Eden Prairie is a city 12 miles southwest of downtown Minneapolis in Hennepin County and the 16th-largest city in the State of Minnesota, …Eden Prairie is a city 12 miles southwest of downtown Minneapolis in Hennepin County and the 16th-largest city in the State of Minnesota, United States. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 64,198. The city is adjacent to the north bank of the Minnesota River, upstream from its confluence with the Mississippi River.