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Do not fill this in! === Census and estimates === Minneapolis is the country's 46th largest city.<ref>{{cite web|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places of 50,000 or More, Ranked by July 1, 2022 Population|date=July 1, 2022|access-date=March 17, 2024|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2022/cities/totals/SUB-IP-EST2022-ANNRNK.xlsx|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|archive-date=July 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717001424/https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2022/cities/totals/SUB-IP-EST2022-ANNRNK.xlsx|url-status=live}}</ref> and, by 2023 population, the state's largest city.<ref>{{cite web|title=Community profile|url=https://stories.opengov.com/minneapolismn/published/cxcd-UhRjRb|access-date=October 12, 2023|publisher=City of Minneapolis|via=OpenGov|archive-date=October 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018031645/https://stories.opengov.com/minneapolismn/published/cxcd-UhRjRb|url-status=live}}</ref> According to the [[2020 United States census|2020 US census]], the population of Minneapolis was 429,954.<ref name="2020-P1RACE">{{cite web |publisher = [[US Census Bureau]] |title = Race |url = https://data.census.gov/table?g=1600000US2743000&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1 |access-date = February 16, 2023 |archive-date = February 16, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230216182839/https://data.census.gov/table?g=1600000US2743000&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1 |url-status = live }}</ref> [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic and Latinos]] comprised 44,513 (10.4 percent).<ref name="2020-P2ETHNICITY">{{cite web |publisher = [[US Census Bureau]] |title = Ethnicity |url = https://data.census.gov/table?g=1600000US2743000&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date = February 16, 2023 |archive-date = February 16, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230216182840/https://data.census.gov/table?g=1600000US2743000&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |url-status = live }}</ref> For those who were not Hispanic or Latino, 249,581 people (58.0 percent) were [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]] alone (62.7 percent White alone or in combination), 81,088 (18.9 percent) were [[African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (21.3 percent Black alone or in combination), 24,929 (5.8 percent) were [[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone, 7,433 (1.2 percent) were [[American Indian and Alaska Native]] alone, 25,387 (0.6 percent) some other race alone, and 34,463 (5.2 percent) were [[Multiracial Americans|multiracial]].<ref name="2020-P1RACE" /> The most common ancestries in Minneapolis according to the 2021 [[American Community Survey]] (ACS) were [[German Americans|German]] (22.9 percent), [[Irish Americans|Irish]] (10.8 percent), [[Norwegian Americans|Norwegian]] (8.9 percent), [[Subsaharan Africa]]n (6.7 percent), and [[Swedish Americans|Swedish]] (6.1 percent).<ref name="2021-DP02">{{cite web |publisher = [[US Census Bureau]] |work = [[American Community Survey]] |title = Selected social characteristics in the United States |url = https://data.census.gov/table?g=1600000US2743000&tid=ACSDP1Y2021.DP02 |date = 2021 |access-date = February 16, 2023 |archive-date = February 16, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230216182838/https://data.census.gov/table?g=1600000US2743000&tid=ACSDP1Y2021.DP02 |url-status = live }}</ref> Among those five years and older, 81.2 percent spoke only [[English language|English]] at home, while 7.1 percent spoke [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and 11.7 percent spoke other languages, including large numbers of [[Somali language|Somali]] and [[Hmong language|Hmong]] speakers.<ref name="2021-DP02" /> About 13.7 percent of the population was [[Foreign born|born abroad]], with 53.2 percent of them being [[naturalization|naturalized]] [[US citizens]]. Most immigrants arrived from Africa (40.6 percent), Asia (24.6 percent), and Latin America (25.2 percent), with 34.6 percent of all foreign-born residents having arrived in 2010 or earlier.<ref name="2021-DP02" /> The 2021 ACS reported that the median household income in Minneapolis was $69,397. It was $97,670 for families, $123,693 for married couples, and $54,083 for non-family households.<ref name="Minneapolis-data">{{cite web |publisher = [[US Census Bureau]] |title = Minneapolis data viewer |url = https://data.census.gov/profile/Minneapolis_city,_Minnesota?g=1600000US2743000 |access-date = February 16, 2023 |archive-date = February 28, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230228005548/https://data.census.gov/profile/Minneapolis_city,_Minnesota?g=1600000US2743000 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="2021-S1901">{{cite web |publisher = [[US Census Bureau]] |work = [[American Community Survey]] |title = Income in the past 12 months |url = https://data.census.gov/table?g=1600000US2743000&tid=ACSST1Y2021.S1901 |date = 2021 |access-date = February 16, 2023 |archive-date = November 30, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221130204458/https://data.census.gov/table?g=1600000US2743000&tid=ACSST1Y2021.S1901 |url-status = live }}</ref> The median gross rent in Minneapolis was $1,225, and 92.7 percent of housing units in Minneapolis were occupied. Housing units in the city built in 1939 or earlier comprised 43.7 percent.<ref name="2021-DP04">{{cite web |publisher = [[US Census Bureau]] |work = [[American Community Survey]] |title = Selected housing characteristics |url = https://data.census.gov/table?g=1600000US2743000&tid=ACSDP1Y2021.DP04 |access-date = February 16, 2023 |date = 2021 |archive-date = February 16, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230216182837/https://data.census.gov/table?g=1600000US2743000&tid=ACSDP1Y2021.DP04 |url-status = live }}</ref> About 15.0 percent of residents lived in [[poverty]].<ref name="2021-S1701">{{cite web |publisher = [[US Census Bureau]] |title = Poverty status in the past 12 months |url = https://data.census.gov/table?g=1600000US2743000&tid=ACSST1Y2021.S1701 |access-date = February 16, 2023 |archive-date = February 16, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230216182836/https://data.census.gov/table?g=1600000US2743000&tid=ACSST1Y2021.S1701 |url-status = live }}</ref> The percentage of residents who had obtained a [[bachelor's degree]] or higher was 53.6 percent, and 92.1 percent had at least a [[high school diploma]].<ref name="2021-S1501">{{cite web |publisher = [[US Census Bureau]] |work = [[American Community Survey]] |title = Educational attainment |date = 2021 |url = https://data.census.gov/table?g=1600000US2743000&tid=ACSST1Y2021.S1501 |access-date = February 16, 2023 |archive-date = February 16, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230216182841/https://data.census.gov/table?g=1600000US2743000&tid=ACSST1Y2021.S1501 |url-status = live }}</ref> US [[veterans]] made up 3.2 percent of the population.<ref name="2021-DP02"/> In Minneapolis, African Americans comprised approximately 20% of the population as of 2020.<ref name="2020-P1RACE" /> Blacks owned homes at a rate one-third that of White families.<ref name=WPdisparity /> In the metro area, Black home ownership declined between 2000 and 2018; in the Twin Cities for that period, 93 percent of new Black households rented their homes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/104355/who-owns-the-twin-cities_0.pdf|access-date=January 31, 2024|work=[[Urban Institute]]|title=Who Owns the Twin Cities? An Analysis of Racialized Ownership Trends in Hennepin and Ramsey Counties|last1=Freemark|first1=Yonah|last2=Noble|first2=Eleanor|last3=Su|first3=Yipeng|date=June 2021|archive-date=January 31, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131180634/https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/104355/who-owns-the-twin-cities_0.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, the median income for a Black family was $36,000, which was $47,000 less than a White family's median income. This income gap was one of the largest in the country, with Black Minneapolitans earning about 44% of what White Minneapolitans earned annually.<ref name=WPdisparity>{{cite news |title = Racial inequality in Minneapolis is among the worst in the nation |url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/30/minneapolis-racial-inequality/ |author = Ingraham, Christopher |date = May 30, 2020 |access-date = September 30, 2022 |newspaper = [[The Washington Post]] |archive-date = March 28, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220328051150/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/30/minneapolis-racial-inequality/ |url-status = live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. 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