Anoka County
(/əˈnoʊkə/ ə-NOH-kə) is the
fourth-most-populous county
in the U.S. state of
Minnesota. As of the 2010
United States census, the
population was 339,534. The
county seat and namesake of
the county is the city of
Anoka, which is derived from
the Dakota word anokatanhan
meaning "on (or from) both
sides," referring to its
location on the banks of the
Rum River. The largest city
in the county is the city of
Blaine, the
thirteenth-largest city in
Minnesota and the
seventh-largest Twin Cities
suburb.
Anoka County comprises the north portion of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area, the largest metropolitan area in the state and the sixteenth-largest in the United States with about 3.63 million residents.
Anoka County comprises the north portion of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area, the largest metropolitan area in the state and the sixteenth-largest in the United States with about 3.63 million residents.
