The ultimate Minnesota cities population-size bracket quiz
How well do you know your Minnesota city sizes?
Data & Maps
Minnesota’s eastern border: A river runs through it, except this one part
Borderline madness.
2018 Election Results Dashboard
Search for election results in your area and follow live updates.
Where the Twin Cities metro’s true bedroom communities are
Looking for places where people live, but don’t work.
A deeper look at the ranked choices for mayor of Minneapolis
The first-choice preferences of voters whose ballots counted for Jacob Frey and Raymond Dehn; geographic distribution of exhausted ballots; and more!
This year’s city elections sort of lived up to Minnesota’s reputation for high voter turnout
More than 100,000 Minneapolitans and 61,000 St. Paulites cast first-choice votes for mayor.
Where Minneapolis mayoral candidates won their first-choice votes
We mapped first-choice votes for the top mayoral candidates in Minneapolis by ward.
Where St. Paul mayoral candidates won their first-choice votes
We mapped first-choice votes for the top mayoral candidates in St. Paul by ward.
What public records can tell you about the history of your house
If houses could talk…
2016’s awfulness notwithstanding, here are 5 trends that improved in Minnesota this year
If the trends continue, 2017 could be a good year for the state.
Where do Minnesota’s most charitable citizens live (at least according to the IRS)?
’Tis the season of giving. And sneaking in last-minute charitable contributions.
What are the Twin Cities’ most popular dog breeds? And what are the dogs’ names?
Plus, some cute dog photos.
How successful was MinnPost’s ‘Legislative Races to Watch’ feature?
We hoped to identify the most important districts in the race to control the Minnesota Legislature. In some cases, we did.
Where Trump did better than Mitt Romney in Minnesota, and where he did worse
Romney and Trump got a similar number of votes in Minnesota, but from very different parts of the state.
Where the GOP made its gains in the Minnesota Legislature
With a gain of six seats in the Senate and four in the House, Tuesday was indisputably a good night for the Minnesota GOP.
The RV capital of Minnesota, and other fun facts that can be gleaned from Minnesota vehicle registration data
How many — and what kinds of — vehicles people have vary by which part of Minnesota they live in.
Bombs bursting in hair: The cost — in injuries and property damage — of fireworks in Minnesota
Fireworks can be dangerous.
It snows in April, but it never tornadoes in February: When and where twisters strike in Minnesota
Minnesota is entering tornado season.
Which Minneapolis parks are the highest priority for repairs?
As part of its deal for new maintenance and improvement funds from the city, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is considering equity as a factor in choosing which parks to fix first.
For all the talk of how healthy the Twin Cities are, we’ve got a pretty big life expectancy gap
A new study found smaller gaps in lifespan between rich and poor in well-educated, urban areas. But the Twin Cities are an exception.