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A Deluge of Data. New Numbers Flow from Census 2000 James Hibbs Minnesota State Demographic Center. Data Sources. 2000 data are taken from the P.L.94-171 file 1990 data for counties, cities and townships reflect any corrections received after the release of P.L. 94-171 in 1991.
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A Deluge of Data New Numbers Flow from Census 2000 James Hibbs Minnesota State Demographic Center
Data Sources • 2000 data are taken from the P.L.94-171 file • 1990 data for counties, cities and townships reflect any corrections received after the release of P.L. 94-171 in 1991
State Highlights • Minnesota’s population in 2000 was 4,919,479, an increase of 543,814 or 12.4% • Minnesota ranked 21st based on resident population, down from 20th in 1990 • Minnesota ranked 17th based on numeric change • Minnesota ranked 21st based on percent change
State Highlights • Minnesota was the fastest-growing state in the Midwest and Northeast • Nevada was the fastest-growing state in the nation, with an increase of 66.3% • California added 4,111,627 residents between 1990 and 2000 • Texas and Florida were next with numeric increases exceeding 3 million
State Highlights • The fastest-growing regions of the state are around the Twin Cities and in north-central Minnesota • The northwestern, southwestern and west-central regions of Minnesota lost population between 1990 and 2000 • All regions improved upon the growth rates recorded between 1980 and 1990
State Highlights • The metropolitan areas of Minnesota grew more than twice as fast as the non-metropolitan areas between 1990 and 2000 • Minneapolis-St. Paul and Rochester were the fastest-growing metropolitan areas • Five metropolitan areas cross state lines • The 7 metropolitan areas cover 18 counties in Minnesota, 4 counties in Wisconsin and 2 counties in North Dakota
County Highlights • Hennepin County has the largest population in Minnesota • There are 8 counties with more than 100,000 residents • Traverse County has the smallest population • There are 16 counties with fewer than 10,000 residents
County Highlights • Ramsey County is the most densely populated county in Minnesota • There are 11 counties in Minnesota with population densities exceeding 100 persons per square mile • The are 14 counties in Minnesota with population densities under 10 persons per square mile • Lake of the Woods and Cook counties have the lowest population densities in the state
County Highlights • Hennepin County added the most residents between 1990 and 2000 • 13 counties added at least 10,000 residents during the decade • Only 3 of the 13 counties are located outside the Twin Cities metropolitan area • 6 non-metropolitan counties (Crow Wing, Rice, Otter Tail, Cass, Beltrami and Pine) added more than 5,000 residents
County Highlights • 25 counties lost population between 1990 and 2000; 49 counties lost population between 1980 and 1990 • The largest numeric losses were in Koochiching, Polk and Martin counties • The largest percent losses were in Koochiching, Lac qui Parle and Kittson counties
County Highlights • Scott County and Sherburne County were the fastest-growing counties in the state between 1990 and 2000 • In all, 8 counties had growth rates exceeding 25 percent; 7 of the 8 counties are in the Twin Cities MSA • Fast-growing counties outside the Twin Cities include Cook, Pine, Cass, Crow Wing, Aitkin and Hubbard
City Highlights • Minnesota has 14 cities with over 50,000 residents • Duluth and Rochester moved ahead of Bloomington to become the 3rd and 4th largest cities in the state • Over 61% of the 853 cities in Minnesota had fewer than 1,000 residents in 2000
City Highlights • Twelve cities more than doubled their population between 1990 and 2000 • All but 2 of the 12 were in the Twin Cities MSA and only 1 was in a non-metropolitan county • Many of these cities experienced consolidations or major annexations between 1990 and 2000
City Highlights • 14 cities added over 10,000 residents between 1990 and 2000 • Woodbury was the leader with a numeric increase of 26,388 persons • Minneapolis and St. Paul are among the ten cities with the largest numeric increases • All 14 cities are located in a metropolitan county; only 2 are located outside the Twin Cities area
City Highlights • Landfall city in Washington County had the highest population density of any city in the state--8,997 persons per square mile • The population density for Minneapolis was 6,970 per square mile • The population density for St. Paul was 5,442 per square mile • Fifty Lakes in Crow Wing County had the lowest population density--13.5 persons per square mile
Township Highlights • There were 1,794 organized townships in Minnesota in 2000 • Over 88 percent of these townships have fewer than 500 residents • Township residents make up about 19 percent of the state’s population • Nearly half of the townships in Minnesota lost population between 1990 and 2000
Township Highlights • There were 41 townships in Minnesota in 2000 with more than 2,500 residents • Four townships had more than 5,000 residents • White Bear township in Ramsey County was the largest township in Minnesota in 2000
