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Local SEO for every city in Hennepin County
Your Google profile, your service area and a page for each city you want work from, set up so Hennepin County searches have something to match. Serving Minneapolis, Bloomington and Brooklyn Park.
Cities and ZIP codes in Hennepin County
The 12 largest cities of 5,000 or more people.
| City | Residents | ZIP codes |
|---|---|---|
| Minneapolis | 427,246 | 55401, 55402, 55403, 55404, 55405, 55406, 55407, 55408, 55409, 55410, 55411, 55412 and 13 more |
| Bloomington | 88,665 | 55420, 55425, 55431, 55435, 55437, 55438, 55439 |
| Brooklyn Park | 83,876 | 55428, 55429, 55430, 55443, 55444, 55445 |
| Plymouth | 79,220 | 55441, 55442, 55446, 55447 |
| Maple Grove | 71,173 | 55311, 55369 |
| Eden Prairie | 63,051 | 55343, 55344, 55346, 55347 |
| Edina | 53,262 | 55343, 55410, 55416, 55423, 55424, 55435, 55436, 55439 |
| Minnetonka | 53,064 | 55305, 55343, 55345, 55346, 55391 |
| St. Louis Park | 49,594 | 55416, 55424, 55426, 55436 |
| Richfield | 36,642 | 55423 |
| Brooklyn Center | 32,479 | 55422, 55429, 55430, 55444 |
| Champlin | 23,294 | 55316 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Code Tabulation Area relationship files, and American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
What Hennepin County's cities mean for being found
Hennepin County's 24 cities of 5,000 or more people are linked to 65 ZIP codes.
Nationally, 46% of consumers always or often add "near me" to local searches (BrightLocal, 2025).
Area pages built from census data are included in Growth, like this page. Each counts toward your page budget, and pages past it are quoted in your bid.
In Hennepin County, 28 ZIP codes reach more than one city of 5,000 or more people, such as 55311 (Maple Grove, Rogers and Dayton).
Nationally, there was a 19% fall in "near me" searches from 2021 to 2024 as search engines work out local intent on their own (BrightLocal, 2025).
Local landing pages at scale (quoted in your bid): a page for every service in every area you serve, built from your data.
Source: Census Bureau ZIP code relationship files.
What you get in Hennepin County
- Plans from
- $199/mo on a 2-year term
- Setup fee
- None
- Launch
- 3 to 6 weeks
Hosting, SSL and monthly maintenance are included, with up to 8 content pages on the lowest plan. Site design licensed. Domain and content owned by client.
Searches a city page can answer
Pages for the largest 4 cities in Hennepin County can match searches like these:
- Minneapolis: “[your service] Minneapolis”, “[your service] near Minneapolis, MN”, “[your service] 55401”
- Bloomington: “[your service] Bloomington”, “[your service] near Bloomington, MN”, “[your service] 55420”
- Brooklyn Park: “[your service] Brooklyn Park”, “[your service] near Brooklyn Park, MN”, “[your service] 55428”
- Plymouth: “[your service] Plymouth”, “[your service] near Plymouth, MN”, “[your service] 55441”
Growth's monthly post can aim at one of these searches each month, and city pages count toward your page budget.
Local search across Hennepin County
Hennepin County has 24 cities of 5,000 or more residents and 65 ZIP codes, so being found here is not one task. It is many small ones. Minneapolis, Bloomington and Brooklyn Park are different places from Maple Grove, Champlin or Dayton, and Google reads your address, your service area and your reviews to decide who gets shown. We start by listing the cities you actually work in, then set up your Google Business Profile and your site so those places are stated clearly and consistently.
A business with a storefront is judged mostly by its address and the ZIP code around it. A mobile service, such as a plumber or a cleaner, is judged by the service area it lists, and a long list of cities can look thin if it is not backed by real pages. For each place that matters, a site could carry its own page with local detail: the streets you cover, the jobs you have done and the questions neighbors ask. That works for Plymouth, Eden Prairie, Edina and Minnetonka, and for smaller spots like Corcoran, Medina and Robbinsdale.
Search is also changing. Structured data (schema) is one of the tools that helps AI assistants read a local business correctly. We add the markup that states your name, address, phone, hours, services and service area so both Google and AI answers have clean facts to work from. Reviews, accurate listings and a site that matches your profile do the rest. We do not promise a position in the results, and no one honestly can, but we can make sure the foundations are in place across Hennepin County's cities before you put money into ads or more content.
About the Hennepin County market
Hennepin County has about 1,269,496 residents, with 24 cities of 5,000 or more people.
Median household income is about $98,000.
Finance & Insurance is the largest local industry by earnings.
- Population
- 1,269,496
- Metro area
- Minneapolis metro
- ZIP codes served
- 65
- Highest-earning industry
- Finance & Insurance
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates; Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area relationship files (ZIP codes); Census metropolitan area definitions (metro area).
ZIP codes we serve in Hennepin County
55420, 55425, 55431, 55435, 55437, 55438, 55439, 55422, 55429, 55430, 55444, 55428, 55443, 55445, 55313, 55316, 55311, 55340, 55357, 55374, 55427, 55327, 55369, 55343, 55344, 55346, 55347, 55410, 55416, 55423, 55424, 55436, 55411, 55426, 55305, 55356, 55359, 55391, 55401, 55402, 55403, 55404, 55405, 55406, 55407, 55408, 55409, 55412, 55413, 55414, 55415, 55417, 55418, 55419, 55421, 55450, 55454, 55455, 55345, 55364, 55331, 55441, 55442, 55446, 55447
Cities, ZIP codes and service areas in Hennepin County
Do you offer AEO services in Minneapolis, such as structured data and schema?
Yes. We add structured data (schema) to the pages we build so search and AI tools can read who you are, where you operate and what you offer. We tailor it to the Minneapolis area you serve and keep it matched to what is visible on the page.
Can one business cover several cities like Plymouth, Maple Grove and Eden Prairie?
Often yes, if you genuinely serve them. It usually works best to give each city you serve its own clear section or page and to match your Google Business Profile service area to the same cities.
Do your AEO services in Minnesota reach beyond Hennepin County?
They can. Ramsey, Dakota, Anoka and Washington counties sit in the same Minneapolis metro, and we can set up pages and profiles for businesses that serve across them.
Where should a Brooklyn Park or Richfield business start with local search?
Start with a complete and accurate Google Business Profile, then make your name, address and phone number match everywhere they appear. After that, a page that names your city and the work you do there gives search tools more to read.
Can my business show up for searches in Bloomington if I am based in Minneapolis?
Nobody can promise a map ranking in a city you are not based in, because Google says distance is one of the main things it weighs. What you can do is make it clear you work there: list Bloomington as a service area on your Google profile and give it a page on your site. That helps with relevance, the part you control.
Which ZIP codes in Hennepin County do you cover?
We work with businesses in every one. The 65 ZIP codes linked to the county's cities are 55305, 55311, 55313, 55316, 55327, 55331, 55340, 55343, 55344, 55345, 55346, 55347 and 53 more. Your service area can name the ones you want work from.
Other counties in the Minneapolis metro
| County |
|---|
| Local SEO in Ramsey County, MN |
| Local SEO in Dakota County, MN |
| Local SEO in Anoka County, MN |
| Local SEO in Washington County, MN |
Pick your cities in Hennepin County
Tell us which cities in Hennepin County you want work from in the bid builder. Stand Up and Growth have fixed prices, so your bid is instant. Custom work is reviewed by Chris, who gets in touch to talk it through.