Arden Hills ( ) is a city in Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 9,939 at the 2020 census, and was estimated at 9,490 in 2024.
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As of the 2024 American Community Survey, there are 2,856 estimated households in Arden Hills with an average of 2.75 persons per household. The city has a median household income of $134,118. Approximately 4.7% of the city's population lives at or below the poverty line. Arden Hills has an estimated 58.9% employment rate, with 62.4% of the population holding a bachelor's degree or higher and 96.8% holding a high school diploma. There were 2,962 housing units at an average density of .
The top five reported languages (people were allowed to report up to two languages, thus the figures will generally add to more than 100%) were English (89.3%), Spanish (4.9%), Indo-European (0.9%), Asian and Pacific Islander (3.9%), and Other (1.0%).
The median age in the city was 35.3 years.
Racial and ethnic composition
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 100%;"
|+<big>Arden Hills, Minnesota – racial and ethnic composition</big><br><small></small>
! rowspan=3|Race / ethnicity <small>(NH = non-Hispanic)</small>
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! colspan=2|Population<br>1990
! colspan=2|Population<br>2000
! colspan=2|Population<br>2010
!style=background-color:#FFFFE6 colspan=2|Population<br>2020
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! Number
! Percent
! Number
! Percent
! Number
! Percent
! style=background-color:#FFFFE6 |Number
! style=background-color:#FFFFE6 |Percent
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| White alone (NH)
|| 8,708 || 94.66% || 8,892 || 92.13% || 8,475 || 88.72% || style=background-color:#FFFFE6|7,926 || style=background-color:#FFFFE6|79.75%
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| Black or African American alone (NH)
|| 102 || 1.11% || 124 || 1.28% || 154 || 1.61% || style=background-color:#FFFFE6|219 || style=background-color:#FFFFE6|2.20%
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| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|| 9 || 0.10% || 19 || 0.20% || 21 || 0.22% || style=background-color:#FFFFE6|11 || style=background-color:#FFFFE6|0.11%
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| Asian alone (NH)
|| 306 || 3.33% || 351 || 3.64% || 464 || 4.86% || style=background-color:#FFFFE6|621 || style=background-color:#FFFFE6|6.25%
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| Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|| — || — || 1 || 0.01% || 0 || 0.00% || style=background-color:#FFFFE6|4 || style=background-color:#FFFFE6|0.04%
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| Other race alone (NH)
|| 0 || 0.00% || 10 || 0.10% || 11 || 0.12% || style=background-color:#FFFFE6|38 || style=background-color:#FFFFE6|0.38%
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| Mixed race or multiracial (NH)
|| — || — || 124 || 1.28% || 164 || 1.72% || style=background-color:#FFFFE6|431 || style=background-color:#FFFFE6|4.34%
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| Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|| 74 || 0.80% || 131 || 1.36% || 263 || 2.75% || style=background-color:#FFFFE6|689 || style=background-color:#FFFFE6|6.93%
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! Total || 9,199 || 100.00% || 9,652 || 100.00% || 9,552 || 100.00% || style=background-color:#FFFFE6|9,939 || style=background-color:#FFFFE6|100.00%
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2020 census
As of the 2020 census, there were 9,939 people, 3,114 households, and 2,283 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 3,235 housing units at an average density of .
There were 3,114 households, of which 33.1% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 61.0% were married-couple households, 12.6% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 22.0% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 21.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
Top employers
According to the city's 2024 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, the largest employers in the city are:
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! #
! Employer
! Employees
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| 1
| Boston Scientific
| 3,000 to 3,500
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| 2
| Land O'Lakes Inc.
| 1,250 to 1,750
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| 3
| University of Northwestern
| 1,000 to 1,500
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| 4
| Bethel University
| 750 to 1,250
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| 5
| Presbyterian Homes of Arden Hills
| 450 to 550
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| 6
| Delkor
| 300 to 350
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| 7
| Intricon
| 250 to 300
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| 8
| Venture Solutions, Inc.
| 175 to 225
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| 9
| Gradient Financial
| 150 to 200
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| 10
| National Recoveries
| 150 to 200
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| 11
| Ulteig Engineers, Inc.
| 150 to 200
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| 12
| Health Partners Arden Hills Clinic
| 150 to 200
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Politics
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|+ 2024 Precinct Results Spreadsheet
|+ 2020 Precinct Results Spreadsheet
|+ 2016 Precinct Results Spreadsheet
|+ 2012 Precinct Results Spreadsheet
|+ 2008 Precinct Results Spreadsheet
|+ 2004 Precinct Results Spreadsheet
|+ 2000 Precinct Results Spreadsheet
|+ 1996 Precinct Results
|+ 1992 Precinct Results
|+ 1988 Precinct Results
|+ 1984 Precinct Results
|+ 1980 Precinct Results
|+ 1976 Precinct Results
|+ 1972 Precinct Results
|+ 1968 Precinct Results
|+ 1964 Precinct Results
|+ 1960 Precinct Results
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! Year
! Republican
! Democratic
! Third parties
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| style="text-align:center;" |2024
| style="text-align:center;" |_% _
| style="text-align:center;" |_% _
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| style="text-align:center;" |2020
| style="text-align:center;" |32.9% 1,828
| style="text-align:center;" |64.3% 3,577
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.8% 158
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| style="text-align:center;" |2016
| style="text-align:center;" |36.9% 2,090
| style="text-align:center;" |51.5% 2,916
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|11.6% 655
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| style="text-align:center;" |2012
| style="text-align:center;" |49.2% 2,841
| style="text-align:center;" |48.2% 2,784
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.6% 150
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| style="text-align:center;" |2008
| style="text-align:center;" |52.6% 2,154
| style="text-align:center;" |45.6% 1,866
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.8% 75
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| style="text-align:center;" |2004
| style="text-align:center;" |53.1% 3,128
| style="text-align:center;" |45.6% 2,683
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% 75
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| style="text-align:center;" |2000
| style="text-align:center;" |55.8% 3,210
| style="text-align:center;" |38.3% 2,204
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.9% 343
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| style="text-align:center;" |1996
| style="text-align:center;" |50.0% 2,565
| style="text-align:center;" |41.8% 2,143
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.2% 419
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| style="text-align:center;" |1992
| style="text-align:center;" |44.0% 2,396
| style="text-align:center;" |34.8% 1,894
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|21.2% 1,160
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| style="text-align:center;" |1988
| style="text-align:center;" |60.2% 3,163
| style="text-align:center;" |39.8% 2,087
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.0% 0
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| style="text-align:center;" |1984
| style="text-align:center;" |61.9% 2,642
| style="text-align:center;" |38.1% 1,627
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.0% 0
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| style="text-align:center;" |1980
| style="text-align:center;" |49.6% 2,128
| style="text-align:center;" |36.5% 1,566
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|13.9% 600
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| style="text-align:center;" |1976
| style="text-align:center;" |56.5% 1,977
| style="text-align:center;" |41.3% 1,445
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.2% 76
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| style="text-align:center;" |1972
| style="text-align:center;" |_% _
| style="text-align:center;" |_% _
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|_% _
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| style="text-align:center;" |1968
| style="text-align:center;" |52.4% 1,120
| style="text-align:center;" |45.0% 963
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.6% 56
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| style="text-align:center;" |1964
| style="text-align:center;" |49.0% 882
| style="text-align:center;" |50.9% 916
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.1% 3
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| style="text-align:center;" |1960
| style="text-align:center;" |58.1% 1,009
| style="text-align:center;" |41.9% 729
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.0% 0
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Sports
The Twins Cities Titans of the NEFL are a semi-pro football team who play in Arden Hills.
New Minnesota Stadium
Ramsey County officials announced in May 2011 that they had reached an agreement with the Minnesota Vikings to be the team's local partner for a new stadium. The site of the stadium would be the former Twins Cities Army Ammunitions Plant in Arden Hills, which is about 10 miles from the Metrodome in Minneapolis. The agreement called for an $884 million stadium and an additional $173 million for on-site infrastructure, parking and environmental costs.
Ramsey county said the Vikings would commit $407 million to the project, which was about 44% of the stadium cost and 39% of the overall cost. The county's cost would have been $350 million, financed by a half-cent sales tax increase. The remaining amount of $300 million would be paid by Minnesota taxpayers.