Golden Valley (Minnesota)

Hennepin County

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Golden Valley is a city in Hennepin County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is located west of Minneapolis in the metropolitan region of the Twin Cities and has around 20,000 inhabitants.

Geography

Golden Valley is located about eight kilometers west of downtown Minneapolis. According to the United States Census Bureau, the area of the city is 27.2 square miles, of which 0.7 square miles of water.

History

Golden Valley received on December 16, 1886 the status of a village. In the first years of life in the village was heavily agricultural. A few hundred inhabitants counted Golden Valley at that time. Only with the construction of the Electric Luce Line Railroad through the village in 1912 began a population growth. Between 1910 and 1940 the population rose from 692 to 2,040 inhabitants. After the Second World War, settled increasingly appealing to industrial plants, leaving Golden Valley grow continuously. Since 1958, General Mills has the world's sixth -largest food manufacturer headquartered there. In 1972, the city received city rights. Today, Golden Valley has about 20,000 inhabitants and is a popular suburb just before Minneapolis.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2000 living in Golden Valley 20,281 people in 8,449 households and 5,508 families. The population density is 765.4 inhabitants per km ². The racial sits down the population from 91 percent white population, four percent African American, three percent of Asian Americans as well as smaller minorities together.

In 26.5 % of the 8,449 households living children under the age of 18, 55.5 % live in married couples, and in 7.5% of live single women and 34.8 % are non family households. 27.6 % of all households were made up of individuals and 12.1% had someone living alone over 65 years. The average household size is 2.31 persons, the families of 2.84.

In relation to the entire city, the population is composed of 20.6 % under the age of 18, 5.0 % from 18 to 24, 28.2% between 25 and 44 years, 26.5% between 45 and 64 years and 19.6% over 65 years. The median is 43 years. Approximately 52.7 % of the population is female.

The median income for a household is $ 62,063, a family of $ 75,899. The per capita income is $ 34,094. Approximately 3.0% of the population and 0.8 % of families are below the poverty line.

Sons and daughters of the town

Jordan Leopold ( born 1980 ), professional hockey player
Kelly Lynch ( born 1959 ), actress

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