Top 100 Biggest Cities In Minnesota (2002 Census)

Rank	City	2003 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Minneapolis	378,692	-0.5%
2	St. Paul	284,718	-0.4%
3	Rochester	92,148	1.5%
4	Duluth	86,343	0.1%
5	Bloomington	84,145	-0.6%
6	Brooklyn Park	67,957	0.3%
7	Plymouth	67,738	1.3%
8	Eagan	63,898	0.1%
9	Coon Rapids	62,259	0.4%
10	St. Cloud	61,138	1.1%
11	Burnsville	59,700	-0.5%
12	Eden Prairie	57,513	2.0%
13	Maple Grove	56,482	4.9%
14	Minnetonka	50,759	-0.3%
15	Woodbury	48,859	2.0%
16	Blaine	48,361	3.1%
17	Apple Valley	48,242	2.5%
18	Edina	46,738	-0.7%
19	Lakeville	46,349	3.1%
20	St. Louis Park	44,097	-0.1%
21	Maplewood	35,901	0.7%
22	Richfield	33,992	-0.6%
23	Roseville	33,663	-0.1%
24	Mankato	33,424	1.3%
25	Moorhead	32,538	0.1%
26	Inver Grove Heights	30,845	1.6%
27	Cottage Grove	30,781	0.2%
28	Brooklyn Center	28,575	-1.0%
29	Andover	28,541	3.1%
30	Oakdale	27,271	1.0%
31	Fridley	27,265	-0.4%
32	Winona	26,721	-0.7%
33	Shoreview	26,487	0.8%
34	Shakopee	24,836	8.5%
35	White Bear Lake	24,644	0.6%
36	Savage	24,320	6.1%
37	Austin	23,438	-0.2%
38	Owatonna	23,049	1.0%
39	Champlin	22,835	1.2%
40	Crystal	22,413	-0.6%
41	New Brighton	21,908	-0.7%
42	Chanhassen	21,412	2.3%
43	Faribault	21,369	0.9%
44	Golden Valley	20,633	0.7%
45	New Hope	20,597	-0.6%
46	South St. Paul	19,840	-0.8%
47	Chaska	19,522	4.6%
48	West St. Paul	19,408	-0.3%
49	Hastings	19,289	2.7%
50	Ramsey	19,045	1.2%
51	Columbia Heights	18,513	-0.0%
52	Elk River	18,317	4.8%
53	Lino Lakes	18,315	3.8%
54	Prior Lake	18,233	5.7%
55	Willmar	18,230	-0.6%
56	Albert Lea	18,017	-1.1%
57	Anoka	17,938	-0.4%
58	Northfield	17,856	1.8%
59	Hopkins	17,260	-0.4%
60	Hibbing	16,903	-0.5%
61	Stillwater	16,236	2.0%
62	Rosemount	16,215	4.6%
63	Red Wing	16,108	-0.0%
64	Forest Lake	14,927	1.4%
65	Farmington	14,878	8.2%
66	Robbinsdale	13,840	-1.0%
67	Brainerd	13,740	0.2%
68	Ham Lake	13,701	3.2%
69	New Ulm	13,632	0.1%
70	Fergus Falls	13,618	-0.2%
71	Hutchinson	13,371	0.6%
72	Vadnais Heights	13,108	0.2%
73	Bemidji	12,760	2.1%
74	Mounds View	12,590	-0.7%
75	Marshall	12,581	-0.7%
76	North Mankato	12,065	0.8%
77	North St. Paul	11,782	-0.5%
78	Buffalo	11,488	5.5%
79	Mendota Heights	11,457	-0.0%
80	East Bethel	11,398	1.7%
81	St. Michael	11,376	10.3%
82	Cloquet	11,274	0.3%
83	Sauk Rapids	11,207	3.9%
84	Worthington	11,086	-0.7%
85	Sartell	11,082	6.2%
86	Alexandria	10,680	1.0%
87	Fairmont	10,656	-1.1%
88	St. Peter	10,062	1.0%
89	Arden Hills	9,984	1.7%
90	Little Canada	9,755	-0.3%
91	Waseca	9,660	0.1%
92	Monticello	9,609	5.3%
93	Mound	9,355	-0.5%
94	Grand Rapids	9,340	-1.2%
95	North Branch	9,013	5.1%
96	Virginia	8,970	-1.0%
97	Thief River Falls	8,432	0.2%
98	Little Falls	8,328	0.4%
99	Otsego	8,290	12.9%
100	Hugo	8,270	12.0%

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