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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20070316150945
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000027419-07-000068
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20070314
FILED AS OF DATE:		20070316
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20070316

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:		6123046073

	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

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SCOVANNER DOUGLAS A
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001205002

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-06049
		FILM NUMBER:		07699790

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1000 NICOLLET MALL
		STREET 2:		TPS 3155
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55403
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6126965147

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1000 NICOLLET MALL
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55403
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<TYPE>4
<SEQUENCE>1
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2007-03-14</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

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

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001205002</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>SCOVANNER DOUGLAS A</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1000 NICOLLET MALL</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MINNEAPOLIS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>55403</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Executive Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>139898.0000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $.0833 per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>7473.9102</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By 401(k) Plan</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $.0833 per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>3000.0000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Trust</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Deferred Compensation Units</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <footnoteId id="F4"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2007-03-14</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>34700</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F5"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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            <exerciseDate>
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            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F4"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>34700.0000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>34700.0000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Includes dividend equivalents paid on restricted stock units since the date of the reporting person's last filing that have been reinvested in additional restricted stock units.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Shares held in the Target Corporation 401(k) Plan based on the plan statement as of March 14, 2007.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Shares held in a trust of which Mr. Scovanner is a trustee.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Deferred compensation units are held under the Target Corporation Executive Compensation Plan (the ''Plan'').  Under the terms of the Plan, participants' deferred compensation balances are indexed to various crediting rate alternatives, as chosen by them.  The units reported relate to the Target common stock crediting rate alternative, and each unit is the economic equivalent of one share of Target common stock.  The value of such units increases or decreases daily in accordance with an equivalent investment in the Target Stock Fund in the corporation's 401(k) plan.  Participants are generally free to transfer plan balances into other crediting rate alternatives at any time.  The Plan balances represent unsecured general obligations of Target Corporation, and are payable solely in cash.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Acquired pursuant to the settlement of a performance share award granted under Target's Long-Term Incentive Plan in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: David L. Donlin, Attorney-In-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-03-16</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>scovannerpoa.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,
TIMOTHY R. BAER, DAVID L. DONLIN and WENDY
B. MAHLING and each or any one of them,
the undersigneds true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, with power of substitution,
for the undersigned and in the undersigneds
name, place and stead, to sign and affix the
undersigneds name as director and/or officer
of the Corporation to (1) a Form 10-K, Annual
Report, or other applicable form, pursuant to
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the 1934 Act), including any and all
exhibits, schedules, supplements, certifications
and supporting documents thereto, including,
but not limited to, the Form 11-K Annual
Reports of the Corporations 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 debt, equity
and 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 19th day of February, 2007.

/s/ Douglas A. Scovanner
Douglas A. Scovanner
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