Population
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POPULATION |
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1980 |
1990 |
2000 |
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Lind-Bohanon |
4,932 |
4,449 |
4,401 |
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Minneapolis |
370,951 |
368,383 |
382,618 |
Lind-Bohanon lost population from 1980 to 2000. Between 1990 and 2000 Lind-Bohanon's population decreased faster than Minneapolis'. The city population increased by 3.1 percent between 1980 and 2000. In comparison, Lind-Bohanon's population decreased by 10.8 percent.
Although the population in Lind-Bohanon has been declining, there were about 70 more children and adolescents in 2000 than in 1980, a result of an increasing school-age population. However, this increase did not balance decreases in other age groups: there were 330 fewer adult residents and 260 fewer senior residents in 2000 than in 1980.
Lind-Bohanon's ethnic makeup changed between 1980 and 2000. The white population in the neighborhood went from 93 percent of the total in 1980 to 60 black population increased significantly from 2 percent of the neighborhood's population in 1980 to 17 percent in 2000, adding more than 650 residents, and the Asian population grew to 11.5 percent in the same period from a low 0.5 percent in 1980, adding 485 new residents. However, the increases of all groups could not compensate for the loss of the white population.
Last updated Sep. 27, 2011