Chanhassen, Minnesota
Carver County Hennepin County
27-10918
Chanhassen is a city ( with a status of "City" ) in Carver County and to a lesser extent in Hennepin County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010 Chanhassen had 22,952 inhabitants.
Chanhassen is part of the metropolitan area of Minneapolis -Saint Paul.
Geography
Chanhassen is located in the southwestern suburban area of Minneapolis on the north bank of the Minnesota River at 44 ° 51'44 " north latitude and 93 ° 31'51 " west longitude. The city covers 59.26 km ², spread over 52.94 km ² land and 6.32 km ² water surface.
Neighboring cities of Chanhassen are Shorewood ( at the northern city limits ), Minnetonka (10,1 km northeast), Eden Prairie ( at the eastern city limits ), Shakopee ( on the southern city limits beyond the Minnesota River), Chaska ( on the southwest city limits ) and Victoria ( on the western city limits ).
The downtown Minneapolis is located 32.8 kilometers north-east; the center of Saint Paul, the capital of Minnesota, 44.3 km is located east-northeast.
Traffic
The four-lane U.S. Highway 212 leads as southwestern arterial road through the south-eastern parts of the city of Chanhassen. Through the center runs the Minnesota State Route 5, which runs from the southern suburbs of Minneapolis and Saint Paul to the west. For all other roads are minor roadways as well as within city roads.
By Chanhassen founded in 1991, the main line of Twin Cities and Western Railroad, which runs from Minneapolis to the west runs.
The nearest airport is located 11.7 km southeast Flying Cloud Airport, the larger and more modern Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport is 30.3 kilometers east of Chanhassen.
History
The word Chanhassen comes from the language of the Dakota and means sugar maple tree.
The first white settlers were German immigrants who came in the 1850s in the area and settled as a farmer on the present area. The construction of the railway more settlers came to the area. In 1896, the settlement of the official status of "Village" was awarded.
The growth of the town took but it was only in the 1960s at a rapid pace, as developed in Chanhassen from a rural village to a wealthy suburb of Minneapolis. In 1967, the municipality of Chanhassen was combined with the surrounding Township to the City of Chanhassen.
In 2009 was reported to CNNmoney.com Chanhassen number two of the most popular small-town homes.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010, lived in Chanhassen 22,952 people in 8352 households. The population density was 433.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 8352 households lived statistically 2.75 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 92.5 percent white, 1.1 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 3.9 percent Asian and 0.9 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.3 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
30.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 7.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.9 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 102,700. The per capita income was $ 46,067. 2.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.