Census shows Minnesota's population is getting older, more diverse

ST. PAUL -- Call it old news.

The latest U.S. Census estimates, released this week, confirm what we’ve known for some time: a sizable segment of Minnesota’s population is entering its golden years.

But a wave of millennials is on their heels — give or take three decades. And the state continues to become more diverse by the year.

The census figures, estimated as of July 2014, put the state at about 5,457,000 people overall — up 2.9 percent since the 2010 census.

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