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Metro Areas

Duluth

Please do not submit sites to this category. Its sole purpose is to provide convenient links to the counties in this metropolitan area in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Minneapolis-Saint Paul-Bloomington

The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metropolitan Statistical Area comprises thirteen counties: Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey, Scott, Sherburne, Washington, and Wright Counties in Minnesota; and Pierce and St. Croix Counties in Wisconsin. It includes all of the Twin Cities region, plus parts of central and east central Minnesota, as well as part of western Wisconsin.

When reading and evaluating some articles and statistics about MSAs in Minnesota, it is important to know that Sherburne County had been included in the St. Cloud MSA since 1970, but was assigned to the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA instead intercensally, that is, after 1990, between official counts by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Please submit sites that pertain to the 13-county Minneapolis-St. Paul area, and that would not fit in a category with a narrower geographic scope, here. In particular, if you have multiple locations or represent a membership organization, your site may be better suited to the category for the 7-county Twin Cities region.

Rochester

The Rochester, Minnesota, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes three counties: Dodge, Olmsted, and Wabasha.

Saint Cloud

The St. Cloud Metropolitan Statistical Area comprises two counties: Benton and Stearns.

Please submit sites pertaining to the St. Cloud MSA here. If your site would reasonably fit in a narrower geographic category, please submit to Benton County, Stearns County, or a particular city, township, or other placename in Minnesota: Localities. On the other hand, if your site applies to the tri-county St. Cloud area and not just St. Cloud, you may wish to submit to the Central Minnesota category.