Population and Age
The population of Minneapolis has declined since its peak of 521,718 in 1950, with a small rebound between the periods of 1990 to 2000 and 2000 to 2010. The U.S. Census Bureau reported 382,578 in 2010, down from 382,618 in the 2000 Census. In contrast, the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area including the suburbs doubled in population since 1950 and now has approximately 3.5 million residents.
In 1950, approximately 70.0% of the metropolitan area's population was concentrated in the two core cities of Minneapolis and its twin city, St. Paul, Minnesota. By 2010, the two cities held only 20.0% of the metropolitan area total population. Increased housing production such as the construction of condominiums has brought Downtown Minneapolis' population to a little over 30,000 inhabitants.
According to the 2010 Census, conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, the age distribution was as follows.
- Under 5 years: 7.3%
- 5–9 years: 5.4%
- 10–14 years: 4.9%
- 15–19 years: 7.0%
- 20–24 years: 9.7%
- 25–34 years: 18.2%
- 35–44 years: 15.9%
- 45–54 years: 14.1%
- 55–59 years: 5.4%
- 60–64 years: 3.7%
- 65–74 years: 3.9%
- 75–84 years: 3.0%
- 85 years and over: 1.6%
- Median age: 33.7 years
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