Higher Education in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area

Reported by the 2005 American Community Survey in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area, many men in the area have reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 39 percent reaching this education level. The female population in the Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington metro area on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 39 percent (Men) versus 35 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 35 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area is made up of a highly-educated population, with 37 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the American Community Survey of 2005. The Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MSA was reported to have a higher percent of population with high education level than the State of Minnesota's proportion of 30.8 percent and a higher percent than United States proportion of 27.2 percent.

Since 2000, the Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington metro area has increased in the percent of the total population (+25) with a BA or Higher. The portion of this population has grown by 3.8 percent to a total of 37 percent in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is greater than the State of Minnesota percent of 30.8 and greater than the US percent of 27.2.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 4.0 percent. By the year 2005, 39 percent of the total male population, in the area, has obtained at least a Bachelors Degree. From 2000 to 2005, the percent of women with a Bachelors or Higher has increased by a total of 3.4 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 35 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

In the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area according to the American Community Survey of 2005, 38.4 percent of the White Alone, 21.2 percent of Black or African American, 39.6 percent of the Asian alone and 14.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

In terms of total land area, Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington spans a total area of 6063 square miles. The MSA has a high average population density of 518 persons per square mile. Other metro areas with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville (522 per sq. mile ), Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton (542 per sq. mile ), Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue (543 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Worcester (518 per sq. mile ), Lancaster (517 per sq. mile ), Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice (513 per sq. mile ).

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI to be 35.8 years of age. The median age in Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington is less than the median age in the State of Minnesota of 36.7. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in this median, when at that time it was 34.2 years old. With 1.3 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington can be described as having a medium-low proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a relatively high presence of the 2005 population base, with 65.8 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 11.3 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other metro areas in the US, this represents a medium-low percent of the population base.

Since the year 2000, a high amount of people have migrated to Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, with 58,143 people migrating in internationally. The international migration into Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington totals 82.1 percent of all immigration into Minnesota. This amount of international migration is high when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other metro areas across the US.

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI has a population base that is comprised of 82.3 percent White, 6.1 percent African American, 4.8 percent Asian, and 4.2 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a high amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 15.1 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is greater than the State of Minnesota percent of 11.2. Since 2000, Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington has increased the percent of minority makeup when 13.0 percent of the people were minorities.

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI had an estimated population of 3,142,779 in 2005. The estimated population has increased sharply, since its 2000 population of 2,981,129. This growth shows an increase of 5.4 percent. Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington ranks 1 of 4 MSAs in terms of population growth in Minnesota and the metro area ranks 19 of 361 metro areas by growth in MSA population in the United States.

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.