Bloomington is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 88,344 people and 23 associated neighborhoods, Bloomington is the fourth largest community in Minnesota.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Bloomington is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bloomington is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bloomington who work in management occupations (12.16%), office and administrative support (10.21%), and sales jobs (10.05%). Also of interest is that Bloomington has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 22.33% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. For the size of the city, public transportation in Bloomington is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the bus. For Bloomington, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.The education level of Bloomington ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Bloomington, 46.19% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Bloomington in 2022 was $52,173, which is wealthy relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $208,692 for a family of four. However, Bloomington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bloomington is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bloomington home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bloomington residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Bloomington also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.17% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bloomington include German, Norwegian, Irish, English, and Swedish. In addition, Bloomington has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.42%). The most common language spoken in Bloomington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
