Eagan, United States
fix(projects): disclose 5 orphaned profiles' non-membership in confirmed Top-400 set, correct Provo false table-entry claim
@@ -12,31 +12,29 @@ quality: stub status: active audience: customer-woodfine bcsc_class: current-fact short_description: "North American Regional Market — suburb of Minneapolis; 1 Regional-tier co-location cluster." short_description: "Minneapolis-Saint Paul corporate and logistics suburb with 1 Regional-tier co-location cluster — not among the markets published in the current Top-400 set." paired_with: markets/us-mn-eagan.es.md last_edited: 2026-08-25 last_edited: 2026-09-07 editor: editorial --- Eagan, a Dakota County suburb on the south bank of the Minnesota River, is a North American Regional Market with one Regional-tier co-location cluster. A corporate office, distribution, and logistics base — including the Minnesota Vikings' headquarters and training facility — distinguishes it from a purely residential suburb. Eagan, a Dakota County suburb on the south bank of the Minnesota River, has one Regional-tier co-location cluster. It is not among the markets published for North America under the confirmed 2026-08-07 dataset. A corporate office, distribution, and logistics base — including the Minnesota Vikings' headquarters and training facility — distinguishes it from a purely residential suburb. ## Overview According to Wikipedia (accessed 2026-07-10), Eagan recorded a population of 68,855 at the 2020 census (a 2022 estimate of 67,534) across 33.46 square miles. It sits south of Saint Paul (a general Wikipedia geographic description) on the Minnesota River upstream from its confluence with the Mississippi. Top employers include Thomson Reuters (5,000 employees), BlueCross/BlueShield of Minnesota (3,000), and the U.S. Postal Service (an estimated 2,100), alongside Prime Therapeutics, UPS, Ecolab, and Coca-Cola Bottling. Originally an Irish farming community once known as the Onion Capital of the United States, Eagan has transformed into a mixed commercial hub of corporate offices, distribution centres, and healthcare operations. Sparsely populated northern sections host warehouses and logistics facilities near Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport. The Minnesota Vikings relocated their headquarters and training facility to Eagan in 2018; the associated Twin Cities Orthopedics Performance Center spans 277,000 square feet with practice fields and a 6,500-seat outdoor stadium. Eagan recorded a population of 68,855 at the 2020 census (a 2022 estimate of 67,534) across 33.46 square miles. <!-- wikipedia-sourced: population/description --> It sits south of Saint Paul (a general Wikipedia geographic description) on the Minnesota River upstream from its confluence with the Mississippi. Originally an Irish farming community once known as the Onion Capital of the United States, Eagan has transformed into a mixed commercial hub of corporate offices, distribution centres, and healthcare operations. The Minnesota Vikings relocated their headquarters and training facility to Eagan in 2018; the associated Twin Cities Orthopedics Performance Center spans 277,000 square feet with practice fields and a 6,500-seat outdoor stadium. ## Regional Market Standing @@ -44,11 +42,13 @@ fields and a 6,500-seat outdoor stadium. |---|---| | Suburb of | Minneapolis | Eagan has one Regional-tier co-location cluster. Cluster-level detail — the specific retail and civic anchors composing it — is pending the underlying GIS dataset and is not included in this stub. See [[atlas-top-400-north-america|Top 400 Regional Markets — North America]] for the full Top 400 set and [[co-location-methodology|Co-location Methodology]] for how markets qualify. Eagan does not currently appear in the [[atlas-top-400-north-america|Top 400 Regional Markets — North America]] list. This is not a data defect: the market is not among those published under the confirmed 2026-08-07 dataset. Eagan has one Regional-tier co-location cluster. Cluster-level detail — the specific retail and civic anchors composing it — is pending the underlying GIS dataset and is not included in this stub. See [[co-location-methodology|Co-location Methodology]] for how markets qualify for the published set. ## See Also