Bloomington, Minnesota<\/h3>
Bloomington is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, on the north bank of the Minnesota River, above its confluence with the Mississippi River, 10 miles (16\u00a0km) south of downtown Minneapolis.[8] At the 2020 census, the city's population was 89,987,[5] making it Minnesota's fourth-largest city.\n<\/p>
Bloomington was established as a post\u2013World War II housing boom suburb connected to Minneapolis's urban street grid, and is serviced by two major freeways: Interstate 35W and Interstate 494. Large-scale commercial development is concentrated along the I-494 corridor. Besides an extensive city park system, with over 1,000 square feet (93\u00a0m2) of parkland per capita,[9] Bloomington is also home to Hyland Lake Park Reserve in the west and Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge in the southeast.\n<\/p><\/div>\n