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Minnesota
Top 100
City Population
Apple Valley 49,700
Chaska 22,500
Vadnais Heights 13,000
Other cities
City Population
Andover 29,100
Anoka 19,400
Arden Hills 9,300
Big Lake 8,200
Blaine 52,000
Bloomington 83,400
Brooklyn Center 28,100
Brooklyn Park 68,300
Buffalo 14,100
Burnsville 63,300
Champlin 22,500
Chanhassen 25,100
Columbia Heights 19,800
Coon Rapids 67,800
Cottage Grove 32,900
Crystal 22,000
Eagan 68,200
East Bethel 12,500
Eden Prairie 58,600
Edina 46,300
Elk River 21,600
Faribault 22,400
Farmington 16,300
Forest Lake 7,400
Fridley 29,800
Golden Valley 20,500
Ham Lake 14,200
Hastings 21,400
Hermantown 7,500
Hopkins 17,800
Hugo 7,500
Hutchinson 13,300
Inver Grove Heights 32,800
Lake Elmo 7,500
Lakeville 47,900
Lino Lakes 18,900
Little Canada 9,400
Mahtomedi 8,800
Maple Grove 57,000
Maplewood 34,300
Marshall 12,200
Mendota Heights 11,900
Minneapolis 375,000
Minnetonka 50,800
Monticello 9,500
Moorhead 33,800
Mound 9,400
Mounds View 12,500
New Brighton 21,200
New Hope 20,200
New Ulm 13,300
North Branch 9,800
North Mankato 12,300
North St. Paul 11,300
Northfield 18,700
Oak Grove 7,500
Oakdale 28,600
Orono 7,600
Otsego 8,100
Owatonna 24,000
Plymouth 70,100
Prior Lake 22,700
Ramsey 19,900
Red Wing 16,600
Richfield 34,000
Robbinsdale 13,500
Rochester 94,600
Rosemount 17,400
Roseville 32,600
Sartell 11,700
Sauk Rapids 12,400
Savage 29,800
Shakopee 29,300
Shoreview 25,300
South St. Paul 20,400
St. Anthony 7,700
St. Cloud 64,300
St. Louis Park 43,600
St. Michael 12,100
St. Paul 275,500
St. Peter 10,300
Stillwater 16,700
Waconia 9,000
Waseca 8,400
West St. Paul 20,000
White Bear Lake 23,900
Woodbury 54,200
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