Big Lake (Minnesota)

Sherburne County

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Big Lake is a city ( with a status of "City" ) in Sherburne County in the central eastern part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010 Big Lake had 10,060 inhabitants.

Big Lake is part of the metropolitan area of ​​Minneapolis -Saint Paul.

Geography

Big Lake is located in the northern suburban area of the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul on the left bank of the upper Mississippi River at 45 ° 20'40 " north latitude and 93 ° 45'10 " west longitude. The city covers 20.33 km ², spread over 17.90 km ² land and 2.43 km ² water surface. Due to the north of the city flows the Elk River.

Neighboring cities of Big Lake are Becker (13.3 km north west ), Monticello ( on the opposite bank of the Mississippi ) and Elk River ( 15.9 km to the east).

The Minneapolis city center is 67 km along the Mississippi River in a southeasterly direction; the center of Saint Paul, the capital of Minnesota, located 80.5 km south east.

Traffic

U.S. Highway 10, which forms the Minnesota section of the Great River Road leads here, parallel to the Mississippi by Big Lake. The Minnesota State Route 25 meets in the city center on the U.S. 10 All other roads are subordinate partly unpaved roadways and within local roads.

In parallel to U.S. 10 runs the North Star Line. This furnished for passenger rail line connecting Minneapolis with the northern hinterland. The railway tracks and rights of way are owned by the BNSF Railway.

The nearest airport is located 90.3 km southeast Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Big Lake 10,060 people in 3377 households. The population density was 562 people per square kilometer. In the 3377 households lived statistically 2.97 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 92.4 percent white, 1.7 percent African American, 1.7 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 1.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 3.7 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

34.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 5.3 percent were 65 years or older. 49.6 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 66,200. The per capita income was $ 22,823. 9.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.