Guide to St. Louis Park Minnesota

St. Louis Park (city)

1970

1980

1990

2000

2008
(est)

1990-2000 Change

Actual

Percent

Population

48,883

42,931

43,787

44,126

47,221

339

0.77

Land Area (sq. mile)

10.70

10.87

10.71

10.70

-0.01

-0.06

Density (persons per sq. mile)

4,568.5

3,949.5

4,088.4

4,122.5

34.06

0.83

Housing Units

16,032

18,055

20,678

21,140

462

2.23

Households

17,669

19,925

20,782

22,347

857

4.30

Persons Per Household

2.38

2.16

2.08

2.07

-0.08

-3.84

St. Louis Park is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota. It is a first ring-suburb immediately west of Minneapolis. Other adjacent cities include Edina, Golden Valley, Minnetonka, Plymouth, and Hopkins. Interstate 394, U.S. Route 169, and Minnesota State Highways 7 and 100 are four of the main routes in the city. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 10.9 square miles (28.3 km²); 10.7 square miles (27.7 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.5 km²) (1.92%) is water. The elevation is 899 ft (274 m) above sea level.

As of the census of 2000, there were 44,126 people, 20,782 households, and 10,557 families residing in the city. The population density was 4,122.5 persons per square mile (1,592.3/km²). There were 21,140 housing units at an average density of 1,975.0 per square mile (762.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 88.91% White, 4.37% African American, 0.45% Native American, 3.21% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 1.28% from other races, and 1.72% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.93% of the population.

There were 20,782 households out of which 22.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.3% were married couples living together, 8.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 49.2% were non-families. 37.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.08 and the average family size was 2.81.

In the city the population was spread out with 18.8% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 37.7% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 90.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $49,260, and the median income for a family was $63,182. Males had a median income of $40,561 versus $32,447 for females. The per capita income for the city was $28,970. About 3.0% of families and 5.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.2% of those under age 18 and 6.7% of those age 65 or over.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

ST. LOUIS PARK, a city developed by a group of Minneapolis businessmen through the St. Louis Park Improvement Company, incorporating as a village on October 4, 1886, being named in allusion to the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad. Thomas Barlow Walker formed the Minneapolis Land and Investment Company in 1890, purchased all the platted land, encouraging other investors to develop industries, and built the streetcar line to Minneapolis; the development plan did not work, industries discontinued, and the area became mainly residential. Its post office, 1890-1930, was earlier called Elmwood, 1887-90.

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