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Number of Kids Living Downtown Has Tripled in the Last 10 Years

DateWednesday, July 20, 2011 at 9:21AM | by AuthorDavid Tinjum

From Star Tribune writer (and Mill District resident) Jim Buchta:

A new form of transportation has joined the car, bus, bike and light-rail train in downtown Minneapolis.

The stroller.

The number of kids under age 5 living in downtown neighborhoods has tripled since 2000, according to newly released U.S. census figures. The 2010 census counted 444 small children in the area from the Mill District through downtown and along the Mississippi River to Plymouth Avenue.

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