Falcon Heights (Minnesota)

Ramsey County

27-20420

Falcon Heights is a city in Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States. In the United States Census 2000, the city had 5572 inhabitants. Falcon Heights was registered in 1973 as a City.

In Falcon Heights is the campus of the University of Minnesota St. Paul, a golf course, the site of the Minnesota State Fair and the Gibbs Museum of Pioneer and Dakotah Life.

The then Vice President Theodore Roosevelt held here on September 2, 1901, a speech at the Minnesota State Fair, in which he the African proverb Speak softly and carry a big stick, and you will go far (about Speak softly and carry a big stick and you 'll go far. ) cars, which later gave its foreign policy under the name Big Stick. Roosevelt was only two weeks later after the assassination of William McKinley President of the United States.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.8 km ², all of which related to land.

Minnesota State Route 51, the Snelling Avenue, leads as the main road through the city.

The nearby towns of Falcon Heights are in the West Lauderdale, St. Paul in the south and Roseville in the north and east.

Demographic data

At the time of the census of 2000, lived in the town of 5572 people. The population density was 960.4 people per km ². There were 2136 housing units at an average 368.2 per km ². The population of Falcon Heights consisted of 77.66 % White, 3.36 % African American, 0.43 % Native American, 14.95% Asian, 0.13 % Pacific Islander, 1.33 % reported other races, and 2.15 % from two or more races. 3.09 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The residents were distributed among 2103 households out of which 32.6 % were living in children under 18 years. 58.9 % married couples living together, 7.2 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.8% were non-families. 25.6% of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 8.8 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size is 2.91.

The city population was spread out with 21.5 % under the, 17.0% 18-24 year olds, 32.1 % 25 -44- year-old, 17.3% 45-64 year olds and 12.2 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 92.7 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women, 88.7 men.

The median household income in Falcon Heights was 51,382 U.S. dollars and the median family income reached the height of 59,415 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 43 693 U.S. dollars, compared to 34 757 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income in Falcon Heights was 25,370 U.S. dollars. 9.6 % of the population and 8.8 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 13.4 % of minors and 5.2 % of those age 65 or over.

Education

Falcon Heights is part of the Roseville Area School District; the only school in the urban area is the Falcon Heights Elementary School.

Due to the State University of Falcon Heights is one of the cities in the United States with the highest percentage of graduates. 70.3 % of residents have at least a university degree in humanities.

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