Guide to Corcoran Minnesota

Corcoran (city)

1970

1980

1990

2000

2007
(est)

1990-2000 Change

Actual

Percent

Population

1,656

4,252

5,199

5,630

5,791

431

8.29

Land Area (sq. mile)

34.70

36.00

35.79

35.77

-0.02

-0.06

Density (persons per sq. mile)

47.72

118.11

145.26

157.40

12.13

8.35

Housing Units

416

1,281

1,564

1,804

240

15.35

Households

1,243

1,545

1,784

1,894

239

15.47

Persons Per Household

3.42

3.37

3.16

3.05

-0.21

-6.09

Corcoran is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota. County Roads 10, 30, and 116 are three of the main routes. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 35.9 square miles (93.0 km²), of which, 35.8 square miles (92.6 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.4 km²) of it (0.39%) is water. The elevation is 968 ft (295 m).

As of the census of 2000, there were 5,630 people, 1,784 households, and 1,512 families residing in the city. The population density was 157.4 people per square mile (60.8/km²). There were 1,804 housing units at an average density of 50.4/sq mi (19.5/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 96.70% White, 0.20% African American, 0.20% Native American, 1.76% Asian, 0.37% from other races, and 0.78% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.87% of the population. 36.3% were of German, 15.4% Norwegian, 7.8% Swedish and 7.0% Irish ancestry according to Census 2000.

There were 1,784 households out of which 47.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 76.5% were married couples living together, 5.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.2% were non-families. 10.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 2.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.16 and the average family size was 3.42.

In the city the population was spread out with 32.7% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 31.6% from 25 to 44, 24.4% from 45 to 64, and 4.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 108.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 108.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $78,984, and the median income for a family was $81,322. Males had a median income of $46,491 versus $34,078 for females. The per capita income for the city was $29,467. About 0.5% of families and 0.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.5% of those under age 18 and 4.4% of those age 65 or over.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

CORCORAN, settled in 1855, organized May 11, 1858, was named in honor of Patrick B. Corcoran, who was the first schoolteacher there, the first merchant, and first postmaster. He was highly commended as a good citizen by Col. Stevens. He was born in Ireland, 1825, came to the United States in 1847, and to this county in 1855, being one of the earliest settlers of this township. The city of Corcoran was incorporated on December 4, 1948; it had a post office, 1863-1903.

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