Rochester, Minnesota metropolitan area

The Rochester, Minnesota Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of three counties in southeast Minnesota, anchored by the city of Rochester. As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 186,011.^[1]

1 Counties
2 Communities
- 2.1 Cities
- 2.2 Townships
3 Demographics
4 See also
5 References

Counties

Communities

Cities

Places with more than 100,000 inhabitants: Rochester.
Places with 2,500 to 10,000 inhabitants: Byron, Kasson, Lake City (partial), Plainview, Stewartville, Wabasha.
Places with 1,000 to 2,500 inhabitants: Blooming Prairie (partial), Chatfield (partial), Dodge Center, Eyota, Hayfield, Mantorville, Pine Island (partial).
Places with less than 1,000 inhabitants: Bellechester (partial), Claremont, Dover, Elgin, Hammond, Kellogg, Mazeppa, Millville, Minneiska (partial), Oronoco, West Concord, Zumbro Falls.
Unincorporated places: Douglas, Simpson, South Troy, Potsdam, Berne, Salem Corners, Chester, Pleasant Grove, Genoa, Post Town, Danesville

Townships

Townships with more than 2,500 inhabitants: Cascade, Marion, Plainview, Rochester.
Townships with 1,000 to 2,500 inhabitants: Greenfield, Haverhill, High Forest, Kalmar, Mantorville, New Haven, Oronoco, Salem.
Townships with 500 to 1,000 inhabitants: Canisteo, Concord, Elgin, Farmington, Gillford, Mazeppa, Milton, Orion, Pleasant Grove, Rock Dell, Vernon, Viola, Wasioja, Zumbro.
Townships with less than 500 inhabitants: Ashland, Chester, Claremont, Dover, Ellington, Elmira, Eyota, Glasgow, Hayfield, Highland, Hyde Park, Lake, Minneiska, Mount Pleasant, Oakwood, Pepin, Quincy, Ripley, Watopa, West Albany, Westfield.

Demographics

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 163,618 people, 62,504 households, and 43,046 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 92.01% White, 2.09% African American, 0.25% Native American, 3.34% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.99% from other races, and 1.29% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.35% of the population.

The median income for a household in the MSA was $46,957, and the median income for a family was $55,450. Males had a median income of $35,815 versus $26,738 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $21,287.

References

^ "Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 (CBSA-EST2009-01)" (CSV). 2009 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. 2010-03-23. http://www.census.gov/popest/metro/tables/2009/CBSA-EST2009-01.csv. Retrieved 2010-03-26.
^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

State of Minnesota

Saint Paul (capital)

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Regions	Arrowhead Boundary Waters Buffalo Ridge Central Coteau des Prairies Driftless Area Iron Range Minnesota River Valley North Shore Northwest Angle North Woods Pipestone Red River Valley Southeast Twin Cities metropolitan area

Larger cities pop. over 60,000	Bloomington Brooklyn Park Burnsville Coon Rapids Duluth Eagan Eden Prairie Maple Grove Minneapolis Plymouth Rochester Saint Paul St. Cloud Woodbury

Smaller cities pop. over 10,000	Albert Lea Alexandria Andover Anoka Apple Valley Austin Bemidji Big Lake Blaine Brainerd Brooklyn Center Buffalo Champlin Chanhassen Chaska Cloquet Columbia Heights Cottage Grove Crystal East Bethel Edina Elk River Fairmont Faribault Farmington Fergus Falls Forest Lake Fridley Golden Valley Grand Rapids Ham Lake Hastings Hibbing Hopkins Hugo Hutchinson Inver Grove Heights Lakeville Lino Lakes Mankato Maplewood Marshall Mendota Heights Minnetonka Monticello Moorhead Mounds View New Brighton New Hope New Ulm North Branch North Mankato North St. Paul Northfield Oakdale Otsego Owatonna Prior Lake Ramsey Red Wing Richfield Robbinsdale Rosemount Roseville Sartell Sauk Rapids Savage Shakopee Shoreview South St. Paul St. Louis Park St. Michael St. Peter Stillwater Vadnais Heights Waconia West St. Paul White Bear Lake Willmar Winona Worthington

Counties	Aitkin Anoka Becker Beltrami Benton Big Stone Blue Earth Brown Carlton Carver Cass Chippewa Chisago Clay Clearwater Cook Cottonwood Crow Wing Dakota Dodge Douglas Faribault Fillmore Freeborn Goodhue Grant Hennepin Houston Hubbard Isanti Itasca Jackson Kanabec Kandiyohi Kittson Koochiching Lac qui Parle Lake Lake of the Woods Le Sueur Lincoln Lyon Mahnomen Marshall Martin McLeod Meeker Mille Lacs Morrison Mower Murray Nicollet Nobles Norman Olmsted Otter Tail Pennington Pine Pipestone Polk Pope Ramsey Red Lake Redwood Renville Rice Rock Roseau St. Louis Scott Sherburne Sibley Stearns Steele Stevens Swift Todd Traverse Wabasha Wadena Waseca Washington Watonwan Wilkin Winona Wright Yellow Medicine