Minnesota State Demographic Center The Minnesota State Demographic Center analyzes and distributes data from state, U.S. Census Bureau and other sources.

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• Brown bag seminar- What if it’s NOT correct: age and sex data in PUMS files: a presentation by Trent Alexander, U. of MN Population Center. Public Use Microdata Sample data is used by researchers to be able to generate more detailed analysis, including cross tabs, etc., than is possible with the published tables. Trent Alexander will offer an analysis of some of the pitfalls in using this data. (February 19, 2010)
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• Race to keep eight Congressional seats tightens for Minnesota: Minnesota is in ‘dead heat’ with three other states for final seat, December 23, 2009. (Media release)
• Income estimates, 2007: County level income data for Minnesota (Dataset).
• Annual estimates of city and township population, households and persons per household, 2000 to 2008: Provides annual population estimates for cities and townships in Minnesota (Dataset).
• Annual estimates of county population, households and persons per household, 2000 to 2008: Provides annual population estimates for counties in Minnesota (Dataset).
• Life expectancy in Minnesota varies by region: Describes life expectancy trends in Minnesota development regions in 1980, 2000 and 2005, July 30, 2009. (82.23K, .pdf) | Report details
• Minnesota Housing Prices, 2007-2008: Trends in housing prices and number of sales by county and in larger cities, based on Minnesota Department of Revenue data, June 19, 2009. (388.58K, .pdf) | Report details
• Older State Demographic Center publications and press releases

Most requested topics

• American Community Survey: Tools and links to data from the American Community Survey.
• Census 2000: Tools for finding 2000 Census data; most requested tables.
• Estimates:  Current population and households.
• Immigration: People moving to Minnesota from other countries.
• Projections: Future population trends.

Minnesota Data Center

• Access Census and economic data in all areas of Minnesota through a Minnesota Data Center affiliate.

From the archive

The State Demographic Center has digitized many of its historic documents.  Here is a randomly chosen link to the past.

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• Tomorrow's labor force : the next 30 years, 1990-2020: Benchmarked to 1990 Census; projects labor force by county and age group, July 1, 1994. (39p., 2.07 M., PDF (Scanned document)) | details