Demographics of Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Minneapolis (pronounced [ˌmɪniˈæpəlɪs]) is the largest city in the state of Minnesota in the United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County.

The Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area including suburbs doubled since 1950 and has about three million residents. Minneapolis population decreased since its peak of 521,718 in 1950, with a small rebound between 1990 and 2000. The number of white residents has continued to decline and is now at its lowest level since the early 20th century. The population of downtown declined in the 1960s and 1970s but retained residents better than similar cities and then boomed to 20,201 in 2000. When new condominiums were completed and warehouses were converted to loft-style housing, Maxfield Research estimated the downtown population at 29,350 as of January 2005. Commuters bring the daytime population up to about 165,000 each weekday. Presumably due to decreased average density per housing unit, the number of inhabited houses has remained comparatively steady compared to other rust-belt inner cities where large numbers of houses have been razed.

As of the census² of 2000, there were 382,618 people, 162,352 households, and 73,870 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,691.4/km² (6,970.3/mi²). There were 168,606 housing units at an average density of 1,186.0/km² (3,071.6/mi²). 22.6% of households had children under the age of 18, 29.0% were married couples living together, 12.3% had female heads of households, and 54.5% were non-families. 40.3% of households were individuals. 8.0% were individuals 65 years of age or older living alone. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 3.15. 22.0% of the population was under the age of 18, 14.4% was 18 to 24, 36.6% was 25 to 44, 17.9% was 45 to 64, and 9.1% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 101.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.1 males. The median household income was $37,974. The median family income was $48,602. Males had a median income of $35,216 compared to $30,663 for females. The per capita income for the city was $22,685. About 11.9% of families and 16.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.5% of those under age 18 and 10.9% of those age 65 or over.

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