In 2023, the population of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metropolitan area in the United States was about 3.71 million people. This is a somewhat similar increase from the previous year, when the population was also about 3.69 million people.

In 2022, the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metro area real gross domestic product (GDP) amounted to 277.6 billion U.S. dollars. This is a large increase from the real GDP value in 2001 which came to 176.32 billion U.S. dollars.

Minneapolis–Saint Paul is the most populous urban area in the state of Minnesota, United States, and is composed of 186 cities and townships. Built around the Mississippi, Minnesota and St. Croix rivers, the area is also nicknamed the Twin Cities for its two largest cities, Minneapolis and Saint Paul, the former the larger and the latter the state capital. It is a classic example of twin cities in geography.

The area is part of a larger U.S. Census division named Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, the country's 16th-largest metropolitan area composed of 11 counties in Minnesota and two counties in Wisconsin. This larger area in turn is enveloped in the U.S. Census combined statistical area called Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI with an estimated population of 3.69 million people in 2022, ranked the 16th most populous in the U.S.

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Minneapolis metro area from 1950 to 2025.

U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts statistics for Minneapolis city, Minnesota. QuickFacts data are derived from: Population Estimates, American Community Survey, Census of Population and Housing, Current Population Survey, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits.