Windom, Minneapolis
Neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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The Windom neighborhood is located in the Southwest community of Minneapolis. Its borders are Diamond Lake Road and West 54th Street to the north, Interstate 35W to the east, West 62nd Street (Highway 62) to the south, and Lyndale Avenue South and Highway 121 to the west. Windom is a part of ward 11 of the Minneapolis City Council[3] and state legislative district 63B.[4]
Windom | |
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Lake Mead | |
 Location of Windom within the U.S. city of Minneapolis | |
 Interactive map of Windom | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Hennepin |
| City | Minneapolis |
| Community | Southwest |
| Founded | 1849 |
| City Council Ward | 11 |
| Government | |
| • Council Member | Jamison Whiting |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.749 sq mi (1.94 km2) |
| Population (2020)[2] | |
• Total | 5,386 |
| • Density | 7,190/sq mi (2,780/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 55419 |
| Area code | 612 |
On August 27, 2025, Windom was the site of a mass shooting targeting the Annunciation Catholic Church. Two schoolchildren were killed and there were multiple injuries.[5][6] The FBI is investigating the shooting as an anti-Catholic hate crime and as an act of domestic terrorism.[7]
Demographics
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000[10] | 2010[10] | 2020[10] | ||||
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| White alone | 3,492 | 70.06 | 3,036 | 60.96 | 3,023 | 58.48 |
| Black alone | 299 | 6.00 | 508 | 10.20 | 658 | 12.73 |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 155 | 3.11 | 176 | 3.53 | 494 | 9.56 |
| Native American alone | 41 | 0.82 | 61 | 1.22 | 24 | 0.46 |
| Asian alone | 126 | 2.53 | 130 | 2.61 | 143 | 2.77 |
| Other race alone | 8 | 0.16 | 17 | 0.34 | 11 | 0.21 |
| Pacific Islander alone | 4 | 0.08 | 6 | 0.12 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Two or more races | 181 | 3.63 | 210 | 4.22 | 317 | 6.13 |
| Total | 4,984 | 100.0 | 4,980 | 100.0 | 5,169 | 100.0 |