page_title: Anoka, Minnesota
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Anoka, Minnesota / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: English: Anoka County Courthouse, Anoka, Minnesota
context_page_description: Anoka is a city in, and the county seat of, Anoka County, Minnesota. The population was 17,142 at the 2010 census. Anoka calls itself the
  "Halloween Capital of the World", because it hosted one of the first Halloween parades in 1920. It continues to celebrate the holiday each year with several parades. Anoka is a northern suburb of the Twin Cities.
  U.S. Highways 10 / 169 and State Highway 47 are three of the main routes, and a station on the Northstar Commuter Rail line to downtown Minneapolis is located in the city.
caption: The Anoka County Courthouse and Government Center in downtown Anoka, July 2009
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