Population 2010-2020 Growth Rate
The Mankato-North Mankato ranks well when comparing our community to others with a similar population, communities with a similar college-aged population, and other communities across the Midwest.
Economy
The Mankato MSA has had steady population growth since 2010. In the 10-year period between July 2010 and July 2020, the population of the Mankato, MSA grew by 6.99%. This exceeded the combined growth rate of the 32 MSAs in the upper Midwest (MN, ND, SD, IA, WI) grew by 4.78%. Over the same 10-year period, communities with a similar college-aged population exceeded this, growing by 8.14%; however, those communities had an average population almost double (192,797) than that of the Mankato, MSA. MSAs of similar size population (the 10 just above and the 10 just below) grew by only .59%.
