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Brooklyn Center
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city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- County
- Hennepin
- Incorporated village
- February 18, 1911
- Incorporated city
- December 8, 1966
- Type
- Mayor–council
- Mayor
- April Graves
- City manager
- Daren Nyquist
- Councilmembers
- Dan Jerzak, Teneshia Kragness, Kris Lawrence-Anderson, Laurie Ann Moore
- Total
- 8.381 sq mi (21.707 km )
- Land
- 8.003 sq mi (20.728 km )
- Water
- 0.378 sq mi (0.979 km ) 4.51%
- Elevation
- 856 ft (261 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 31,755
- Density
- 4,221.1/sq mi (1,629.8/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 (CDT)
- Zip codes
- 55429, 55430
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Brooklyn Center
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Hennepin County
- Population
- 33782
- Area
- 0.979425
- Elevation
- 260
- Shares border with
- Crystal
- Official website
- www.ci.brooklyn-center.mn.us
- Image
- FBI Minneapolis - Federal Bureau of Investigation Building (27513665992).jpg
- Households
- 10570
- Dialing code
- 763
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- Commons category
- Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
- inception
- 1852-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 4.5178
- postal code
- 55430
- per capita income
- 26452
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Encyclopedic overview
Brooklyn Center is a first-ring suburban city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 33,782 at the 2020 census, and was estimated at 31,755 in 2024. It is part of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area.
On February 18, 1911, the area became a village formed from parts of Brooklyn Township and Crystal Lake Township. On December 8, 1966, Brooklyn Center became a charter city. The city has commercial and industrial development. The majority of land use is single-family homes. and the city has become the most ethnically diverse community in the state.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brooklyn Center” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.