Minnesota Population 2024

March 2, 2024 by Babji

Minnesota (U.S. state abbreviation is 'MN') is the northern region of midwestern state of United States, borders Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the north, North Dakota and South Dakota to the west and Ontario, province of Canada to the north. Minnesota population in 2024 is estimated to be 5.73 million and its 22nd populous state in US, area is 86,950 sq miles (225,163 sq km), area rank is 12th largest in the United States. Its Capital is St. Paul and other top cities are Minneapolis, Rochester, Duluth, Bloomington and Bemidji is the most dangerous city in Minnesota. Minnesota has 90,000 miles of shoreline, more than Florida, California and Hawaii combined, and though Minnesota called Land of Lakes and it has 11,842 lakes and out of these there are 201 Mud Lakes, 154 Long Lakes, and 123 Rice Lakes. The state of Minnesota was named after 'Minnesota River'. The popular places are Superior National Forest located in the Arrowhead Region, Como Zoo in St. Paul, Water Park of America which is a indoor water park in Bloomington.

Contents
Population by Race
Top Cities of Minnesota
Population Pyramid
Languages
Education
Disablity
Counties of Minnesota

Population of Minnesota is projected to be 5.6 million in 2019 with change of 0.69%, compared to 0.77% in 2018. According to U.S. 2020 Census Results, MN population in 2020 is 5,706,494. Minnesota population in 2023 is estimated to be 5.72 million, population in 2022 is estimated to be 5.702 million, and in 2021 is estimated to be 5.7 million.

Year	Population	% Change
2010	5,310,843
2011	5,345,668	0.66
2012	5,376,550	0.58
2013	5,413,693	0.69
2014	5,451,522	0.70
2015	5,482,503	0.57
2016	5,523,409	0.75
2017	5,568,155	0.81
2018	5,611,179	0.77
2019	5,649,896	0.69
2020	5,706,494	census updated July 1, 2020
2021*	5,707,390	0.02
2022*	5,702,253	-0.09
2023*	5,737,607	0.62

Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018, last census by July 1, 2020

Minnesota Population by Race

According to 2017 demographics estimates population of Minnesota by race are, 83.7% belongs to White Americans, followed by 5.9% are Black/African Americans, 5.2% are Hispanic/Latinos, 4.6% are Asians and 1% are American Indian and Alaska Natives

White Population

White population in Minnesota are 4,598,252, percentage wise 83.75 percent are whites. Whites, also called White Americans or European American, having origins in the original peoples of Europe (numbers include hispanic whites).

Black Population

Black population in Minnesota are 326,953, percentage wise 5.95 percent are blacks. African American refers to black population in Minnesota, They are Black racial groups of Africa, includes Sub-Saharan African people, Kenyan, Nigerian, Caribbean such as Haitian and Jamaican.

Asian Population

Asian population in Minnesota are 255,935, percentage wise 4.66 percent are asians, out of these 42,099 are Asian Indians, 30,314 are Chinese, 10,921 are Filipinos, 4,250 are Japanese, 16,352 are Korean, 27,870 are Vietnamese and 124,129 are other Asian nationals. 11533 are Burmese, 8400 are Cambodian, 75565 are Hmong, 2710 are Pakistani's, 1064 are Taiwanese, 726 are Bangladeshi's, and 2203 are Nepalese.

Hispanic Population

Hispanic population in Minnesota are 284,649. Percentage wise 5.18 percent are hispanics, out of these 196,865 are Mexican people, 13,845 are Puerto Ricans, 4,364 are Cubans, and 69,575 are other Hispanic or Latinos. Hispanics may be of any race, included in applicable race categories.

Stats of Native Indians are, 496 people are Cherokee tribals, 35693 are Chippewa tribals, 168 are Navajo tribals, 5,964 are Sioux tribal groups. Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander are 1,976 out of these 719 are Native Hawaiians, 312 are Guamanian/Chamorro, 323 are Samoans and 622 are other Pacific Islanders.

Total Population	5,490,726	Percent
White	4,598,252	83.75%
Black or African American	326,953	5.95%
American Indian and Alaska Native	57,566	1.048%
Cherokee tribal grouping	496	0.009%
Chippewa tribal grouping	35,693	0.650%
Navajo tribal grouping	168	0.003%
Sioux tribal grouping	5,964	0.109%
Asian Population	255,935	4.66%
Asian Indian	42,099	0.77%
Chinese	30,314	0.55%
Filipino	10,921	0.20%
Japanese	4,250	0.08%
Korean	16,352	0.30%
Vietnamese	27,870	0.51%
Other Asian Population	124,129
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,976	0.04%
Native Hawaiian	719	0.013%
Guamanian or Chamorro	312	0.006%
Samoan	323	0.006%
Other Pacific Islander	622
Some other race	95,600
Hispanic or Latino	284,649	5.18%
Mexican	196,865	3.59%
Puerto Rican	13,845	0.25%
Cuban	4,364	0.08%
Other Hispanic or Latino	69,575

Source: US Census 2017(Table B03002)

Top Cities of Minnesota

Rank	Cities	Population(2018)
1	Minneapolis	425,403
2	St. Paul	307,695
3	Rochester	116,961
4	Duluth	85,884
5	Bloomington	85,578
6	Brooklyn Park	80,610
7	Plymouth	79,450
8	Maple Grove	71,807
9	Woodbury	71,306
10	St. Cloud	68,043
11	Eagan	66,527
12	Lakeville	65,877
13	Blaine	65,212
14	Eden Prairie	64,334
15	Coon Rapids	62,527
16	Burnsville	61,203
17	Apple Valley,mn	54,121
18	Minnetonka	53,953
19	Edina	52,490

Population Pyramid

Source: 2021 US Census Estimates: Population In Five Year Age-Group

Minnesota Population by Age

According to 2019 US population estimates, population of Minnesota by age is 5,490,726, out of these 2,731,831 are male, 2,758,895 are female, The sex ratio of Minnesota is 990. The Minnesota population by age are, under 15 years is 1,072,574, 15 years and over is 4,418,152, 30 years and over is 3,332,795, 65 years and over is 803,718 and 85 years and over is 114,776. 49.75 percent are male, 50.25 percent are female, 19.53 percent are under 15 years old, 80.47 percent are 15 years and over, 60.70 percent are 30 years and over, 14.64 percent are 65 years and over, 2.09 percent are 85 years and over.

Languages spoken in MN

In MN state, English is the official language, people who speak native languages at home are, 88.65% are English, 3.82% are Spanish, 1.94 are European languages and 3.35 are Asian languages.
Out of 172,014 Asian speakers, 7313 speak Hindi, 1922 Gujarati, 2981 Urdu, 835 Punjabi, 1721 Bengali, 5116 Nepali/Marathi, 6532 Telugu, 4265 Tamil, 2999 Malayalam/Kannada, 23366 speak Chinese, 3781 Japanese, 5815 Korean, 61911 Hmong, 22918 Vietnamese, 6966 Khmer, 10180 Thai/Lao/Tai-Kadai languages, 2043 Perisan.
Regarding the middle east speakers, 12724 speak Arabic, 1129 Hebrew. African language speakers include 69509 Amharic/Somali, 11658 Yoruba/Twi/Igbo and 9589 Swahili.
European native language speakers include 14082 speak French, 1336 Haitian, 1962 Italian, 3145 Portuguese, 19525 German, 2915 Yiddish/Pennsylvania Dutch, 1023 Grek, 14050 speak Russian, 2561 Polish, 4419 Serbo-Croatian, 4676 Ukranian, 1511 Armenian.

Languages	Population	Percentage
Speak only English	4,557,386	88.65
Spanish Language	196,279	3.82
European Language	99,920	1.94
Asian Languages	172,014	3.35
Other Languages	115,165	2.24

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1601)

Minnesota Education

Minnesota education stats of High school and college are as per below table:

Population 18 to 24 years		505,783	257,313	248,470
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	61,653	36,225	25,428
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	137,900	79,516	58,384
	Some college or associates degree	240,674	115,228	125,446
	Bachelors degree or higher	65,556	26,344	39,212
Population 25 years and over		3,698,605	1,816,891	1,881,714
	Less than 9th grade	111,960	53,580	58,380
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	155,089	85,955	69,134
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	938,846	484,930	453,916
	Some college, no degree	795,044	388,840	406,204
	Associates degree	411,916	188,977	222,939
	Bachelors degree	849,439	404,137	445,302
	Graduate or professional degree	436,311	210,472	225,839

White		3,153,167	1,543,896	1,609,271
	High school graduate or higher	3,007,299	1,463,237	1,544,062
	Bachelors degree or higher	1,142,433	542,817	599,616
Black or African		176,334	89,802	86,532
	High school graduate or higher	143,373	75,990	67,383
	Bachelors degree or higher	35,536	19,641	15,895
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		32,953	16,157	16,796
	High school graduate or higher	27,319	13,241	14,078
	Bachelors degree or higher	3,999	1,732	2,267
Asian		151,970	71,875	80,095
	High school graduate or higher	121,567	59,228	62,339
	Bachelors degree or higher	65,405	32,225	33,180
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander		1,232	629	603
	High school graduate or higher	1,070	561	509
	Bachelors degree or higher	332	153	179
Hispanic or Latino Origin		138,837	73,096	65,741
	High school graduate or higher	90,032	45,615	44,417
	Bachelors degree or higher	22,829	11,114	11,715

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

Disable population of Minnesota as per table:

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	584,974
Male	298,829
Female	286,145
	-
White	496,623
Black or African American	39,549
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	8,781
Asian	18,000
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	282
Some other race	6,519
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	189,805
With a vision difficulty	84,741
With a cognitive difficulty	228,082
With an ambulatory difficulty	257,224
With a self-care difficulty	107,342
With an independent living difficulty	191,487

Counties of Minnesota

Hennepin is the largest County with 1.2 million in Minnesota out of the formed 87 counties, Ramsey County, second largest with 550210 inhabitants, followedd by Dakota county with 425423.

County	Population 2017	Population 2018	% Change	Rank 2017	Rank 2018
Aitkin County	15,809	15,902	0.6	53	53
Anoka County	350,521	353,813	0.9	4	4
Becker County	34,075	34,371	0.9	31	31
Beltrami County	46,484	46,847	0.8	20	20
Benton County	40,127	40,545	1	24	24
Big Stone County	5,011	4,989	-0.4	83	83
Blue Earth County	66,887	67,427	0.8	13	13
Brown County	25,172	25,111	-0.2	41	41
Carlton County	35,534	35,837	0.9	30	30
Carver County	102,150	103,551	1.4	11	11
Cass County	29,336	29,519	0.6	36	36
Chippewa County	11,958	11,924	-0.3	62	62
Chisago County	55,214	55,922	1.3	18	18
Clay County	63,682	63,955	0.4	16	16
Clearwater County	8,837	8,810	-0.3	74	74
Cook County	5,384	5,393	0.2	82	82
Cottonwood County	11,277	11,277	0	63	63
Crow Wing County	64,315	64,889	0.9	15	15
Dakota County	421,821	425,423	0.9	3	3
Dodge County	20,737	20,822	0.4	48	48
Douglas County	37,556	37,964	1.1	27	27
Faribault County	13,764	13,758	0	59	60
Fillmore County	20,982	21,058	0.4	47	47
Freeborn County	30,537	30,444	-0.3	35	35
Goodhue County	46,334	46,403	0.1	21	21
Grant County	5,938	6,021	1.4	79	79
Hennepin County	1,248,246	1,259,428	0.9	1	1
Houston County	18,662	18,578	-0.5	51	51
Hubbard County	21,001	21,332	1.6	46	46
Isanti County	39,583	39,966	1	26	26
Itasca County	45,161	45,108	-0.1	22	22
Jackson County	9,988	9,911	-0.8	67	67
Kanabec County	16,054	16,207	1	52	52
Kandiyohi County	42,715	42,855	0.3	23	23
Kittson County	4,259	4,248	-0.3	84	84
Koochiching County	12,526	12,440	-0.7	61	61
Lac qui Parle County	6,695	6,658	-0.6	76	76
Lake County	10,516	10,658	1.4	66	66
Lake of the Woods County	3,736	3,758	0.6	86	86
Le Sueur County	28,151	28,494	1.2	38	38
Lincoln County	5,682	5,673	-0.2	80	80
Lyon County	25,953	25,629	-1.2	39	40
McLeod County	35,883	35,873	0	29	29
Mahnomen County	5,579	5,519	-1.1	81	81
Marshall County	9,369	9,390	0.2	72	71
Martin County	19,858	19,785	-0.4	49	49
Meeker County	23,041	23,141	0.4	43	43
Mille Lacs County	25,877	26,139	1	40	39
Morrison County	33,100	33,169	0.2	33	33
Mower County	39,699	40,011	0.8	25	25
Murray County	8,353	8,276	-0.9	75	75
Nicollet County	34,058	34,220	0.5	32	32
Nobles County	21,810	21,924	0.5	44	44
Norman County	6,585	6,475	-1.7	77	77
Olmsted County	154,519	156,277	1.1	8	8
Otter Tail County	58,251	58,812	1	17	17
Pennington County	14,191	14,178	-0.1	58	58
Pine County	29,184	29,483	1	37	37
Pipestone County	9,096	9,047	-0.5	73	73
Polk County	31,705	31,529	-0.6	34	34
Pope County	10,985	11,097	1	64	64
Ramsey County	545,518	550,210	0.9	2	2
Red Lake County	4,022	3,999	-0.6	85	85
Redwood County	15,243	15,249	0	55	54
Renville County	14,667	14,612	-0.4	57	57
Rice County	66,173	66,523	0.5	14	14
Rock County	9,453	9,414	-0.4	70	70
Roseau County	15,311	15,150	-1.1	54	55
St. Louis County	199,798	199,754	0	6	6
Scott County	145,595	147,381	1.2	9	9
Sherburne County	94,547	96,036	1.6	12	12
Sibley County	14,904	15,028	0.8	56	56
Stearns County	157,979	159,256	0.8	7	7
Steele County	36,824	36,803	-0.1	28	28
Stevens County	9,672	9,753	0.8	69	69
Swift County	9,396	9,345	-0.5	71	72
Todd County	24,532	24,582	0.2	42	42
Traverse County	3,307	3,308	0	87	87
Wabasha County	21,590	21,645	0.3	45	45
Wadena County	13,646	13,773	0.9	60	59
Waseca County	18,726	18,691	-0.2	50	50
Washington County	255,697	259,201	1.4	5	5
Watonwan County	10,916	10,980	0.6	65	65
Wilkin County	6,322	6,254	-1.1	78	78
Winona County	50,704	50,825	0.2	19	19
Wright County	134,255	136,349	1.6	10	10
Yellow Medicine County	9,845	9,795	-0.5	68	68