Hibbing, Minnesota

St. Louis County

27-28790

Hibbing is a city in St. Louis County of the U.S. state of Minnesota, near the Canadian border. In 2000 lived in Hibbing 17,071 inhabitants. The city stands on the ferrous base of the Mesabi Range and in the suburbs, the largest open pit iron ore is worldwide.

In Hibbing baseball player Roger Maris and the basketball player Kevin McHale were born and Bob Dylan spent his childhood. In the place the American bus company Greyhound Lines was founded, what a museum recalls.

History

Hibbing in 1893 by the eponymous Frank Hibbing ( born near Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany and in the USA emigrated ) founded the discovered iron in the soil. Soon after, the area of mining companies was overpopulated and Hibbing, died five years later, as a rich man. In 1900 lived two thousand loggers and miners, the city that had grown to 1910 to about 8000 inhabitants. At that time, the streets were dirty and lined with saloons, hotels and accommodations. The city was at the beginning of the 20th century mainly a destination for Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Irish, Hungarian and Italian emigrants. The settlers wanted to use the area as a springboard to eventually move on, but many depend stayed and started families.

Between 1918 and 1922 the city was swallowed by the open pit. Since the original settlement by the name of Alice stood on the valuable iron ore, the houses were moved to a large extent and a mile up the city on again. In the following years the thriving mining companies were heavily taxed, so the city in 1920 could afford the new high school for at that time four million U.S. dollars.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of ​​483.1 km ² and is geographically the largest city in Minnesota (ranked 40 in the United States). Of this, 470.5 km ² of land and 12.5 km ² ( = 2.6%) on water surfaces. Hibbing is located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 169, Minnesota State Route 37 and Minnesota State Route 73 The McCarthy Beach State Park is located near the city.

The Hull -Rust - Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine, the largest open pit in the world, is located on the boundary Hibbings on which meet the watersheds of three basins. From this point, the water flows to the south over Prairie River and Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico, to the northeast over the St. Louis River, the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River to the Atlantic Ocean, and to the north on the Red River to Hudson Bay and thus to the Arctic Ocean.

Demographic data

At the time of the census of 2000, there were 17,071 people, the city Hibbing. The population density was 36.3 people per km ². There were 8037 housing units at an average 17.1 per km ². The population of Hibbing was at 97.33 % White, 0.46 % African American, 0.73 % Native American, 0.27 % Asian, 0.01 % Pacific Islander, 0.19 % reported other to belong to races and 0.68 % from two or more races. 0.68 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

From the population were 17.1%, to have German ancestors; the other most frequently mentioned are 12.4% Finnish, 10.5% Norwegian, 9.4% Italian, 6.4% Irish and 5.9% Swedish origin.

The residents of Hibbing distributed to 7,439 households out of which 27.7 % were living in children under 18 years. 48.3% married couples living together, 9.6 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.2 % were non-families. 33.5 % of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 15.5 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size is 2.86 people.

The city population was spread out with 22.8 % under the, 9.1 % 18 -24- year-old, 24.5 % 25 -44- year-old, 23.8 % 45-64 year olds and 19.8 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 93.1 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 89.4 males.

The median household income in Hibbing was 33 346 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the height of 43,558 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 38 064 U.S. dollars, compared to 22,183 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income in Hibbing was 18 561 U.S. dollars. 11.7 % of the population and 8.1% of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 16.3 % of minors and 8.2 % of those age 65 or over.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Frankie Campbell (1904-1930), a professional boxer
  • Dick Garmaker ( born 1932 ), basketball player
  • Vincent Bugliosi ( born 1934 ), lawyer and bestselling author
  • Jeff Halper ( born 1946 ), Israeli Friends activist and author
  • Chi Chi LaRue ( born 1959 ), producer and director
  • Marie Myung -Ok Lee ( b. 1964 ), author
  • Roger Maris (1934-1985), baseball player
  • Kevin McHale ( born 1957 ), basketball player
  • Gary Pucket ( b. 1942 ), musician

Twin Cities

The town of Walsrode, place of origin of the town 's founder Frank Hibbing, maintains a twinning with the U.S. city of Hibbing, Minnesota.

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