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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000027419-03-000032.txt : 20031219
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20031219170313
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000027419-03-000032
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20031218
FILED AS OF DATE:		20031219

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AHLERS LINDA L
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001185472

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-06049
		FILM NUMBER:		031065852

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		800 NICOLLET MALL
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55402

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TARGET CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000027419
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-VARIETY STORES [5331]
		IRS NUMBER:				410215170
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0131

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1000 NICOLLET MALL
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55403
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6123706948

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1000 NICOLLET MALL
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55403

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DAYTON HUDSON CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DAYTON CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19690728
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    <schemaVersion>X0201</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2003-12-18</periodOfReport>


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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000027419</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>TARGET CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>TGT</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001185472</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>AHLERS LINDA L</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>800 NICOLLET MALL</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MINNEAPOLIS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>55402</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Executive Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>

        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $.0833 per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2003-12-18</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>5</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>G</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value>E</value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>850</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>52897</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>Trust</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>

        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $.0833 per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>75211</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>

        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $.0833 per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1414</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>IRA</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>

        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $.0833 per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>9982.4931</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>401(k) Plan</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>

    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Shares held by trust of which Ms. Ahlers is a trustee.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes 351.0693 shares acquired through the Dividend Reinvestment Plan during the fiscal year ended February 1, 2003.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Held in Ms. Ahlers' name in an IRA brokerage account as of February 1, 2003.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Held in Target Corporation 401(k) Plan (the &quot;401(k) Plan&quot;) as of February 1, 2003, subject to adjustments.</footnote>
    </footnotes>


    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Timothy R. Baer, Attorney-In-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2003-12-19</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

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<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>3
<FILENAME>ahlerspoa.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
<TEXT>


TARGET CORPORATION

Power of Attorney
of Director and/or Officer

		KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or officer of
TARGET CORPORATION, a Minnesota corporation (the
"Corporation"), does hereby make, constitute and appoint
ROBERT J. ULRICH, JAMES T. HALE, DOUGLAS A.
SCOVANNER, STEPHEN C. KOWALKE, TIMOTHY R.
BAER and JEFFREY A. PROULX and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact,
with power of substitution, for the undersigned and in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, to sign and affix the
undersigned's name as director and/or officer of the
Corporation to (1) a Form 10-K, Annual Report, pursuant
to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"1934 Act"), or other applicable form, including any and all
exhibits, schedules, supplements and supporting documents
thereto, including, but not limited to, the Form 11-K
Annual Reports of the Corporation's 401(k) Plan and
similar plans pursuant to the 1934 Act, and all
amendments, supplementations and corrections thereto, to
be filed by the Corporation with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), as required in
connection with its registration under the 1934 Act, as
amended; (2) one or more Forms 3, 4 or 5 pursuant to the
1934 Act and all related documents, amendments,
supplementations and corrections thereto, to be filed with
the SEC as required under the 1934 Act; and (3) one or
more Registration Statements, on Form S-3, Form S-8,
Form 144 or other applicable forms, and all amendments,
including post-effective amendments, thereto, to be filed by
the Corporation with the SEC in connection with the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of debentures or other securities of the Corporation, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting
documents, with the SEC.

		The undersigned also grants to said
attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or
incidental to the performance and execution of the powers
herein expressly granted.  This Power of Attorney shall
remain in effect until revoked in writing by the
undersigned.

		IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned
has signed below as of this 18th day of March, 2003.


	/s/ Linda L. Ahlers

	Linda L. Ahlers
TL: 85224

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