Maple Grove Population Growth in Top 10 for Twin Cities for 2010-11

Among cities in the seven-county Twin Cities metro, Maple Grove came in as the city with the fifth-most residents added from 2010 to 2011, according to the Metropolitan Council.

Maple Grove added 869 residents in that span, according to data released Monday by the Met Council, for a total 62,436 people.

The seven-county metro grew by 0.8 percent during that span, bringing the population up to 2.87 million. Minneapolis led the pack with 5,295 new residents, followed by St. Paul with 1,299, and then Woodbury, Blaine, Maple Grove and Bloomington. Apple Valley, Plymouth, Lakeville and Shakopee round out the top 10.

In the findings, the Metropolitan Council said developing suburbs such as Maple Grove, Woodbury, Blaine, Plymouth, Lakeville and Shakopee "made up 29 percent of the region’s growth"

In a statement, Met Council Chair Susan Haigh said she’s “pleased to see growth occurring primarily where there’s infrastructure to support it.

“Growth that occurs where infrastructure already exists creates economies of scale and promotes efficiency, which improves the region’s ability to focus energy and resources on economic development,” she said.

The “modest growth” is also good to see as the nation continues to recover from the recession, Haigh said.

“Now, more than ever, Council policies of guiding growth primarily to those areas where infrastructure investments have and are being made will help the region thrive and compete globally, in spite of drastically different and changing national and world economic circumstances,” she said.

Read more and see more population statistics from the Met Council.

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