Bloomington

city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
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Bloomington
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Summary

Bloomington is a city in the United States[1]. Bloomington ranks in the top 6% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,436 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: GovAI Coalition[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Hennepin County[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Minnesota River[6]
  • Head of government: Tim Busse[7]
  • Shares border with: Fort Snelling[8], Richfield[9], Edina[10], Eden Prairie[11], Eagan[12], Burnsville[13], Savage[14]
  • Named after: Bloomington[15]
  • Postal code: 55420[16], 55425[17], 55431[18], 55435[19], 55437[20], 55438[21], 55439[22]
  • Commons category: Bloomington, Minnesota[23]
  • Local dialing code: 952[24]
  • Has part(s): Mall of America[25], Dred Scott Playfield[26]
  • Inception: 1843[27]
  • Coordinate location: 44.840833333333336, -93.29833333333333[28]
  • Official website: http://www.ci.bloomington.mn.us[29], https://www.bloomingtonmn.gov/[30]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Bloomington, Minnesota[31]
  • Population: 82,893[32], 89,987[33]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Bloomington, Minnesota[34]
  • Described by source: City-Data[35]
  • Category for people born here: Q26215554[36]
  • Category for people who died here: Q44040295[37]
  • Number of households: 35,064[38]
  • Native label: Bloomington[39]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Bloomington, Minnesota[40]
  • Different from: Bloomington[41]
  • Elevation above sea level: 252[42]

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Physical Characteristics

Areas include 99.510000[43], 99.499606[44], 99.468914[45], 89.880413[46], and 9.588501[47].

Why It Matters

Bloomington has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] Bloomington is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 21d ago · Robot8A · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facebook username → blm.mn
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Facebook username: blm.mn"
  2. 9w ago · Abductive · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 44.840833333333336, 'longitude': -93.2983333333
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Coordinate location: 44°50'27"N, 93°17'54"W"
  3. 20w ago · Mxn · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → Bloomington
    Named after → —
    Different from → Bloomington
    Inception → +1843-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Member of: GovAI Coalition, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258464|batch #258464]]"
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