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

The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area is made up of 15 counties in Minnesota and Wisconsin; the largest are Hennepin County, Ramsey County, and Dakota County. About 3,790,295 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 2.7% more than in April 2020.

Anoka County, centralCarver County, centralChisago County, outlyingDakota County, centralHennepin County, centralIsanti County, outlyingLe Sueur County, outlyingMille Lacs County, outlyingRamsey County, centralScott County, centralSherburne County, centralWashington County, centralWright County, centralPierce County, outlyingSt. Croix County, outlyingMinneapolisBloomington
Central Outlying 15 counties in Minnesota and Wisconsin
Population, July 2025
3,790,295 2.7% more than in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
Counties
15: 9 central, 6 outlying
Land area
7,048 sq mi (18,253 km²)
Time zone
Central TimeUTC-06:00 in January; UTC-05:00 in July
States
Minnesota, Wisconsin
Combined statistical area
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI
CBSA code
33460
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Counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area, largest first

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025Share of the area
Hennepin CountyMinnesotaCentral1,284,78433.9%
Ramsey CountyMinnesotaCentral541,62314.3%
Dakota CountyMinnesotaCentral457,71012.1%
Anoka CountyMinnesotaCentral381,60510.1%
Washington CountyMinnesotaCentral286,8957.6%
Scott CountyMinnesotaCentral159,0174.2%
Wright CountyMinnesotaCentral157,5594.2%
Carver CountyMinnesotaCentral114,3793.0%
Sherburne CountyMinnesotaCentral104,1942.7%
St. Croix CountyWisconsinOutlying98,2762.6%
Chisago CountyMinnesotaOutlying59,1421.6%
Isanti CountyMinnesotaOutlying44,3861.2%
Pierce CountyWisconsinOutlying43,5191.1%
Le Sueur CountyMinnesotaOutlying29,4530.8%
Mille Lacs CountyMinnesotaOutlying27,7530.7%

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. An outlying county is in the area because of commuting: at least a quarter of its workers have jobs in the central counties, or at least a quarter of the people working there live in them. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal cities, largest first

  1. Minneapolis427,246 people
  2. St. Paul307,284 people
  3. Bloomington88,665 people
  4. Plymouth79,220 people
  5. Eagan68,000 people
  6. Burnsville64,463 people
  7. Eden Prairie63,051 people
  8. Edina53,262 people
  9. Minnetonka53,064 people
  10. St. Louis Park49,594 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 5 areas in this one, largest first:

  1. St. Cloud, MN Metro Area205,854 people
  2. Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area69,939 people
  3. Red Wing, MN Micro Area48,195 people
  4. Owatonna, MN Micro Area37,464 people
  5. Hutchinson, MN Micro Area36,631 people

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Red Wing, MN Micro Area42 mi southeast
  2. Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area46 mi south
  3. Hutchinson, MN Micro Area54 mi west
  4. St. Cloud, MN Metro Area59 mi northwest
  5. Mankato, MN Metro Area65 mi southwest
  6. Menomonie, WI Micro Area67 mi east
  7. Rice Lake, WI Micro Area82 mi northeast
  8. Brainerd, MN Micro Area106 mi northwest

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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.

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