Is Minnesota Becoming More Diverse?

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Put another way, people of color now make up 20 percent of Minnesotans. That’s a big change from 6 percent in 1990, and 2 percent in 1960.

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 44 percent of people who live in Minneapolis and St. Paul are people of color. In the rest of the state, it’s 16-percent.

According to the Minnesota state demographer, the fastest growing group in Minnesota is Asians. That population is now 5 percent of Minnesotans. Black people make up 6 percent, Latinos make up 5 percent and Native Americans make up 1 percent.

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