Dakota

County in Minnesota

County

The population development of Dakota.

Name	Status	Population Census 1990-04-01	Population Census 2000-04-01	Population Census 2010-04-01	Population Census 2020-04-01	Population Estimate 2024-07-01
Dakota	County	275,227	355,904	398,552	439,880	453,156	→
Minnesota	State	4,375,099	4,919,479	5,303,925	5,706,692	5,793,151

Contents: Incorporated Places

The population development of the incorporated places in Dakota.

The Details icon links to further information about a selected place including its population structure (gender, age groups, age distribution, urbanization, »race«, ethnicity).

Name	Status	County	Population Census 1990-04-01	Population Census 2000-04-01	Population Census 2010-04-01	Population Census 2020-04-01	Population Estimate 2024-07-01
Apple Valley	City	Dakota	34,651	45,485	49,092	56,367	55,272	→
Burnsville	City	Dakota	51,284	60,285	60,286	64,324	64,864	→
Coates	City	Dakota	186	171	157	143	136	→
Eagan	City	Dakota	47,368	63,569	64,150	68,862	67,240	→
Empire	City	Dakota	1,287	1,590	2,461	3,138	3,068	→
Farmington	City	Dakota	6,030	12,468	21,084	23,676	24,464	→
Hampton	City	Dakota	360	427	684	742	714	→
Hastings	City	Dakota / Washington	15,464	18,213	22,220	22,159	22,502	→
Inver Grove Heights	City	Dakota	22,448	29,730	33,986	35,813	36,226	→
Lakeville	City	Dakota	24,839	43,102	55,998	69,495	77,971	→
Lilydale	City	Dakota	492	530	613	807	779	→
Mendota	City	Dakota	176	202	206	187	185	→
Mendota Heights	City	Dakota	9,438	11,459	11,073	11,738	11,542	→
Miesville	City	Dakota	135	142	119	136	132	→
New Trier	City	Dakota	114	126	108	83	80	→
Northfield	City	Rice / Dakota	14,892	17,157	20,015	20,815	21,316	→
Randolph	City	Dakota	331	320	436	465	458	→
Rosemount	City	Dakota	8,605	14,587	21,881	25,648	30,581	→
South St. Paul	City	Dakota	20,259	20,161	20,118	20,757	20,590	→
Sunfish Lake	City	Dakota	413	504	521	523	522	→
Vermillion	City	Dakota	505	439	419	446	429	→
West St. Paul	City	Dakota	19,249	19,421	19,541	20,600	21,920	→

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Explanation: Latest available rebased population figures are used. In case of significant changes, they were recalculated by using census block data.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2020)
Males	215,335
Females	224,547

Age Groups (C 2020)
0-17 years	107,174
18-64 years	267,502
65+ years	65,206

Age Distribution (C 2020)
80+ years	14,234
70-79 years	28,523
60-69 years	51,398
50-59 years	60,666
40-49 years	56,363
30-39 years	61,978
20-29 years	49,475
10-19 years	60,044
0-9 years	57,201

Urbanization (C 2020)
Rural	21,911
Urban	417,971

»Race« (C 2020)
White	330,482
Black/African American	32,740
Indigenous	2,392
Asian	24,118
Pacific Islander	222
Some other	18,009
2 or more	31,919

Ethnicity (C 2020)
Hispanic or Latino	36,305
Other	403,577