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City in Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

Hennepin County

City in and seat of Hennepin County, and largest city in State of Minnesota, United States.

Population
428,579 (2024)
Density
7,937 / sq mi
Land area
54.0 sq mi
Water area
3.5 sq mi
Elevation
866 ft
Founded
1850
Coordinates
44.9633, -93.2683

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Photos of Minneapolis

  • Stevens Square HD

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  • East 19th Street (2142605057)

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  • Abandoned Car in Whittier (552150162)

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  • Abandoned Car in Whittier (545859019)

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  • Stevens Square (457233593)

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  • Stevens Square (341179278)

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  • Peavey Park (290089943)

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  • Mosaic Benches (290064091)

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Climate

July average high
83°F
January average low
9°F
Annual rainfall
31.6 in
Annual snowfall
51.2 in
  1. 24° 9° Jan 0.9"
  2. 29° 13° Feb 0.9"
  3. 42° 25° Mar 1.7"
  4. 57° 38° Apr 2.9"
  5. 69° 50° May 3.9"
  6. 79° 60° Jun 4.6"
  7. 83° 65° Jul 4.1"
  8. 81° 63° Aug 4.3"
  9. 73° 54° Sep 3.0"
  10. 58° 41° Oct 2.6"
  11. 42° 28° Nov 1.6"
  12. 29° 15° Dec 1.2"

NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Minneapolis-St Paul Intl Ap (9 km from the city center). Bars show average low to high temperature; the blue column is average rainfall.

How Minneapolis ranks

Local facts

Median household income
$80,269
Median rent
$1,329 / mo
Median home value
$345,600
Median age
33.0
Unemployment
5.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher
54.5%
Poverty rate
16.4%
Renter-occupied homes
52.0%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools
158
Students enrolled
40,031
Students per teacher
15.9 : 1
Free or reduced-price lunch
64.4%
Charter schools
38.6%
School districts serving the city
32

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Districts: Minneapolis Public School District, Minnesota Transitions Charter Sch, Cyber Village Academy, Metro Schools Charter, Hiawatha Academies

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity
29.4%
No leisure-time physical activity
21.4%
Adults with diabetes
8.8%
Adults who smoke
13.0%
Frequent mental distress
15.9%
Sleeping under 7 hours
29.5%
Adults without health insurance
9.6%
Routine checkup in past year
73.8%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park
98.4%
Share of city that is parkland
15.5%
EPA walkability index (1-20)
15.1
Median air quality index (county)
45
Unhealthy air days (county)
10

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband
90.3%
Households with no internet
5.6%
Average commute
22.5 min
Work from home
23.3%
Commute by transit
7.5%
Commute on foot
6.0%
Commute by bike
2.3%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Hennepin County as relatively high overall for natural hazard risk, with 2 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

  • Cold wave: very high
  • Tornado: very high
  • Hail: very high
  • Heat wave: relatively high

Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, FEMA National Risk Index, U.S. Census Bureau ACS, CDC PLACES, NCES Common Core of Data, The Trust for Public Land ParkServe, EPA AirData, EPA Smart Location Database, NOAA Climate Normals, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata

ZIP codes

  • 55401
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