Bemidji, Minnesota

Beltrami County

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Bemidji is a city ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Beltrami County in the north of the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Bemidji had 13,431 inhabitants.

In addition, it is also known as " curling capital," of the United States. Thus, the Bemidji Curling Club with Pete Fenson and Cassandra Johnson was repeatedly win medals at World Championships and Olympic Games for the United States.

About seven kilometers northwest of the Innstadt is the Bemidji Regional Airport, one of the largest regional airport in Minnesota.

Geography

Bemidji is located approximately 300 kilometers northwest of the Twin Cities on the southwest coast of the traversed by the upper Mississippi Lake Bemidji at 47 ° 28'25 " north latitude and 94 ° 52'49 " west longitude. The city covers 36.62 km ², spread over 33.46 km ² land and 3.16 km ² water surface.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Bemidji 13,431 people in 5339 households. The population density was 401.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 5339 households lived statistically 2.18 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 81.3 percent white, 1.2 percent African American, 11.3 percent Native American, 1.4 percent Asian, 0.1 percent and 0.3 percent Polynesians from other ethnic groups; 4.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.9 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

19.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 65.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.8 percent were 65 years or older. 52.3 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 33,974. The per capita income was $ 18,801. 23.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Education

Bemidji is home to several higher education institutions. These include addition of Bemidji State University and the Northwest Technical College and Oak Hills Christian College.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Dave Casper ( born 1952 ), American Football Player
  • Kari Erickson (born 1971 ), curler and silver medal winner at the Curling World Championships
  • Pete Fenson ( born 1968 ), curler and bronze medal winner at the Olympic Games
  • Cassandra Johnson ( born 1981 ), world champion and Olympic champion in curling
  • Natalie Nicholson ( b. 1976 ), curler and silver medal winner at the Curling World Championships
  • Jane Russell (1921-2011), actress

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