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Ground Level Blog

Picking up the Broadband Pace

Ground Level has launched a topic page, “Picking up the Broadband Pace,” that explores issues surrounding high-speed internet, such as who should build it and how might it affect rural communities.
by Jennifer Vogel

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Funkley, Minn., back on top . . . er, bottom

Two towns, Funkley and Tenney, tied in this week’s census release as the smallest cities in Minnesota. But one is considering dissolving, which would make Funkley, again, the state’s smallest city.
by Dave Peters

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Almost half of Minnesota counties lost population this decade (plus trivia question)

Almost half of Minnesota counties lost population this decade (plus trivia question)

The list of Minnesota counties losing population went up, according to the 2010 census release. What had been a phenomenon of western and southern border areas in the 1990s expanded to toward the Twin Cities area.
by Dave Peters

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10-year map masks population shift

10-year map masks population shift

The 2010 census shows Minnesota’s population growth in all the usual places — the suburban and ex-urban collar around the Twin Cities metro area. But that’s for the past 10 years. If you look more closely at just the past three or four years, the pattern has shifted.
by Dave Peters

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