Blaine (Minnesota)

Anoka County Ramsey County

27-06382

Blaine is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is located in the greater Minneapolis -Saint Paul and has a population of approximately 57,000 inhabitants.

Geography

The city is located mainly in Anoka County, only in the south part of an area of ​​just 0.5 square kilometers for Ramsey County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the area of ​​the city is 88.1 square miles, of which 0.4 square miles of water.

History

Blaine was born in 1862 in the east of Anoka, when the Irishman Phillip Laddy close to the lake which is now called in memory of him Laddie Lake, settled. After he died soon, it was not until 1865, until a permanent settlement was established.

1877, the place became independent and was given in honor of the Republican politician James Gillespie Blaine 's name. 1880 lived there 128 inhabitants. For a long time remained rural in character and Blaine had farming as their main economic factor. This changed only after the Second World War, when Blaine by suburbanization experienced strong population growth and the population of 1,700 inhabitants in 1950 to 45,000 residents in 2000 increased.

Demographics

Demographic data

According to the 2000 census living in Blaine 44,942 people in 15,898 households and 12,177 families. The racial sits down the population of 93.5 percent White, 2.5 percent Asian Americans, 0.9 percent African American, 0.6 percent American Indians and other smaller or more groups. 1.7 percent of the population regard themselves as Hispanics.

In 41.4 % of the 15,898 households living children under the age of 18, 61.1 % live in married couples, 11.1% live in single women and 23.4 % are non family households. 17.0 % of all households were made up of individuals and 3.3% had someone living alone over 65 years. The average household size is 2.82 persons, the families of 3.19.

In relation to the entire city, the population is composed of 29.1 % under the age of 18, 8.7 % from 18 to 24, 34.8 % between 25 and 44 years, 22.0% between 45 and 64 years and 5.3% over 65 years. The median of 33 years. Approximately 50.0 % of the population is female.

The median income for a household is $ 59,219, a family of $ 63,831. The per capita income is $ 22,777. Approximately 3.0% of the population and 2.1% of families are below the poverty line.

Sports

The National Sports Center is a 250 -acre wooded estate with various sports facilities. Thus there are, for example, 50 soccer fields, a golf course, a velodrome and eight hockey fields. Every year in July there is the USA Cup, a youth football tournament with thousands of participants. 2001 took place the Ice Hockey World Championship of Women in the National Sports Center Games.

The Minnesota Thunder play their home matches at the National Sports Center. The U.S. women 's national soccer team played their first home game on July 7, 1986 in Blaine. Overall, the team played four times in Blaine, as often as in any other city.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Brandon Bochenski (* 1982 ), ice hockey player
• Matt Hendricks ( born 1981 ), ice hockey player
• Mike Pudlick (born 1978 ), ice hockey player