About Us Zoo at a Glance
The Minnesota Zoo at a Glance

2012 At a Glance*

  • Animal species: 539
  • Individual animals: over 4,300**
  • 60 Species Survival Plan (SSP) species
  • Annual attendance over 1.3 million
  • Over 350,000 participants in Zoo education programs
  • Zoomobile traveled to 47 counties, presenting programs to 53,000 people
  • Over 1,000 volunteers contribute more than 122,000 hours
  • Total operating expense: $23.5 million
  • Annual economic impact of over $146 million to the State of Minnesota

    *July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012
    **Does not include insect colonies

    Mission: To connect people, animals and the natural world.