Hennepin County, Minnesota

The Hennepin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, the County had 1,152,425 inhabitants and a population density of 799.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Minneapolis.

The Hennepin County is located in the center of the metropolitan area of Minneapolis - Saint Paul.

Geography

The County is located southeast of the geographical center of Minnesota and is the east about 40 miles from Wisconsin away. It has an area of 1571 square kilometers, of which 129 square kilometers are water surface.

The largest river in Hennepin County is the Mississippi, passing through the Saint Anthony Falls near the center of Minneapolis. Below the Falls of the Mississippi to its mouth in Louisiana consistently navigable. The southern and south-western border of the county is formed by the Minnesota River, which flows south-east from Minneapolis to Fort Snelling in the Mississippi River.

At the Hennepin County borders the following Nachbarcountys:

History

The Hennepin County was formed on March 6, 1852 from portions of Dakota County. It was named after Louis Hennepin, a Catholic priest and missionary. He was the first European who explored the region and the Saint Anthony Falls in 1680 gave its name. The land east of the river came in 1763 under the administration of England and was named after the American War of Independence in 1783 a territory of the United States. After the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the west side of the falls US-American. The United States did, however, until 1819 only little to occupy the land, but not until the following year, Colonel Josiah Snelling founded a permanently occupied fort at the mouth of the Minnesota River. The first Fort Saint Anthony called base was later renamed Fort Snelling.

Franklin Steele created in 1849 a field map for the city of Saint Anthony. Thanks to the hydropower prospered the former sawmill and flour mills and 1855 had the flourishing city already more than 3000 inhabitants. The west side of the river in 1854 released for settlement. The settlement on the west bank of the river was called the Minneapolis, a coinage of Charles Hoag. The two cities developed thanks to the continued industrial and commercial enterprises and the incorporation of Minneapolis as a city occurred in 1867. Three years later, Minneapolis and Saint Anthony were merged.

During the 1860s, the mills began to dominate the economy in Hennepin County. After the explosion of the Washburn A Mill on May 2, 1878, the owners built the mill quickly even bigger again. Their competition, the Charles A. Pillsbury and Company began around the same time the construction of the Pillsbury A Mill on the east side of the falls. In 1900 the mills in Minneapolis processed approximately 14.1 percent of the grain produced worldwide.

Historical buildings

Cedar Avenue Bridge

Fort Snelling

Washburn Park Water Tower

Other historical items:

List of monuments on the National Register of Historic Places in Hennepin County

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Hennepin County 1,152,425 people in 475,737 households. The population density was 799.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 475 737 households lived statistically 2.36 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 77.3 percent white, 12.0 percent African American, 1.2 percent Native American, 6.5 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesians as well as other ethnic groups; 3.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 6.9 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

22.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 65.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.5 percent were 65 years or older. 50.8 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was $ 62,966. The per capita income was $ 36,858. 12.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Hennepin County

All settlements in Hennepin County have the status of "city":

Bloomington
Brooklyn Center
Brooklyn Park
Champlin
Chanhassen1
Corcoran
Crystal
Dayton2
Deephaven

Eden Prairie
Edina
Excelsior
Golden Valley
Greenfield
Greenwood
Hanover2
Hopkins
Independence

Long Lake
Loretto
Maple Grove
Maple Plain
Medicine Lake
Medina
Minneapolis
Minnetonka
Minnetonka Beach

Minnetrista
Mound
New Hope
Orono
Osseo
Plymouth
Richfield
Robbinsdale
Rockford2

Rogers
Shorewood
Spring Park
St. anthony3
St. Boniface
St. Louis Park
Tonka Bay
Wayzata
Woodland

1 - predominantly in Carver County 2 - partially in Wright County 3 - partially in Ramsey County

Structure

The County is inherent due to its dense population almost entirely the City's 45. Only around the Fort Snelling exists a Unorganized Territory with 149 inhabitants.

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