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Our Neigborhood


People Served

  The Phillips Neighborhood is the most diverse Minneapolis neighborhood, comparable to Chicago, Seattle, Denver or Milwaukee.  Phillips has about 18,000 residents and is also the largest neighborhood in Minnesota.

  • 70% of non-married households in the Phillips Neighborhood have children.
  • 33% of adults over 25 have less than a high school degree for their education.
  • Native Americans making up the largest population of any urban area in the U.S. live in the Phillips Neighborhood.
  • The Twin Cities is home to the largest Somali population in the U.S. with 30,000 – 50,000 living here, most having arrived here since 1993.  That being said, the Phillips Neighborhood has one of the largest communities of Somali people.
  • 9,000 Hispanics live within a two-mile radius of Bloomington and Lake Street.
  • There are also Hmong, Tibetan, Vietnamese, Chinese, Thai, Laotian, Egyptian, Nigerian, Ethiopian, Cambodian, African-American, Caucasian, and Asian represented in this area.
  • 31% of the residents are immigrants.
  • Age Distribution
 Age Residents
 0-17 7,016
 18-34 5,658
 34-645,375
 65+ 1,756

CES Geographic Area Served

CES is a member of the Emergency Food Shelf Network.  Our assigned food shelf area is:  Residents of the area are bounded by 5th Avenue on the west, the Mississippi River on the north, Franklin Avenue on the south and 11th Avenue from Franklin north to 9th Street and 13th Avenue from 9th Street to the River on the east. Down load the attached map to see the area assigned to CES.  

With regard to rent crisis aid, South and Southeast Minneapolis are the only areas served.

With regard to hygiene items, CES serves south Minneapolis depending on the availability of the product.

Download a map from the attachments at the bottom of this page.  


MoW Geographic Area Served

The persons served by meals on wheels are those who live between the boundaries of Washington Avenue on the north, Lake Street on the south, Portland Avenue north of Franklin, Nicollet Avenue south of Franklin on the west and the Mississippi River on the east.

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Richard Sahara,
Dec 7, 2010 9:35 AM