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Census data show Minneapolis, St. Paul continue steady growth

Population estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau today show steady growth across cities in the metro area since 2010, particularly the core cities. Percentage change in population between 2010 and 2014.

Minneapolis is now the 46th largest city in the country, moving up two positions over the past year, new estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau for 2014 show.

In 2014, the city grew by 6,560 residents while St. Paul's population was up by 2,200.

That's not the kind of white hot growth that cities in Texas or California are experiencing but the new data gives further proof that the Twin Cities continue to drive Minnesota's increase in population.

"We've known for a long time that Minneapolis and St. Paul are continuing to grow," State Demographer Susan Brower said. "But each year that they continue to grow it becomes more remarkable when you look at the history of the state and not just the past five years.

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Brower said new immigrants are the primary group influencing the Twin Cities recent growth. In the future, she said, Minnesota will come to rely more on new immigration to sustain its growth as the current population ages.

The new U.S. Census data also shows several Twin Cities area suburbs continuing to grow, but not necessarily at the same break-neck pace as years before.

Rogers, Otsego, Carver, Victoria and Waconia are among the far outer-ring suburbs posting significant gains from 2010 to 2014.

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Jeff Hargarten

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Jeff Hargarten is a Minnesota Star Tribune journalist at the intersection of data analysis, reporting, coding and design.

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MaryJo Webster is the data editor for the Minnesota Star Tribune. She teams up with reporters to analyze data for stories across a wide range of topics and beats and also oversees a small team of other data journalists.

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