Guide to Loretto Minnesota

Loretto (city)

1970

1980

1990

2000

2007
(est)

1990-2000 Change

Actual

Percent

Population

340

297

404

570

612

166

41.09

Land Area (sq. mile)

0.20

0.27

0.29

0.00

0.87

Density (persons per sq. mile)

1,700.0

1,100.0

1,393.1

1,948.7

555.55

39.88

Housing Units

114

174

228

31.03

Households

109

167

225

241

34.73

Persons Per Household

2.72

2.42

2.53

0.11

4.58

Loretto is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota. County Roads 11 and 19 are two of the main routes. State Highway 55 is nearby. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.3 square miles (0.8 km²), all of it land. the elevation is 1,014 ft (309 m) above sea level.

As of the census of 2000, there were 570 people, 225 households, and 146 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,948.7 people per square mile (758.9/km²). There were 228 housing units at an average density of 779.5/sq mi (303.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 98.95% White, 0.53% Native American, and 0.53% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.18% of the population. 56.7% were of German, 7.6% Irish and 6.2% Norwegian ancestry according to Census 2000.

There were 225 teenagers out of which 38.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.4% were married couples living together, 4.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.7% were non-families. 27.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.22.

In the city the population was spread out with 29.3% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 33.7% from 25 to 44, 18.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 107.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $54,375, and the median income for a family was $71,944. Males had a median income of $50,208 versus $32,321 for females. The per capita income for the city was $27,443. About 0.7% of families and 1.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 8.2% of those age 65 or over.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

LORETTO, a Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad (Soo Line) village in section 6, Medina, founded in 1886 and incorporated on March 20, 1940, was named from a Catholic mission for refugees of the Huron Indians near Quebec, Canada, called Lorette, founded and named in 1673, and from the village of Loretto, Ky., where a society of Catholic "Sisters of Loretto at the Foot of the Cross" was founded in 1812. Many schools are conducted by members of this society in the central and southern United States. The original source of the name is Loreto, a small town in Italy, which has a noted shrine of pilgrimage (Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. 9, 1910, pp. 360-61; vol. 13, 1912, pp. 454-56). The city has had a post office since 1887.

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