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Greater MSP presents regional indicators: gains in inclusion, housing strengths, warning signs on innovation and growth

Metropolitan Council · October 22, 2025
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Summary

Greater MSP presented its 10-year regional indicators dashboard to the Metropolitan Council, reporting improvements in racial inclusion and housing affordability relative to peer regions but noting slowing economic growth, reduced venture-capital flows and declining net migration of young adults.

Greater MSP on Oct. 22 presented the 2025 update of its regional indicators dashboard to the Metropolitan Council, highlighting decade-long trends across 58 indicators benchmarked against 11 peer metropolitan areas.

Presenters Nathan Arnosti and Julia Silvis said the dashboard aims to give civic leaders and the public a holistic view of the region’s performance. Their analysis identified four headlines: promising signals on racial inclusion alongside remaining inequities; housing and infrastructure as competitive assets for livability; the region remaining a good place for workers; and slowing economic growth and innovation.

Greater MSP said that, over the past decade, the employment gap between white workers and workers of…

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