Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

1950‑1959:		Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN SMA
1959‑1973:		Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN SMSA
1973‑1983:		Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI SMSA
1983‑2003:		Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA
2003‑2006:		Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area in Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA

Components

Population


Component	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


Anoka County, MN	35,579	85,916	154,556	195,998	243,641	298,084	323,403

Carver County, MN	18,155	21,358	28,310	37,046	47,915	70,205	84,930

Chisago County, MN	12,669	13,419	17,492	25,717	30,521	41,101	49,349

Dakota County, MN	49,019	78,303	139,808	194,279	275,227	355,904	383,368

Hennepin County, MN	676,579	842,854	960,080	941,411	1,032,431	1,116,200	1,118,746

Isanti County, MN	12,123	13,530	16,560	23,600	25,921	31,287	37,582

Ramsey County, MN	355,332	422,525	476,255	459,784	485,765	511,035	494,883

Scott County, MN	16,486	21,909	32,423	43,784	57,846	89,498	120,008

Sherburne County, MN	10,661	12,861	18,344	29,908	41,945	64,417	81,830

Washington County, MN	34,544	52,432	82,948	113,571	145,896	201,130	220,167

Wright County, MN	27,716	29,935	38,933	58,681	68,710	89,986	110,562

Pierce County, WI	21,448	22,503	26,652	31,149	32,765	36,804	38,956

St. Croix County, WI	25,905	29,164	34,354	43,262	50,251	63,155	77,266



Total	1,116,509	1,482,030	1,813,647	2,113,533	2,464,124	2,968,806	3,141,050
Percent Change	-	32.7%	22.4%	16.5%	16.6%	20.5%	5.8%



Total (as currently defined)	1,296,216	1,646,709	2,026,715	2,198,190	2,538,834	2,968,806	3,141,050
Percent Change	-	27.0%	23.1%	8.5%	15.5%	16.9%	5.8%

Timeline

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

Component

Anoka County, MN

Carver County, MN

Chisago County, MN

Dakota County, MN

Hennepin County, MN

Isanti County, MN

Ramsey County, MN

Scott County, MN

Sherburne County, MN

Washington County, MN

Wright County, MN

Pierce County, WI

St. Croix County, WI

In this area

In another area

Principal/Central Cities

Population


City	1950		1960		1970		1980		1990		2000		2005


Minneapolis, MN	521,718	*	482,872	*	434,400	*	370,951	*	368,383	*	382,618	*	372,811	*

St. Paul, MN	311,349	*	313,411	*	309,980	*	270,230	*	272,235	*	287,151	*	275,150	*

Bloomington, MN	(x)		50,498		81,970		81,831		86,335	*	85,172		81,164	*

Eagan, MN	(x)		(x)		(x)		20,700		47,409		63,557		63,665	*

Eden Prairie, MN	(x)		(x)		6,938		16,263		39,311		54,901		60,649	*

Minnetonka, MN	(x)		25,037		35,776		38,683		48,370		51,301		50,045	*

Plymouth, MN	(x)		9,576		18,077		31,615		50,889		65,894		69,701	*



Total	833,067		796,283		744,380		641,181		726,953		669,769		973,185
Metro	1,116,509		1,482,030		1,813,647		2,113,533		2,464,124		2,968,806		3,141,050
Percent	74.6%		53.7%		41.0%		30.3%		29.5%		22.6%		31.0%

Timeline

Principal or central city of this metro area

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

City

Minneapolis, MN

St. Paul, MN

Bloomington, MN

Eagan, MN

Eden Prairie, MN

Minnetonka, MN

Plymouth, MN

Urban/Rural Population



1950				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			998,579	89.4%
		UA Population		980,991	87.9%
	Rural Population			117,930	10.6%

	Inside Central Cities			833,067	74.6%
	Outside Central Cities			283,442	25.4%

	Total Metro Area Population			1,116,509	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN		985,101	980,991	99.6%

	Total			980,991


	population figures are from the 1950 census, metro areas as defined Mar 1952




1960				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			1,397,623	94.3%
		UA Population		1,377,143	92.9%
	Rural Population			84,407	5.7%

	Inside Central Cities			796,283	53.7%
	Outside Central Cities			685,747	46.3%

	Total Metro Area Population			1,482,030	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN		1,377,143	1,377,143	100.0%

	Total			1,377,143


	population figures are from the 1960 census, metro areas as defined Oct 1963




1970				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			1,764,674	89.8%
		UA Population		1,704,423	86.7%
	Rural Population			200,485	10.2%

	Inside Central Cities			744,380	37.9%
	Outside Central Cities			1,220,779	62.1%

	Total Metro Area Population			1,965,159	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN		1,704,423	1,704,423	100.0%

	Total			1,704,423


	population figures are from the 1970 census, metro areas as defined Apr 1973




1980				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			1,904,361	89.1%
		UA Population		1,787,564	83.6%
	Rural Population			232,772	10.9%

	Inside Central Cities			723,012	33.8%
	Outside Central Cities			1,414,121	66.2%

	Total Metro Area Population			2,137,133	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN		1,787,564	1,787,564	100.0%

	Total			1,787,564


	population figures are from the 1980 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1983




1990				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			2,250,140	88.6%
		UA Population		2,084,956	82.1%
	Rural Population			288,694	11.4%

	Inside Central Cities			640,618	25.2%
	Outside Central Cities			1,898,216	74.8%

	Total Metro Area Population			2,538,834	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN		2,079,676	2,079,676	100.0%
	St. Cloud, MN		74,037	5,280	7.1%

	Total			2,084,956


	population figures are from the 1990 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1993




2000				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			2,609,691	87.9%
		UA Population		2,394,602	80.7%
	Rural Population			359,115	12.1%

	Inside Principal Cities			990,594	33.4%
	Outside Principal Cities			1,978,212	66.6%

	Total Metro Area Population			2,968,806	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN		2,388,593	2,388,593	100.0%
	St. Cloud, MN		91,305	6,009	6.6%

	Total			2,394,602


	population figures are from the 2000 census, metro areas as defined Jun 2003

Component Change History




Apr 1950



-		New SMA: Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN SMA
-		Anoka County, MN included as original SMA component
-		Dakota County, MN included as original SMA component
-		Hennepin County, MN included as original SMA component
-		Ramsey County, MN included as original SMA component
-		Minneapolis, MN designated as original central city of new SMA
-		St. Paul, MN designated as original central city of new SMA


Dec 1958



-		Washington County, MN added


Apr 1973



-		Title of Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN SMSA changed to Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI SMSA
-		Carver County, MN added
-		Chisago County, MN added
-		Scott County, MN added
-		Sherburne County, MN included as original component of St. Cloud, MN SMSA
-		Wright County, MN added
-		St. Croix County, WI added


Jun 1983



-		Isanti County, MN added
-		Bloomington, MN designated as central city of MSA


Dec 1992



-		Sherburne County, MN added, transferred from St. Cloud, MN MSA
-		Pierce County, WI added
-		Bloomington, MN no longer designated as central city


Jun 2003



-		Title of Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA changed to Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area in Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA
-		Bloomington, MN designated as principal city of Metro Area
-		Eagan, MN designated as principal city of Metro Area
-		Eden Prairie, MN designated as principal city of Metro Area
-		Minnetonka, MN designated as principal city of Metro Area
-		Plymouth, MN designated as principal city of Metro Area

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