Talk:List of cities in Minnesota

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Some of the recent additions to this article appear to be unincorporated or townships. I don't think they meet the definition of "city". What do others think? (I think Winthrow would probably be Withrow - also not a city.)--Appraiser 14:45, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

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Eden prairie Population
Why is the listed population of Eden Prairie listed here (76,906) so different from the population listed on the Eden Prairie page (62,407)? The second number is supposedly from 2010, and I find it hard to believe that Eden Prairie lost 15k people in 2 years. Binarybits (talk) 21:36, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Colors? Daggers?
What is the meaning of the green and blue colors and the daggers/double dagger? It doesn't seem to be explained.

Update: found the key (right column, under a series of images) but I don't think it's effectively displayed, speaking as a pretty savvy web user who didn't find it until my fourth visit to the page.

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Photo thumbnails and descriptions
In a flurry I corrected some of the images and their captions on the page that had been vandalized. In hindsight, it probably would have been better to find out how to revert it. I apologize in advance for my hasty editing and will attempt to do more due diligence before working. Matriarchetype (talk) 22:26, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

Change column… 1 year or 10 years?
I think the change between the 2010 and 2020 censuses would be much more interesting. It feels like the 2020 numbers just came out! Give us a few years to digest them before switching to between-census estimates. DavidRF (talk) 15:26, 4 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Absolutely, we should not be using estimates at all, they are not encyclopedic when actual counts are available. The 2010 and 2020 census count will show a change not influenced by year-to-year variations. In fact the way it is now is grossly misleading. Minneapolist grew 12.4% over the past 10 years! But it shows it as negative growth because of an estimate from a year after the census? Mattximus (talk) 16:30, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

"List of cities in Minnesota (population 3,000+)" listed at Redirects for discussion
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 * (This is a different/new discussion than the one in the previous section.) Steel1943  (talk) 06:20, 19 December 2023 (UTC)