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Minneapolis, MN
428,579 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 2743000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Minneapolis ranked #242 of 340 cities and 6th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Minneapolis and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: St. Paul MN, Sacramento CA, Oakland CA, Portland OR, Denver CO, Washington DC, Long Beach CA, Stockton CA, Norfolk VA, St. Louis MO, Baltimore MD, Kansas City MO, Worcester MA · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #242 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #267 | #327 | #232 | #204 | #197 | #271 | #188 | #152 | #167 | #237 | #221 | #222 | #212 | #122 | #187 | #218 | #290 | #244 | #242 | #256 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 376,937 | 376,495 | 377,575 | 379,185 | 381,638 | 383,067 | 388,052 | 392,768 | 400,070 | 407,067 | 411,030 | 415,079 | 420,925 | 424,903 | 429,606 | 430,738 | 427,853 | 422,613 | 426,569 | 428,579 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #183 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | -1.3 | -0.9 | -0.5 | -0.3 | -0.1 | — | +0.2 | +0.2 | +0.1 | -0.1 | -0.3 | -0.1 | +0.0 | -0.0 | -0.2 | -0.1 | -1.4 | -1.8 | -0.7 | -0.4 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #218 of 271 cities with data · 10th of 11 in its peer group with data | 4.0 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 7.0 | 5.4 | 8.5 | 11.2 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 8.7 | 3.6 | 1.1 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #63 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | 20.2% | 20.0% | 19.3% | 18.9% | 20.4% | 20.3% | 20.1% | 20.3% | 20.2% | 20.7% | 20.1% | 19.9% | 19.5% | 19.9% | 19.4% | — | 21.2% | 20.4% | 19.9% | 20.7% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #277 of 304 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | 12.5 | 15.1 | 12.4 | 9.8 | 4.7 | 9.7 | 8.2 | 9.9 | 9.0 | 7.6 | 11.4 | 8.4 | 10.0 | 7.3 | 10.9 | 19.5 | 22.0 | 18.7 | 16.9 | 18.0 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #257 of 295 cities with data · 10th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 113.1 | 202.9 | 257.3 | 241.6 | 202.5 | 193.2 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 289,675 | 278,070 | 302,903 | 308,535 | 300,527 | 290,989 | 297,849 | 318,570 | 325,339 | 327,525 | 336,484 | 339,692 | 345,050 | 357,223 | 361,690 | 341,559 | 331,690 | 341,788 | 339,131 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #307 of 329 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +0.3 | -4.9 | +6.5 | +2.2 | -0.4 | -3.3 | +0.9 | +5.2 | +0.4 | -1.1 | +0.0 | -1.0 | -0.2 | +2.3 | +0.3 | +0.8 | -2.9 | -0.3 | -3.3 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 202,995 | 216,927 | 220,915 | 229,462 | 238,224 | 236,140 | 247,103 | 243,648 | 249,700 | — | 239,940 | 245,929 | 255,603 | 243,371 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #215 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.0% | 8.7% | 8.0% | 6.7% | 5.7% | 5.8% | 4.2% | 5.1% | 4.4% | — | 8.5% | 4.6% | 3.9% | 5.5% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | 92% | 92% | 86% | 77% | 57% | 66% | 74% | 69% | 74% | 82% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #210 of 314 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 15% | 6% | -1% | 16% | 19% | 22% | 21% | 16% | 25% | 11% | 16% | 13% | 7% | 23% | 5% | 7% | 15% | -2% | 9% | 16% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #107 of 314 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | $11,333 | $12,735 | $11,921 | $10,986 | $13,048 | $12,346 | $12,736 | $11,966 | $11,025 | $10,268 | $10,116 | $9,347 | $8,827 | $7,779 | $7,609 | $7,583 | $6,965 | $2,230 | $1,995 | $1,940 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Minneapolis. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.