Age, Race, & Ethnicity

Looking for population data by age and race groups? You've come to the right place to get these essential numbers that help us understand Minnesota and how it is changing.

Key Findings
Featured Data
Featured Reports
Other Resources

Key Findings
- In Minnesota, people of Color (those who identify as a race other than White alone, and/or those who are Hispanic or Latin(x)) make up 20% of the total population. Non-Hispanic White Minnesotans represent the remaining 80% of the statewide population.
- All race groups have grown recently in MN, but between 2010 and 2018, the state has added five times as many People of Color as non-Hispanic White residents. Populations of Color are distributed unevenly across the state, and are more likely to live in metro areas than rural areas.
- Between 2010 and 2018, the fastest growing racial group in Minnesota was the Black or African American population, which grew by 36%, adding more than 96,500 people. Second fastest was the Asian population, which grew by 32%, adding 69,800 people, followed by the Hispanic or Latin(x) population, which grew by 24%, adding 59,000 people. (Black or African American and Asian race groups are that race "alone" and not Hispanic or Latin(x)).
  
  (All data from 2018 Population Estimates, U.S. Census Bureau).
Featured Data
Population projections:
- See how the relative size of various age cohorts will shift in the coming decades using datasets from our population projections for counties, Economic Development Regions and the state as a whole
Data for MN and all MN counties from the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Estimates:
- State population totals, from April 1, 2010 through July 1, 2019
- State population by age, sex, race and Hispanic origin, from April 1, 2010 through July 1, 2019
- County population totals and components of change, from April 1, 2010 through July 1, 2018
- County population by age, sex, race and Hispanic origin, from April 1, 2010 through July 1, 2018
Featured Reports
- The Economic Status of Minnesotans: A Chartbook With Data For 17 Cultural Groups, released March 2023.
- The Economic Status of Minnesotans: A Chartbook With Data For 17 Cultural Groups, released January 2018.
- Young Adults in Minnesota: A Demographic & Economic Profile, released June 2015.
- Minnesota Births Yet To Return To Pre-Recession Level: More Diversity In State's Nurseries, released Nov. 2014.
- Minnesota Population Projections By Race and Hispanic Origin, 2005 to 2035, released July 2009.
Other Resources
- Local data and resources on race and ethnicity and disparities from Minnesota Compass, a project of Wilder Research.
- American Indian and Alaskan Native data resources compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau.
- Data and publications from the Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans.
- Research publications from the Council on Minnesotans of African Heritage.
- Demographics of the Latino population in 2010 from the Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs.
- Research publications from Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment through Research (HACER).
- Educational inequities data from Generation Next, a partnership dedicated to closing the achievement and opportunity gap in the Twin Cities area.