Jacob Frey (Democratic) has been Mayor of Minneapolis since 2 Jan 2018. Unemployment rate: 4.6% of the labour force in Aug 2026, 2.1 percentage points higher than when Jacob Frey took office in January 2018, while Minnesota's rose 1.2 percentage points. Minneapolis ranks 57th of 116 cities on pay growth; on population growth it is 55th of 71. The violent crime rate moved −78 per 100,000 in Minneapolis against −15 per 100,000 for Minnesota. Over Betsy Hodges's tenure, 2014 to 2018, the violent crime rate moved +82 per 100,000. Homelessness: 90.2 people per 10,000 in 2024, +19 per 10,000 since day zero.
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