About Shakopee
Shakopee is a thriving city in central Minnesota counting 48,401 people who proudly call it home.
Shakopee holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 29.5 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 1,641 residents per square mile.
📰 Shakopee News Today
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Shakopee Unique
- A top-25 city in Minnesota by population (#21 of 855 incorporated places).
- The only place in America named Shakopee — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
- Home to 1.0% of Minnesota's city-dwelling population.
Why People Love It Here
- Big enough for services and schools, small enough to feel like home.
- Local businesses and schools anchored by a stable resident base of 48,401.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Shakopee
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Shakopee
- Applebee's — american
- Bravis — mexican
- Caribou Coffee — coffee shop (café)
- Dangerfield's — american
- Donut Connection
- Hong Kong Buffet — chinese
- OG ZaZa's — pizza
- Pablo's Mexican Restaurant — mexican
- Pho 83 Cuisines — vietnamese
- Pizza Hut — pizza
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Antique Autos · Attraction
- Breakers Bay · Attraction
- Breakers Pipeline · Attraction
- Breakers Plunge · Attraction
- Bumper Cars · Attraction
- Charlie Brown's Wind Up · Attraction
- Corkscrew · Attraction
- Cosmic Coaster · Attraction
- Delirious · Attraction
- Excalibur · Attraction
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Shakopee
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Shakopee
- Aspire Academy Elementary
- Aspire Academy Middle School
- EAGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
- MN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY-SHAKOPEE
- RED OAK ELEMENTARY
- SUN PATH ELEMENTARY
- SWEENEY ELEMENTARY
- SWMetro Online Learning
- SWMetro Reflections
- SWMetro Shakopee Special Ed
- SWMetro288 Elevate Online K-6
- Shakopee East Middle School
- Shakopee High School
- Shakopee West Middle School
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
🏥 Hospitals & Healthcare
- St Francis Regional Medical Center ★★★ (3/5 CMS rating) · 24/7 ER
Medicare-registered hospitals with official CMS star ratings.