Minnesota statistical areas
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The U.S. State of Minnesota currently has 34 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated six combined statistical areas, nine metropolitan statistical areas, and 19 micropolitan statistical areas in Minnesota. As of 2023, the largest of these is the Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI CSA, comprising the area around the state's twin cities - Minneapolis, its largest city, and St. Paul, its capital.
Statistical areas
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico. These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.
The OMB defines a core-based statistical area (commonly referred to as a CBSA) as the county or counties (or county-equivalents) surrounding at least one densely-settled core of at least 10,000 population, "plus adjacent counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured through commuting ties with the counties containing the core". The OMB further divides core-based statistical areas based on population into metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) for those with at least 50,000 and micropolitan statistical areas (μSAs) for those with 10,000 to 49,999 people.
The OMB defines a combined statistical area (CSA) as two or more adjacent core-based statistical areas where the employment interchange rate (% commuting from A to B plus % commuting from B to A) is at least 15%. The primary statistical areas (PSAs) include all combined statistical areas and any core-based statistical area that is not a constituent of a combined statistical area.
| 2023 rank | Core-based statistical area | Population | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 estimate | Change | 2020 Census | Change | 2010 Census | ||
| 1 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MSA | 3,572,231 | +0.50% | 3,554,513 | +10.79% | 3,208,269 |
| 2 | Duluth, MN-WI MSA (MN) | 237,339 | +0.38% | 236,438 | +0.35% | 235,612 |
| 3 | Rochester, MN MSA | 229,077 | +1.21% | 226,329 | +9.40% | 206,877 |
| 4 | St. Cloud, MN MSA | 202,577 | +1.46% | 199,671 | +5.59% | 189,093 |
| 5 | Mankato, MN MSA | 104,248 | +0.66% | 103,566 | +7.06% | 96,740 |
| 6 | Brainerd, MN μSA | 99,750 | +3.70% | 96,189 | +5.62% | 91,067 |
| 7 | Faribault-Northfield, MN μSA | 67,948 | +1.27% | 67,097 | +4.61% | 64,142 |
| 8 | Fargo, ND-MN MSA (MN) | 66,258 | +1.44% | 65,318 | +10.71% | 58,999 |
| 9 | Fergus Falls, MN μSA | 60,626 | +0.91% | 60,081 | +4.85% | 57,303 |
| 10 | Winona, MN μSA | 49,721 | +0.10% | 49,671 | −3.48% | 51,461 |
| 11 | Red Wing, MN μSA | 48,035 | +0.95% | 47,582 | +3.03% | 46,183 |
| 12 | Bemidji, MN μSA | 46,718 | +1.06% | 46,228 | +4.02% | 44,442 |
| 13 | Grand Rapids, MN μSA | 45,365 | +0.78% | 45,014 | −0.10% | 45,058 |
| 14 | Willmar, MN μSA | 43,813 | +0.19% | 43,732 | +3.53% | 42,239 |
| 15 | Austin, MN μSA | 40,058 | +0.07% | 40,029 | +2.21% | 39,163 |
| 16 | Alexandria, MN μSA | 39,953 | +2.43% | 39,006 | +8.32% | 36,009 |
| 17 | Owatonna, MN μSA | 37,421 | +0.04% | 37,406 | +2.27% | 36,576 |
| 18 | Hutchinson, MN μSA | 36,785 | +0.04% | 36,771 | +0.33% | 36,651 |
| 19 | Detroit Lakes, MN μSA | 35,283 | +0.28% | 35,183 | +8.24% | 32,504 |
| 20 | Albert Lea, MN μSA | 30,515 | −1.23% | 30,895 | −1.15% | 31,255 |
| 21 | Grand Forks, ND-MN MSA (MN) | 30,412 | −2.50% | 31,192 | −1.29% | 31,600 |
| 22 | New Ulm, MN μSA | 25,628 | −1.10% | 25,912 | +0.07% | 25,893 |
| 23 | Marshall, MN μSA | 25,427 | +0.63% | 25,269 | −2.27% | 25,857 |
| 24 | Worthington, MN μSA | 21,727 | −2.53% | 22,290 | +4.27% | 21,378 |
| 25 | Fairmont, MN μSA | 19,657 | −1.84% | 20,025 | −3.91% | 20,840 |
| 26 | La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN MSA (MN) | 18,582 | −1.39% | 18,843 | −0.97% | 19,027 |
| 27 | Sioux Falls, SD-MN MSA (MN) | 9,551 | −1.58% | 9,704 | +0.18% | 9,687 |
| 28 | Wahpeton, ND-MN μSA (MN) | 6,306 | −3.07% | 6,506 | −1.06% | 6,576 |
| Duluth, MN-WI MSA | 281,603 | +0.31% | 280,733 | +0.34% | 279,771 | |
| Fargo, ND-MN MSA | 262,620 | +5.11% | 249,843 | +19.67% | 208,777 | |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN MSA | 103,120 | −1.19% | 104,362 | +5.99% | 98,461 | |
| La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN MSA | 170,238 | −0.06% | 170,341 | +4.22% | 163,438 | |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MSA | 3,712,020 | +0.59% | 3,690,261 | +10.70% | 3,333,633 | |
| Sioux Falls, SD-MN MSA | 304,555 | +6.33% | 286,434 | +20.18% | 238,338 | |
| Wahpeton, ND-MN μSA | 22,864 | −0.74% | 23,035 | +0.60% | 22,897 |
| 2023 rank | Combined statistical area | Population | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 estimate | Change | 2020 Census | Change | 2010 Census | ||
| 1 | Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI CSA (MN) | 3,964,997 | +0.56% | 3,943,040 | +10.11% | 3,580,914 |
| 2 | Rochester-Austin-Winona, MN CSA | 318,856 | +0.89% | 316,029 | +6.23% | 297,501 |
| 3 | Duluth-Grand Rapids, MN-WI CSA (MN) | 282,704 | +0.44% | 281,452 | +0.28% | 280,670 |
| 4 | Mankato-New Ulm, MN CSA | 129,876 | +0.31% | 129,478 | +5.58% | 122,633 |
| 5 | Fargo-Wahpeton, ND-MN CSA (MN) | 72,564 | +1.03% | 71,824 | +9.53% | 65,575 |
| 6 | La Crosse-Onalaska-Sparta, WI-MN CSA (MN) | 18,582 | −1.39% | 18,843 | −0.97% | 19,027 |
| Duluth-Grand Rapids, MN-WI CSA | 326,968 | +0.37% | 325,747 | +0.28% | 324,829 | |
| Fargo-Wahpeton, ND-MN CSA | 285,484 | +4.62% | 272,878 | +17.79% | 231,674 | |
| La Crosse-Onalaska-Sparta, WI-MN CSA | 216,389 | −0.10% | 216,615 | +4.09% | 208,111 | |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI CSA | 4,104,786 | +0.64% | 4,078,788 | +10.05% | 3,706,278 |
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