Web Link Hits      African Americans in Minnesota In 1980, the state’s total population was 4,075,970 and its black population was 53,344. By 2010, the census reported Minnesota’s total population as 5,303,925, compared to the black population of 274,412—only 5 percent. 1594      Twin Cities Ranked Among Nation’s Worst Cities For Black Residents Study ranks Minneapolis-St. Paul among the worst cities in the country for black residents to live in. This determination is based on the level of socioeconomic segregation that exists between a city’s black population versus its white populace. 1031