Bloomington, Minnesota

Bloomington population, 2020 to 2024

Bloomington lost 1,509 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +626. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 124th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Bloomington is 6.2 times that size.

Bloomington covers 34.70 square miles of land and 3.70 of water, for 2,546 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Bloomington is denser than the typical town.

What county Bloomington is in

All of Bloomington's residents live in Hennepin County, which had 1,273,334 residents in 2024. Bloomington holds 6.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bloomington

6 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Bloomington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55420, 55425, 55431, 55435, 55437, 55438. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Bloomington is

The Census internal point of Bloomington is at 44.829700, -93.315200. Saint Paul, the capital, is 13.6 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Minneapolis, MN (428,579 people), 9.5 miles away.

Daylight in Bloomington

At 44.83° N, Bloomington gets about 15 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bloomington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Richfield, 3.5 miles away, with 36,491 people.