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Generalized Land Use for Counties, Cities and Townships in the Seven - County Area, 1970 to 2005

Referenced below are statistical tables containing historic land use data for local communities (cities and townships), counties and the entire Twin Cities Metropolitan Area.

The Metropolitan Council began collecting generalized land use data for the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area in 1970 and has been updating it approximately every five years since then. The data are based upon the actual use of the land as interpreted from aerial photos into broad land use categories.

Starting in 1997, county parcel and assessor data have been used to help determine land use and local units of government have been asked to review the data. These new procedures have improved the overall accuracy of the land use inventories. However, as a result, some of the change in land use between land use inventory years (e.g., 2000, 2005) is due to improvements in the data collection and interpretation procedures rather than actual changes in land usage. These improvements in data and collection procedures have also allowed the Council to collect data with greater detail to better meet Council planning needs. In other words, additional land use categories in more recent inventories have also affected the trends for some land use categories between inventory years. Please refer to the Notes for Comparing Generalized Land Use Data and Metadata for Historic Land Use Data listed below for more specific details.

Since 1990, the land use data have been displayed in the tables in relation to the Council’s Metropolitan Urban Services Area (MUSA). The MUSA designates areas either currently receiving urban services (i.e., sewer service) or that are scheduled to receive urban services by a specified date. It is important to note that the boundary for the MUSA is subject to ongoing adjustments that respond to changes in local comprehensive plans and projected service needs. The land use numbers for 1990 and 1997 MUSA are both based on a projected 2000 MUSA, while the land use numbers for 2000 and 2005 MUSA are based on a projected need for urban services by 2020. Recent changes in how the Urban Services Areas are administered have contributed to adjustments in how the land use numbers are calculated for certain communities. Please refer to the Land Use Tables Footnotes for more information regarding MUSA land use numbers and other supplemental data included in the land use tables.

Land Use Tables	About the Land Use Data
Twin Cities Metropolitan Area	Historic Land Use Data (Metadata)
Regional Totals	Notes for Comparing Historic Land Use Data
Counties, Cities and Townships	Related Land Use Information
Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin Counties    Ramsey, Scott, Washington Counties	Interactive Land Use Map Historic Land Use Maps
Land Use Tables Footnotes

Key Contacts: Paul Hanson, GIS  651-602-1642 or Deb Conley, Research 651-602-1335


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Anoka County	Carver County	Dakota County	Hennepin County
Andover	Benton Twp.	Apple Valley	Bloomington
Anoka	Camden Twp.	Burnsville	Brooklyn Center
Bethel	Carver	Castle Rock Twp.	Brooklyn Park
Blaine	Chanhassen	Coates	Champlin
Burns Twp.	Chaska	Douglas Twp.	Chanhassen
Centerville	Chaska Twp.	Eagan	Corcoran
Circle Pines	Cologne	Empire Twp.	Crystal
Columbia Heights	Dahlgren Twp.	Eureka Twp.	Dayton
Columbus Twp.	Hamburg	Farmington	Deephaven
Coon Rapids	Hancock Twp.	Greenvale Twp.	Eden Prairie
East Bethel	Hollywood Twp.	Hampton	Edina
Fridley	Laketown Twp.	Hampton Twp.	Excelsior
Ham Lake	Mayer	Hastings	Golden Valley
Hilltop	New Germany	Inver Grove Heights	Greenfield
Lexington	Norwood Young America	Lakeville	Greenwood
Lino Lakes	San Francisco Twp.	Lilydale	Hanover
Linwood Twp.	Victoria	Marshan Twp.	Hassan Twp.
Oak Grove	Waconia	Mendota	Hopkins
Ramsey	Waconia Twp.	Mendota Heights	Independence
St. Francis	Watertown	Miesville	Long Lake
Spring Lake Park	Watertown Twp.	New Trier	Loretto
	Young America Twp.	Nininger Twp.	Maple Grove
		Northfield	Maple Plain
		Randolph	Medicine Lake
		Randolph Twp.	Medina
		Ravenna Twp.	Minneapolis
		Rosemount	Minnetonka
		Sciota Twp.	Minnetonka Beach
		South St. Paul	Minnetrista
		Sunfish Lake	Mound
		Vermillion	New Hope
		Vermillion Twp.	Orono
		Waterford Twp.	Osseo
		West St. Paul	Plymouth
			Richfield
			Robbinsdale
			Rockford
			Rogers
			St. Anthony
			St. Bonifacius
			St. Louis Park
			Shorewood
			Spring Park
			Tonka Bay
			Wayzata
			Woodland

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Ramsey County	Scott County	Washington County
Arden Hills	Belle Plaine	Afton
Blaine	Belle Plaine Twp.	Bayport
Gem Lake	Blakeley Twp.	Baytown Twp.
Falcon Heights	Cedar Lake Twp.	Birchwood
Lauderdale	Credit River Twp.	Cottage Grove
Little Canada	Elko	Dellwood
Maplewood	Helena Twp.	Denmark Twp.
Mounds View	Jackson Twp.	Forest Lake
New Brighton	Jordan	Forest Lake Twp.
North Oaks	Louisville Twp.	Grant
North St. Paul	New Market	Grey Cloud Twp.
Roseville	New Market Twp.	Hastings
St Anthony	New Prague	Hugo
St. Paul	Prior Lake	Lake Elmo
Shoreview	St Lawrence Township	Lakeland
Spring Lake Park	Sand Creek Twp.	Lakeland Shores
Vadnais Heights	Savage	Lake St. Croix Beach
White Bear Twp.	Shakopee	Landfall
White Bear Lake	Spring Lake Twp	Mahtomedi
		Marine on St. Croix
	.	May Twp.
		Newport
		New Scandia Twp.
		Oakdale
		Oak Park Heights
		Pine Springs
		St. Mary's Point
		St. Paul Park
		Stillwater
		Stillwater Twp.
		West Lakeland Twp.
		White Bear Lake
		Willernie
		Woodbury

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