Editing Becker, Minnesota (section)

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{short description|City in Minnesota, United States}}
{{Distinguish|Becker County, Minnesota}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Becker
|settlement_type          = [[City]]
|nickname                 = 
|motto                    = 
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|map_caption              = Location of the city of Becker<br />within Sherburne County, Minnesota
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|subdivision_type         = Country
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Minnesota]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Minnesota|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Sherburne County, Minnesota|Sherburne]]
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|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name              = Mark Kolbinger
|leader_title1            = 
|leader_name1             = 
|established_title        = Settled
|established_date         = 1855
|established_title1       = Organized
|established_date1        = 1871
|established_title2       = Platted
|established_date2        = December 5, 1870
|established_title3       = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date3        = November 22, 1904
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|unit_pref                = Imperial
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|area_total_km2           = 31.75
|area_land_km2            = 30.22
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|area_land_sq_mi          = 11.67
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.59
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_est           = 4997
|pop_est_as_of            = 2022
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|population_total         = 4877
|population_density_km2   = 161.39
|population_density_sq_mi = 417.98
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|timezone                 = [[Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
|utc_offset               = −6
|timezone_DST             = CDT
|utc_offset_DST           = −5
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|elevation_ft             = 965
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code]]
|postal_code              = 55308
|area_code                = [[Area code 763|763]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 27-04618
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 2394103<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2394103}}</ref>
|blank2_name              = [[Sales tax]]
|blank2_info              = 7.375%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avalara.com/taxrates/en/state-rates/minnesota/cities/becker.html|title=Becker (MN) sales tax rate|access-date=January 11, 2024}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|https://www.ci.becker.mn.us/|ci.becker.mn.us}}
|footnotes                = 
}}

'''Becker''' is a city in [[Sherburne County, Minnesota|Sherburne County]], [[Minnesota]], between the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]] and [[Elk River (Minnesota)|Elk]] Rivers. The population was 4,877 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="2020 Census (City)">{{cite web|title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Becker_city,_Minnesota?g=160XX00US2704618 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 11, 2024}}</ref>

Becker is located 46 miles northwest of [[Minneapolis]] and 19 miles southeast of [[St. Cloud, Minnesota|St. Cloud]]. [[U.S. Route 10 in Minnesota|U.S. Highway 10]] serves as a main route in Becker.

The city is home to the [[Sherburne County Generating Station]] (Sherco) which accounted for 77% of the city's tax base in 2019 and two thirds of taxes generated for the city in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Minnesota's Power Plant Communities |url=https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/assets/minnesotas-power.pdf |publisher=Center for Energy and Environment |access-date=December 22, 2023 |date=February 2020}}</ref><ref name="Strib2023"/> Homeowners have considerable lower property taxes than surrounding communities due to taxes paid by the power plant.<ref name="MPR"/>