Downtown Minneapolis-St. Paul
------------------------------ 2020 ------ 2010 ------ 2000 ------ 1990 ------ Growth ------ Density
Downtown Minneapolis --------- 41,093 ----- 29,725 ----- 24,149 ----- 21,157 ---- 38.2% ---- 23.1% --- 14.1% ------- 7.5 km² --- 5,471.0 inh./km²
Downtown St. Paul ------------- 11,808 ------ 9,050 ------ 7,999 ------ 6,711 ---- 30.5% ---- 13.1% --- 19.2% ------- 3.2 km² --- 3,663.7 inh./km²
Minneapolis ------------------- 429,954 ---- 382,603 ---- 382,824 ---- 368,397 ---- 12.4% ---- -0.1% ---- 3.9% ----- 139.9 km² --- 3,073.3 inh./km²
St. Paul ----------------------- 311,527 ---- 285,103 ---- 287,029 ---- 272,065 ----- 9.3% ---- -0.7% ---- 5.5% ----- 134.6 km² --- 2,314.5 inh./km²
Minneapolis Metro Area ---- 3,635,128 -- 3,279,833 -- 2,968,806 -- 2,538,834 ---- 10.8% ---- 10.5% --- 16.9% -- 15,609 km²
Both Downtowns are doing quite well, growing much faster this decade than the previous ones. Minneapolis is one of the most populated in the country, with 41,000 people. St. Paul's, that is completely overlooked by Minneapolis', it's in fact more populated than St. Louis', for instance.
Regarding the metro area, it's one of the very few in the country that grew faster this decade than the past one.