Bloomington, Minnesota

Coordinates: 44°50′1″N 93°18′36″W / 44.83361°N 93.31000°W / 44.83361; -93.31000
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Bloomington
FIPS code
27-06616
GNIS feature ID0640278[7]
Websitebloomingtonmn.gov

Bloomington is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, on the north bank of the Minnesota River, above its confluence with the Mississippi River, 10 miles (16 km) south of downtown Minneapolis.[8] At the 2020 census, the city's population was 89,987,[5] making it Minnesota's fourth-largest city.

Bloomington was established as a post–World War II housing boom suburb connected to Minneapolis's urban street grid, and is serviced by four major freeways:

U.S. Highway 169, running north-south along the western boundary of the city, and Interstate 494 running east-west at the northern border. Minnesota State Highway 100 also terminates just north of city limits at Interstate 494. Large-scale commercial development is concentrated along the I-494 corridor. Besides an extensive city park system, with over 1,000 square feet (93 m2) of parkland per capita,[9] Bloomington is also home to Hyland Lake Park Reserve in the west and Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge
in the southeast.

Bloomington has more jobs per capita than either Minneapolis or Saint Paul, due in part to the United States' largest enclosed

Seagate Technologies, Express Scripts and Dairy Queen
are also based in the city.

The city was named after Bloomington, Illinois.[11][12]

History

Built in 1856 on the bluffs of the Minnesota River, the Gideon H. Pond House is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

In 1839, with renewed conflict with the

Ojibwa nation, Chief Cloud Man relocated his band of the Mdewakanton Sioux from Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis to an area named Oak Grove in southern Bloomington, close to present-day Portland Avenue.[13] In 1843, Peter and Louisa Quinn, the first European settlers to live in Bloomington, built a cabin along the Minnesota River in the area.[14] The government had sent them to teach the Native Americans farming methods. Gideon Hollister Pond, a missionary who had been following and recording the Dakota language from Cloud Man's band, relocated later that year, establishing Oak Grove Mission, his log cabin. Pond and his family held church services and taught the Dakota school subjects and farming. Passage across the Minnesota River in Bloomington came in 1849 when William Chambers and Joseph Dean opened the Bloomington Ferry. It remained operational until 1889, when the Bloomington Ferry Bridge
was built.

After the

flour milling.[15] The Oxborough family, who came from Canada, built a trading center on Lyndale Avenue and named it Oxboro Heath. Today, the Clover Shopping Center rests near the old trading center site and the nearby Oxboro Clinic is named after them. The Baliff family opened a grocery and general store at what is today Penn Avenue and Old Shakopee Road, and Hector Chadwick, after moving to the settlement, opened a blacksmith shop near the Bloomington Ferry. In 1855, the first public school for all children was opened in Miss Harrison's house, with the first school, Gibson House, built in 1859.[15] On May 11, 1858, the day Minnesota was admitted into the union and officially became a state, 25 residents incorporated the Town of Bloomington. By 1880, the population had grown to 820.[16] In 1892, the first town hall was built at Penn and Old Shakopee Road. By then, the closest Dakota to Minneapolis lived at the residence of Gideon Pond.[13]

1900s to 1930s

After 1900, the population surpassed 1,000 and Bloomington began to transform into a city. With rising population came conflict among citizens over social issues. Among the major issues during this period were parents' unwillingness to consolidate the individual schools into a single, larger school, and fear of mounting taxes. By 1900, there were six rural schools spread throughout the territory with over 200 students enrolled in grades first through eighth. In 1917, the school consolidation issue was settled when voters approved the consolidation. A year later,

automobiles
appeared.

1940s to 1950s

From 1940 to 1960, the city's population increased to nine times that of the population at the turn of the century. During the 1940s, the city's development vision was

Volunteer Fire Department
was established with 25 members.

Toro moved to Bloomington in 1952

The 1950s saw a considerable expansion of the city and its infrastructure, with the city shifting away from its small-town atmosphere and feel. In 1950, because of the increasing population, the first elementary school, Cedarcrest, was built. It was evident that one consolidated school could no longer serve the growing population, and ten new schools were built in this decade to meet the need. In 1952, the first large business,

Toro Manufacturing Company
, moved to Bloomington. The significance of this can be seen in Bloomington today, which is home to hundreds of businesses of all types.

In 1953, Bloomington changed from a township to a village form of government. This more professional approach to government was accompanied by open council meetings, land use plans, and published budgets. The effects of this new form of government began immediately, first with the formation of the city police department (at a cost of $2 per taxpayer) and then with the first parkland acquisition. Both Bush Lake Beach and Moir Park were established at a cost of one dollar to each residence. Today, about 1/3 of the city's land area is devoted to city and regional parks, playgrounds, and open space.[17] In 1956, the first city land-use plan was initiated with the construction of Interstate 35W and Metropolitan Stadium.

In 1957,

Bloomington High School
opened at West 88th Street and Sheridan Avenue South.

In 1958, the city changed from a village government to a

council-manager form
. One of the first policies the council adopted was encouragement of commercial and industrial development, low-cost housing, and shopping centers. Due to the rapid population increase during this time, police and fire departments changed to a 24-hour dispatching system, and the fire department (now with 46 members) converted a garage into the second fire station.

1960s to 1970s

Bloomington Kennedy High School was built in 1965

The 1960s saw accelerated school and business growth throughout the city. On November 8, 1960, Bloomington officially became a city as voters approved the city's organizing document, the city charter. The charter provides for a council-manager form of government in which the city council exercises the city's legislative power and determines all city policies (see

Abraham Lincoln High School. In 1967, a second and third official fire station were approved and built to more effectively combat fires in the increasingly large city. In 1968, Normandale State Junior College opened with an initial enrollment of 1,358 students. In 1974, it was renamed Normandale Community College
to reflect expanded courses of study.

Owned by the City of Minneapolis but located in Bloomington, major league teams played at the Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 until 1981. It was demolished in 1985 to make room for the Mall of America.

From 1961 to 1981, Bloomington was home to most of Minnesota's major sports teams. In 1961, after the completion of

Metropolitan Sports Center was built near Metropolitan Stadium and the Minnesota North Stars
began play later that year.

A number of new city buildings were constructed in the 1970s. In 1970,

Thomas Jefferson High School
, Bloomington Ice Garden rink one, and a fourth fire station were built. In 1971, school enrollment peaked with 26,000 students, and the fire department had grown to a force of 105 men. (In 1974, after a six-hour city council meeting, women were allowed to join the Bloomington Fire Department, but the city's first female firefighter, Ann Majerus Meyer, did not join the department until 1984; she retired in 2013). In 1975, a second rink was added to the Bloomington Ice Garden and a fifth fire station built, with a sixth added in 1979.

1980s to present

downtown Minneapolis for the 1982 season. In 1985, the Bloomington Port Authority purchased the 86-acre (350,000 m2) Met Stadium site and in less than two years approved first site plans for Mall of America
. Two years later, groundbreaking took place for the new megamall, and in 1992, it opened to the public. Today, tenants of Mall of America, when combined, constitute the largest private-sector employer in Bloomington, employing about 13,000 people.

In 1993, the Minnesota North Stars moved to

largest indoor waterpark
.

In 2019, Bloomington passed an ordinance that forbade filming students of Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in a public park, which led to a successful lawsuit in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit against the city to reinstate the First Amendment rights of the parties involved.[18] Keith Ellison had previously asked the court to drop the case.[19]

Bloomington was a potential site for hosting the Expo 2027. However, in June 2023, Belgrade, Serbia was chosen for hosting the Expo 2027.[20]

Geography

Bloomington includes portions of the Minnesota River Valley on its southern and eastern sides

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 38.42 square miles (99.51 km2), of which 34.68 square miles (89.82 km2) is land and 3.74 square miles (9.69 km2) is water.[21]

There are three primary land types in the city. The northeastern part of the city is a sand plain, low hills dominate the western part, and the far south lies within the valley of the Minnesota River.[citation needed]

About a third of the city is permanently reserved for park purposes, including two large natural areas—the Minnesota Valley's wetlands (controlled by the City and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service) and the Hyland Lake Park Reserve (controlled by the Three Rivers Park District).

Water bodies in the city include

habitats
.

Climate data for Bloomington, Minnesota
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 22
(−6) 		29
(−2) 		41
(5) 		57
(14) 		70
(21) 		79
(26) 		83
(28) 		80
(27) 		71
(22) 		58
(14) 		40
(4) 		26
(−3) 		55
(13)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 4
(−16) 		12
(−11) 		23
(−5) 		36
(2) 		48
(9) 		58
(14) 		63
(17) 		61
(16) 		51
(11) 		39
(4) 		25
(−4) 		11
(−12) 		36
(2)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 1.04
(26) 		0.79
(20) 		1.86
(47) 		2.31
(59) 		3.24
(82) 		4.34
(110) 		4.04
(103) 		4.05
(103) 		2.69
(68) 		2.11
(54) 		1.94
(49) 		1.00
(25) 		29.41
(746)
Source: weather.com[22]

The city is informally divided by

industry, destination retail centers, and the majority of Bloomington's less expensive housing. The dividing line may be placed as far west as France Avenue, where the high school attendance boundaries meet.[23]

Economy

The city is home to a large contingent of employers, providing more than 100,000 jobs. Benefiting from its proximity to major transportation routes and the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, Bloomington is a major hospitality center with nearly 8,000 hotel rooms.[24]

Toro have their headquarters in Bloomington.[25]

Top employers

Mall of America and its tenants represent the largest employer in Bloomington.

According to the City's 2022 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,[26] the top employers in the city are:

# Employer # of Employees
1 Mall of America (Tenants) 11,000
2 HealthPartners 3,533
3 Bloomington School District #271 1,950
4 Seagate Technology 1,365
5
Toro
 1,150
6 Donaldson Company 1,126
7 General Dynamics 775
8 NCS Pearson 683
9 Ziegler 675
10 GN Resound 660

Other major employers include

Thermo King Corporation/Ingersoll Rand Inc., and Polar Semiconductor Inc.[27]

Education

ISD 271 has served the K–12 educational needs of the city since the 1960s, with an operating fund revenue of $148.1 million in 2020.[28] Fifteen public schools in Bloomington are operated by the district, governed by a seven-member elected school board, which appointed Superintendent Eric Melbye in 2021.[29] The previous superintendent, Les Fujitake, served from 2006 until 2020. The city's first public charter school, Seven Hills Preparatory Academy, opened in 2006. As many families remain in or continue to move into the city, there has been support for levy increases. In 1999, the then-largest school bond issue in Minnesota history was approved, funding a $107 million school expansion and renovation project.[30]

The district's two high schools are

Thomas Jefferson High School in the west. The determining boundary for high school attendance runs near the center of Bloomington on France and Xerxes Avenues, though both schools have open enrollment.[31]

Public schools in Bloomington
Elementary schools Middle schools High schools
Indian Mounds Olson John F. Kennedy
Hillcrest Community Oak Grove
Thomas Jefferson
Normandale Hills Valley View
Oak Grove
Olson
Poplar Bridge
Ridgeview
Valley View
Washburn
Westwood

Bloomington's third high school,

soccer
games.

public high school, operated between 1995 and 2003 through the Bloomington Public Schools.[32]

Private schools

Higher education

Japanese garden at Normandale Community College

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1860424—
187073874.1%
188081911.0%
189095917.1%
19001,08513.1%
19101,1617.0%
19201,33014.6%
19302,65599.6%
19403,64737.4%
19509,902171.5%
196050,498410.0%
197081,97162.3%
198081,831−0.2%
199086,3555.5%
200085,172−1.4%
201082,893−2.7%
202089,9878.6%
2022 (est.)87,797[6]−2.4%
U.S. Decennial Census[34]
2020 Census[5]

2020 census

Bloomington, Minnesota – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000[35] Pop 2010[36] Pop 2020[37] % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
White
alone (NH) 		74,008 63,974 61,243 86.89% 77.18% 68.06%
Black or African American
alone (NH) 		2,854 5,839 8,823 3.35% 7.04% 9.81%
Alaska Native
alone (NH) 		265 267 448 0.31% 0.32% 0.50%
Asian alone (NH) 4,306 4,835 5,910 5.06% 5.83% 6.57%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 27 33 45 0.03% 0.04% 0.05%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 132 154 479 0.16% 0.19% 0.53%
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH) 1,290 2,168 3,879 1.52% 2.62% 4.31%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,290 5,623 8,872 2.69% 6.78% 9.86%
Total 85,172 82,893 89,987 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

As of the 2005–07

two or more races made up 1.4% of the city's population; of which 1.3% were non-Hispanic. In addition, Hispanics and Latinos
made up 5.0% of Bloomington's population.

2010 census

As of the

Latino
of any race were 6.8% of the population. East Bloomington is notably more diverse than West Bloomington.

There were 35,905 households, of which 24.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.6% were married couples living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 39.8% were non-families. Of all households 32.2% were made up of individuals, and 12.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.89.

The median age in the city was 42.7 years. 19.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.1% were from 25 to 44; 28.9% were from 45 to 64; and 18.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.4% male and 51.6% female.

Of the 19.7% of the population under 18, much of the young population is considerably more diverse than the mostly white adult population.

Government and politics

Politics

2020 Presidential Election by Precinct
Biden:      50–60%      60–70%
Bloomington city vote
by party in presidential elections[38]
Year Democratic Republican
Third Parties
2020 64.00% 35,220 33.65% 18,517 2.35% 1,293
2016 55.24% 27,838 35.86% 18,071 8.89% 4,482
2012 58.56% 28,510 42.27% 21,689 2.17% 1,115
2008 55.76% 28,570 42.36% 21,703 1.87% 960
2004 52.28% 26,595 46.64% 23,722 1.08% 550
2000 49.01% 20,056 45.01% 18,418 5.98% 2,446

Bloomington is governed by a seven-member part-time city council. Members include the mayor and six council members, of whom four are elected from districts and two elected at-large. Members are elected to four-year terms, except during redistricting when all district council members have a two-year term. Elections are

nonpartisan and since 2021 have been conducted by ranked-choice voting after more than 51% of voters voted yes on a ballot question on the topic.[39]

City operations are controlled by three interrelated entities: the City itself, the Port Authority, and the Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA). The Port Authority is responsible for managing development in the South Loop district, in the easternmost part of the city, where the Mall of America is. The HRA handles low-income housing in the city and manages the city's redevelopment activities. Membership on the boards of the Port Authority and HRA is controlled by the City Council.

The city's organizing document, the City Charter, was approved by voters on November 8, 1960.

Municipal services

The Bloomington Fire Department is one of Minnesota's largest remaining volunteer fire departments, operates out of six

Opticom System equipment, which automatically switches traffic signals to expedite emergency runs. The average response time is four minutes.[40]

Public safety is protected by Bloomington's 142-officer

SWAT team.[41]

Federal representation

Bloomington is in Minnesota's 3rd congressional district, represented by Democrat Dean Phillips in the U.S. House of Representatives. In the U.S. Senate, Minnesota is served by Democrats Tina Smith and Amy Klobuchar.

Transportation

The Metro Blue Line, a light rail line, runs between the Mall of America in Bloomington and downtown Minneapolis. The Metro Red Line, a bus line, runs between the Mall of America in Bloomington and Apple Valley, Minnesota.[42] Bloomington is also served by the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport. Additionally, the Metro Orange Line, a bus line that runs between Burnsville, Minnesota and downtown Minneapolis, finished construction in 2021 and travels through Bloomington on Interstate 35W.

Arts and media

Museums

The Works is an experiential technology learning museum for youth.

The Bloomington History Museum focuses on the history of Bloomington, ranging from the prehistoric period through the present day.

The NWA History Museum documents the history of Northwest Airlines.

Theater

Artistry is a professional theater and visual arts nonprofit that produces musicals and plays in the 366-seat Schneider Theater at the municipally owned and operated Bloomington Center for the Arts.

The Theater program at Normandale Community College presents five productions during the academic year.[43]

The high school theater companies at Jefferson and Kennedy each stage three full length productions, a one-act, and a combined fifth production in the summer, annually.

Visual arts

Artistry curates two galleries in the Bloomington Center for the Arts.

Mhiripihri Gallery features Zimbabwean sculpture in a 3,000 sq ft (280 m2) gallery.[44]

Major public art works

"Creating Together" mural on the Bloomington City Hall

Noted muralist Erik Pearson's[45] 2007 work "Creating Together" adorns the flyloft of the theater at Bloomington Center for the Arts. Pearson also created the mural "Science and Nature" in the city's South Loop district, at the Bass Ponds trailhead entrance.

2015 also marked the unveiling of "Convergence", by sculptor James Brenner[46]

In 2018, the Wright's Lake Park mural, "Seasons of Becoming", was completed by GoodSpace Murals. It is located on Old Cedar Avenue facing Wright's Lake Park. It was inspired, designed, and painted both by the general public and by students from Valley View Middle School, from a gifted program called Nobel, focused on creativity.

In 2021, the WE Mural was completed. WE, a tapestry of murals was curated and produced by Ua Si Creative, and commissioned by the City of Bloomington as part of their creative placemaking efforts; an initiative by the City of Bloomington and the nonprofit arts organization, Artistry, to establish the South Loop as a vibrant, distinctive community. The mural faces American Boulevard and 30th Avenue South along two walls of an Xcel Energy Substation in Bloomington's South Loop District. WE Artists include: Andrés Guzman + Xee Reiter, City Mischief featuring Thomasina Topbear and Tom Jay, Reggie LeFlore, Marlena Myles, Martzia Thometz, and Ua Si Creative.

Also in 2021, The Goldfinch sculpture was installed in South Loop District, by artist Donald Lipski with support from sculptor Christopher Collins, fabricators Yetiweurks and FAST Fiberglass, and project manager John Grant. It is located at the intersection of Old Shakopee Road and Killebrew Drive. Artist Donald Lipski was inspired by the more than 250 species of birds that pass yearly through the nearby, spectacular Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge. He entrusted the choice of species to a public poll, and the goldfinch was the overwhelming favorite.

Multiple other art projects such as an augmented tour at Old Cedar Avenue Bridge, smaller scale sculptures, wrapped utility boxes, known as "Artboxes", and more can be found at the South Loop Public Art Guide on the Otocast App.

Television

cable TV talk show, airing from 1991 to 2017. Skits for the show were produced by students and the show was live every Friday night (Sat. Morning) at 12:30am on TBC (Channel 14). A third channel, BCAT, (Bloomington Cable Access Television)[47] is a Public-access channel that allows individuals and organizations to learn video production and create television shows. The schedules for these channels can be found on a channel called the B.R.A.I.N. The PEG channels are funded by Cable television franchise fees
collected in the city.

Film

Parts of the

ranch-style houses and young trees (due to a storm knocking older ones down), giving it a 1960s new-development look.[48]

Sports and recreation

Bloomington Ice Garden during a Boys' Hockey Section 6AA playoff game between Benilde-St. Margaret's and Cretin Durham Hall

Hyland Park includes both a ski area and Nordic ski jumps. The ski jumps are maintained by the Minneapolis Ski Club Minneapolis Ski Club and are some of the most urban ski jumps in the U.S. Several U.S. Olympic ski jumpers have come from this ski club. The Minneapolis Ski Club hosted the 2013 Junior National competition. The city also operates the Bloomington Ice Garden (BIG), which contains three ice rinks, one of which is Olympic-size and the other of which has a capacity of 2,500.[49] It appeared in the film Miracle, with the team practicing there before the Olympics. During the winter, the Parks and Recreation Department creates 10+ outdoor skating rinks.

Bloomington was the point of growth for pickleball in Minnesota, beginning about 2005 when retirees brought the sport back from their southern-states retirement homes. From the Westwood Athletic Fields in southern Bloomington, other groups formed and grew to an active statewide player population in excess of 1,500. Bloomington is also the home of Pickleball Minnesota, the Pickleball website serving the state and the Upper Midwest.

Dred Scott Playfield in Bloomington

Bloomington has two major sports complexes. Dred Scott Playfields, named after Dred Scott, is on the far West side and contains a variety of recreational activities, including baseball, softball, football, sand volleyball, tennis, and basketball.[50] Also within the complex are an outdoor batting cage and a miniature golf course that are privately owned. Valley View Playfields on the East side contains softball and baseball fields, bocce ball courts, and the Bloomington Family Aquatic Center.[51] Bush Lake Beach (BLB) is on Bush Lake and is open in the summer to recreational swimmers.

Notable people

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