Rogers is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 8,597 at the 2010 census. The center of population of Minnesota is located in Rogers . The city is on the northwestern tier of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. Located on either side of Interstate 94, with Minnesota State Highway 101 running north, Rogers has been teeming with growth the past 20 years. The 2000-2010 (8,597) population rate was +139.6%. In the 1880s John Rogers sold an acre of his land (then part of Hassan township) to Great Northern Railroad for a dollar.