St. Cloud, Minnesota metropolitan area

Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud Combined Statistical Area.svg, consists of two counties in central Minnesota, anchored by the city of St. Cloud. In the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 201,093; a July 1, 2012, Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 190,014. As of the 2020 census, the population was 199,671.
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The St. Cloud Metropolitan Statistical Area is part of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN-WI Combined Statistical Area.

Counties

 * Benton
 * Stearns

Principal city

 * St. Cloud (68,881)* (partial )

Places with 5,000 to 20,000 inhabitants

 * Sartell (19,531)
 * Sauk Rapids (13,862)
 * Waite Park (8,341)
 * St. Joseph (7,029)

Places with 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants

 * Sauk Centre (4,555)
 * Cold Spring (4,164)
 * Melrose (3,602)
 * St. Augusta (3,467)
 * Albany (2,780)
 * Foley (2,711)
 * Paynesville (2,388)
 * Rice (1,633)
 * Avon (1,618)
 * Richmond (1,475)
 * Royalton (partial) (1,281)

Places with 500 to 1,000 inhabitants

 * Belgrade
 * Brooten (partial)
 * Clearwater (partial)
 * Eden Valley (partial)
 * Holdingford
 * Kimball
 * Rockville
 * St. Stephen

Places with less than 500 inhabitants

 * Elrosa
 * Freeport
 * Gilman
 * Greenwald
 * Lake Henry
 * Meire Grove
 * New Munich
 * Ronneby
 * Roscoe
 * Spring Hill
 * St. Anthony
 * St. Martin
 * St. Rosa

Demographics
At the 2000 census, there were 167,392 people, 60,669 households and 40,650 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 96.04% White, 0.82% African American, 0.31% Native American, 1.49% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.45% from other races, and 0.84% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.27% of the population.

The median household income was $42,197 and the median family income was $51,415. Males had a median income of $33,741 compared with $23,065 for females. The per capita income was $19,110.