Guide to Orono Minnesota

Orono (city)

1970

1980

1990

2000

2007
(est)

1990-2000 Change

Actual

Percent

Population

6,787

6,845

7,285

7,538

7,841

253

3.47

Land Area (sq. mile)

15.30

19.90

16.14

16.08

-0.06

-0.40

Density (persons per sq. mile)

443.6

344.0

451.4

468.9

17.55

3.89

Housing Units

2,146

2,473

2,787

2,909

122

4.38

Households

2,291

2,613

2,766

3,017

153

5.86

Persons Per Household

2.99

2.79

2.72

2.59

-0.07

-2.44

Orono is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota. U.S. Highway 12 serves as a main route in the community. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 25.0 square miles (64.8 km²), of which, 16.1 square miles (41.6 km²) of it is land and 8.9 square miles (23.2 km²) of it (35.75%) is water. The elevation is 935 ft (296 m) above sea level.

As of the census of 2000, there were 7,538 people, 2,766 households, and 2,196 families residing in the city. The population density was 468.9 people per square mile (181.0/km²). There were 2,909 housing units at an average density of 181.0/sq mi (69.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.73% White, 0.27% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.94% Asian, 0.24% from other races, and 0.68% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.86% of the population.

There were 2,766 households out of which 38.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.8% were married couples living together, 5.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.6% were non-families. 15.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.06.

In the city the population was spread out with 27.4% under the age of 18, 4.5% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 32.5% from 45 to 64, and 9.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 103.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $88,314, and the median income for a family was $101,114. Males had a median income of $61,913 versus $34,964 for females. The per capita income for the city was $65,825. About 0.5% of families and 1.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.0% of those under age 18 and 1.6% of those age 65 or over.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

ORONO Township was organized in 1889, having previously been the south half of Medina. The name, adopted from the township and village of the same name in Maine, was suggested by citizens who had come to Minnesota from that state. Several years before this township was organized and named, George A. Brackett of Minneapolis purchased for his summer home a point on this part of the lakeshore, before called Starvation Point, which he then renamed as Orono Point. In an address by Hon. Israel Washburn, Jr., at the centennial celebration of Orono, Maine, on March 3, 1874, this name is stated to have been borne by a prominent chief of the Penobscot Indians, who was born in 1688 and died February 5, 1801, aged 113 years. Washburn wrote: "Orono was always inclined to peace and good neighborhood. . . . What the grand and sonorous name he bore signified, or whence it was derived, I have never heard." The city of Orono was incorporated on November 23, 1954.

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