169,309	8.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	228,082	11.6%
$200,000 or more	292,028	14.9%

Median Household Income	93,647
Per Capita Income	49,636

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	104

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	75,101	3.8%
Public Assistance	64,332	3.3%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	176,941	9.0%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	2,281,226	78.8%
Unemployed	93,615	3.2%
In Armed Forces	3,114	0.1%

Total Labor Force	2,377,955	82.1%
Not in Labor Force	517,195	17.9%

Real Unemployment Rate		21.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	970,795	757,382	56.2%
Non-Profit	93,483	196,015	32.3%
Self-Employed	151,639	88,310	63.2%

Local Government	69,754	122,599	36.3%
State Government	40,288	53,227	43.1%
Federal Government	21,448	19,969	51.8%

Total Private + Self	1,122,434	845,692	57.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	224,973	391,810	36.5%
Total	1,347,407	1,237,502	52.1%

Pct. Govt.	12.7%
Pct. Private + Self	76.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	511,229	19.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	482,072	18.6%
Professional, Technical	682,405	26.4%
Service Occupations	371,296	14.3%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	13,086	0.5%
All others	541,721	20.9%

White Collar		64.7%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	401,626	15.5%
Manufacturing	361,125	13.9%
Retail trade	275,569	10.6%
Educational services	233,773	9.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	201,928	7.8%
Construction	164,301	6.3%
Finance and insurance	159,742	6.2%
Accommodation and food services	135,175	5.2%
Other services	112,304	4.3%
Transportation and warehousing	112,141	4.3%
Public administration	94,578	3.7%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	82,703	3.2%
Wholesale trade	64,469	2.5%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	49,326	1.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	41,472	1.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	38,123	1.5%
Information	35,506	1.4%
Utilities	16,996	0.7%
Management	5,319	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	2,547	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	192,123	3.91%
Puerto Rican	16,525	0.34%
Cuban	5,939	0.12%
Dominican	3,940	0.08%

Total Central American	35,409	0.72%
Costa Rican	1,160	0.02%
Guatemalan	9,519	0.19%
Honduran	7,852	0.16%
Nicaraguan	3,164	0.06%
Panamanian	1,185	0.02%
Salvadoran	12,367	0.25%
Other Central American	162	0.00%

Total South American	37,642	0.77%
Argentinean	1,603	0.03%
Bolivian	745	0.02%
Chilean	1,839	0.04%
Colombian	7,368	0.15%
Ecuadorian	15,760	0.32%
Paraguayan	269	0.01%
Peruvian	4,028	0.08%
Uruguayan	782	0.02%
Venezuelan	4,902	0.10%
Other South American	346	0.01%

Other Hispanic	24,192	0.49%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Hmong	100,726	2.05%
Indian	41,939	0.85%
Chinese	27,567	0.56%
Vietnamese	23,056	0.47%
Korean	13,951	0.28%
Filipino	12,555	0.26%
Burmese	12,529	0.25%
Cambodian	6,483	0.13%
Laotian	6,384	0.13%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	4,025,308	86.9%
Spanish	198,644	4.3%
Other	130,916	2.8%
Other Asian	120,438	2.6%
Other Indo-European	35,717	0.8%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	22,030	0.5%
Chinese	21,440	0.5%
Vietnamese	18,702	0.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	16,905	0.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	1,443,787	29.4%
Norwegian	547,022	11.1%
Irish	504,696	10.3%
English	329,640	6.7%
Swedish	321,835	6.5%
Polish	191,828	3.9%
American	156,437	3.2%
French	131,713	2.7%
Italian	111,529	2.3%
European	86,807	1.8%
Scandinavian	82,455	1.7%
Czech	67,751	1.4%
Dutch	63,223	1.3%
Somalian	59,186	1.2%
Finnish	59,143	1.2%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	4,734,372	96.3%
Not a citizen	182,824	3.7%

Native	4,466,091	90.8%
Foreign-born	451,105	9.2%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
88,649	2.6%	112,943	3.4%	768,944	22.8%	1,028,120	30.5%	892,424	26.5%	475,942	14.1%
Average years of education: 14.1

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	88,649	2.6%
9-12 Years	112,943	3.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	768,944	22.8%
Some College	1,028,120	30.5%
Bach. Degree	892,424	26.5%
Grad Degree	475,942	14.1%
Average years of education: 14.1

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	2,003,674	1,915,312	88,362	4.4%
1991	2,031,539	1,930,893	100,646	5.0%
1992	2,063,201	1,963,077	100,124	4.9%
1993	2,108,085	2,012,414	95,671	4.5%
1994	2,168,489	2,088,078	80,411	3.7%
1995	2,215,288	2,140,400	74,888	3.4%
1996	2,250,379	2,171,774	78,605	3.5%
1997	2,271,990	2,204,913	67,077	3.0%
1998	2,300,464	2,242,919	57,545	2.5%
1999	2,327,273	2,268,634	58,639	2.5%

2000	2,377,850	2,309,707	68,143	2.9%
2001	2,419,407	2,331,210	88,197	3.6%
2002	2,439,746	2,331,287	108,459	4.4%
2003	2,462,975	2,346,151	116,824	4.7%
2004	2,464,652	2,353,338	111,314	4.5%
2005	2,457,462	2,357,586	99,876	4.1%
2006	2,467,793	2,368,391	99,402	4.0%
2007	2,478,451	2,365,617	112,834	4.6%
2008	2,489,416	2,356,159	133,257	5.4%
2009	2,497,808	2,297,682	200,126	8.0%

2010	2,499,942	2,312,395	187,547	7.5%
2011	2,511,532	2,347,289	164,243	6.5%
2012	2,510,462	2,367,528	142,934	5.7%
2013	2,525,423	2,397,762	127,661	5.1%
2014	2,544,589	2,436,416	108,173	4.3%
2015	2,565,008	2,469,617	95,391	3.7%
2016	2,584,601	2,488,199	96,402	3.7%
2017	2,614,966	2,527,812	87,154	3.3%
2018	2,626,067	2,548,770	77,297	2.9%
2019	2,654,647	2,572,400	82,247	3.1%

2020	2,652,582	2,485,976	166,606	6.3%
2021	2,604,351	2,505,021	99,330	3.8%
2022	2,637,667	2,566,842	70,825	2.7%
2023	2,658,980	2,583,330	75,650	2.8%
2024	2,701,818	2,620,027	81,791	3.0%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	2,136,688
Median Value	$341,686

Occupied	1,963,409	91.9%
Vacant	173,279	8.1%

Owned	1,414,553	72.0%
Rented	548,856	28.0%
Median Rent	$1,304

Single-Family Units	1,557,905	72.9%
Detached	1,381,656	64.7%
Attached	176,249	8.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	433,388	20.3%
Mobile Homes	55,044	2.6%

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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

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

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

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

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

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