Indeed, city officials in Minneapolis, where a recent population spurt is most impressive, point to the nearly 6,000 residential units added in the teeth of the housing slump (with 2,800 more on ...

The debate over increased population density in the Twin Cities is old saw, as residents have opted for suburban life in recent decades and planners’ visions of multi-story residential buildings ...

See an interactive version of this map. Data: Metropolitan Council; Map: Axios Visuals Get ready for more than half a million new neighbors. Why it matters: The Twin Cities' population will ...

Theoretically, the Met Council requires all 182 municipalities in the metro area to zone land for new housing demand, places where each city’s “share” of the increasing population might live.

Between 2020 and 2023, the metro region's population grew by 1.9% by adding more than 59,000 people for a total of more than 3.2 million people in the Twin Cities metro.

The Metropolitan Council will vote on its "Imagine 2050" plan on Wednesday — a guide that shapes how the region will grow in the next 30 years.

As for the cities that give the Twin Cities their name, the report forecasts that Minneapolis’s population will eclipse half a million people by 2050, as it currently sits at around 433,000.