Guide to Crystal Minnesota

Crystal (city)

1970

1980

1990

2000

2007
(est)

1990-2000 Change

Actual

Percent

Population

30,925

25,543

23,788

22,698

22,138

-1,090

-4.58

Land Area (sq. mile)

5.70

5.83

5.75

5.78

0.03

0.46

Density (persons per sq. mile)

5,425.44

4,381.30

4,137.04

3,929.32

-207.72

-5.02

Housing Units

8,498

9,093

9,541

9,481

-60

-0.63

Households

8,977

9,272

9,389

9,345

117

1.26

Persons Per Household

2.82

2.55

2.39

2.34

-0.16

-6.12

Crystal is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Minnesota State Highway 100 and County Road 81 are two of the main arterial routes in the city. Crystal Airport, a small general aviation field, is located within the city limits. The city is bordered on the North by the city of Brooklyn Park, on the East by Brooklyn Center and Robbinsdale, on the South by Golden Valley and on the West by New Hope. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has total area of 5.9 square miles (15.2 km²). 5.8 square miles (15.0 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km²) of it (1.53%) is water. The elevation is 892 ft (272 m).

As of the census of 2000, there were 22,698 people, 9,389 households, and 6,102 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,929.3 people per square mile (1,516.2/km²). There were 9,481 housing units at an average density of 1,641.3/sq mi (633.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 88.34% White, 4.20% African American, 0.59% Native American, 3.44% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 1.03% from other races, and 2.39% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.51% of the population.

There were 9,389 households out of which 28.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.9% were married couples living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.0% were non-families. 27.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.92.

In the city the population was spread out with 22.4% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 34.6% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 97.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $48,736, and the median income for a family was $54,738. Males had a median income of $39,494 versus $29,673 for females. The per capita income for the city was $23,163. About 2.5% of families and 4.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.7% of those under age 18 and 3.6% of those age 65 or over.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

CRYSTAL village, as it is now named, incorporated January 11, 1887, would be more suitably termed a small township, under which form of government it was organized April 3, 1860, when Minneapolis and Brooklyn Townships gave up some of their land, being then called Crystal Lake. The northern part was once called Farmersville Township, which in 1858 took two tiers of sections from Brooklyn Township and one from Minneapolis but did not organize, and the boundaries reverted and became part of the new township. The village was the site of a large stockyard in the 1880s; it incorporated as a city in 1960; a post office was located there, 1883-1901. The village has the Twin Lakes and the smaller Crystal Lake, which boasts "a good depth of water and better shores." Besides the title of the township and village, its Crystal Prairie, four miles long and a mile wide, but dotted originally with many small groves, like islands, was also named from the lake.

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