Demographics

The Greater Mankato region includes Blue Earth and Nicollet counties (Mankato-North Mankato MSA), as well as the adjacent community of Le Sueur. Greater Mankato's accessible location makes it easy for people to travel to, whether it be for business or pleasure. Each day 250,000 people live, go to school, work in or visit Greater Mankato, and well over a million people reside within 60 miles of the market's economic center.

The Demographic Landscape

In the February edition of MN Valley Business Magazine you will find an article written by staff member John Considine III on the current demographic landscape of the region. The article is rich with information and statistics to help better arm area leaders, businesses and professionals with as much information as possible to help make them even more successful. Click here to read the full article.

Greater Mankato Regional Marketplace Population Data

Upper Midwest MSA Growth

Upper Midwest MSA	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	13-14 Growth Rate	National Rank (out of 381)	Upper Midwest (ND, SD, MN, IA, WI) Rank
Bismarck, ND Metro Area	115,233	117,393	120,293	123,993	126,597	2.10%	22	1
Fargo, ND-MN Metro Area	209,423	212,835	217,052	223,853	228,291	1.98%	28	2
Sioux Falls, SD Metro Area	229,099	232,650	237,748	243,622	248,351	1.94%	30	3
Des Moines, IA Metro Area	571,883	580,741	589,453	600,086	611,549	1.91%	35	4
Rapid City, SD Metro Area	135,052	136,354	138,791	141,363	143,638	1.61%	47	5
Iowa City, IA Metro Area	152,963	155,560	158,834	161,829	164,357	1.56%	54	6
Madison, WI Metro Area	606,409	613,773	620,401	627,466	633,787	1.01%	109	7
Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area	868,113	876,979	885,707	895,573	904,421	0.99%	114	8
MSP, MN-WI Metro Area	3,355,105	3,389,149	3,423,070	3,461,434	3,495,176	0.97%	121	9
Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area	98,605	98,195	99,214	101,014	101,842	0.82%	139	10
Mankato-North Mankato, MN Metro Area	96,809	97,276	97,936	97,718	98,478	0.78%	144	11
Ames, IA Metro Area	89,596	90,896	91,721	93,410	94,073	0.71%	155	12
Appleton, WI Metro Area	225,850	227,411	228,581	229,869	231,497	0.71%	156	13
Green Bay, WI Metro Area	306,712	308,763	311,052	312,573	314,531	0.63%	171	14
Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area	258,360	260,862	261,686	262,348	263,885	0.59%	183	15
St. Cloud, MN Metro Area	189,188	190,072	190,513	191,348	192,418	0.56%	189	16
Dubuque, IA Metro Area	93,893	94,507	95,147	95,912	96,370	0.48%	203	17
Rochester, MN Metro Area	207,140	208,556	209,709	211,838	212,778	0.44%	207	18
La Crosse, WI-MN Metro Area	133,856	134,238	135,647	136,156	136,749	0.44%	212	19
Sheboygan, WI Metro Area	115,418	115,312	114,952	114,868	115,290	0.37%	226	20
Janesville-Beloit, WI Metro Area	160,230	160,001	160,271	160,633	161,188	0.35%	229	21
Wausau, WI Metro Area	134,065	134,531	134,689	135,365	135,780	0.31%	241	22
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area	167,888	168,250	168,547	169,479	169,993	0.30%	243	23
Milwaukee, WI Metro Area	1,556,535	1,561,141	1,566,755	1,570,167	1,572,245	0.13%	268	24
Racine, WI Metro Area	195,446	194,979	194,683	194,922	195,163	0.12%	271	25
Fond du Lac, WI Metro Area	101,645	101,792	101,702	101,648	101,759	0.11%	274	26
Chicago, IL-IN-WI Metro Area	9,470,069	9,493,464	9,519,316	9,544,796	9,554,598	0.10%	277	27
Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area	279,789	279,907	279,614	279,942	280,218	0.10%	278	28
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI Metro Area	167,004	167,558	168,634	169,360	169,511	0.09%	280	29
Eau Claire, WI Metro Area	161,633	162,838	163,891	164,903	165,024	0.07%	283	30
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area	168,793	168,940	168,796	168,785	168,806	0.01%	295	31
Davenport, IA-IL Metro Area	380,241	380,926	382,139	383,230	383,030	-0.05%	305	32