Guide to Norwood Young America Minnesota

Norwood Young America (city)

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

2000-2010 Change

Actual

Percent

Population

1,556

2,456

2,705

3,108

3,549

+441

+14.19

Land Area (sq. mile)

1.67

2.52

+0.85

+50.90

Density (persons per sq. mile)

1,855.8

1,408.3

-447.5

-24.11

Housing Units

1,201

1,472

+271

+22.56

Households

1,171

1,389

+218

+18.62

Persons Per Household

2.65

2.55

-0.10

-3.77

Norwood Young America is a city in Carver County, Minnesota. The city was formed on January 1, 1997 when the cities of Norwood and Young America merged. U.S. Highway 212, Minnesota Highway 5, and Minnesota Highway 25 are three of the main routes in the community. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.52 square miles (6.53 km2), all of it land. The elevation is 991 ft (302 m) above sea level.

As of the census of 2010, there were 3,549 people, 1,389 households, and 954 families living in the city. The population density was 1,408.3 inhabitants per square mile (543.7/km2). There were 1,472 housing units at an average density of 584.1 per square mile (225.5/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 95.2% White, 0.4% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 2.4% from other races, and 1.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.1% of the population.

There were 1,389 households of which 35.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.1% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 31.3% were non-families. 25.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.05.

The median age in the city was 35.8 years. 27.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 28.3% were from 25 to 44; 25.8% were from 45 to 64; and 11.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.5% male and 50.5% female.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

NORWOOD, a city in sections 14 and 15, Young America, platted in 1872 and incorporated in 1881, is said to have been "named by Mr. [James] Slocum, an early banker there, for an eastern relative or friend of his wife." Fifteen villages and post offices in eastern and southern states have this name. The post office began in 1873, with Slocum as first postmaster. The community had a number of general and specialty stores, artisans, workshops, and lumber dealers, and a station of the Chicago and North Western and Soo Line railroads in section 14. In January 1997 the town merged with Young America to become Norwood Young America.

YOUNG AMERICA Township has a village of this name, which was platted in section 11 in the fall of 1856 and was incorporated March 4, 1879. The same name is also given to a small lake there. At the organization of the township in 1858, it was first named Farmington, but later in that year was renamed Florence, and in 1863 it was again changed to the present name, like its village. This name is a familiar expression for the vigor and progressiveness of the young people of the United States. Its only use elsewhere as a geographic name is for a village in Cass County, Ind. The community had a station of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad, a flour mill, a creamery, and grain elevators; its post office began in 1856. In January 1997 the town merged with Norwood to become Norwood Young America.