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THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM TARGET
CORPORATION'S FORM 10Q FOR THE SECOND QUARTER ENDED JULY 29, 2000 AND IS
QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

 1,000,000

                             
                   6-MOS
                          FEB-03-2001
                             JAN-30-2000
                               JUL-29-2000
                                             339
                                         0
                                    1,574
                                         0
                                      4,071
                                 6,667
                                          14,576
                                   4,116
                                  17,932
                            6,501
                                          4,520
                                0
                                          0
                                            75
                                       5,899
                    17,932
                                         15,736
                                15,997
                                           10,796
                                   10,796
                                   454
                                     0
                                 196
                                    807
                                       311
                                496
                                       0
                                      1
                                            0
                                       497
                                       0.55
                                     0.54