Lino Lakes, Minnesota
Anoka County
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Lino Lakes is a city ( with a status of "City" ) in Anoka County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Lino Lakes had 20,216 inhabitants.
Lino Lakes is part of the metropolitan area of Minneapolis -Saint Paul.
Geography
Lino Lakes is located in the northern suburban area of the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul in the southeast of Anoka County in the midst of a chain of lakes, which are connected by the Rice Creek. The city is located at 45 ° 09'37 " north latitude and 93 ° 05'20 " west longitude and extending over 86.01 km ², spread over 73.09 km ² of land and 12.92 km ² water surface.
Towns nearby Lino Lakes are Centerville ( completely surrounded by the city of Lino Lakes ), Columbus ( on the northern city limits ), Forest Lake (22,9 km northeast), Hugo ( at the eastern city limits ), White Bear Lake ( 14.7 km south-east ), North Oaks ( at the southern city limits ), Lexington and Circle Pines ( on the southwest city limits ), Blaine (at the western city limits ), and Ham Lake ( in the northwestern city limit).
The downtown Minneapolis located 32.8 km south-southeast in direction; the center of Saint Paul, the capital of Minnesota, located 31.4 km south.
Traffic
Through the city of Lino Lakes proceed with the I 35 W and I 35 E both in the area of the Twin Cities running separate parts of Interstate 35, which unite a few miles north again. All other roads are minor roadways and urban roads.
The nearest airports are the Anoka County - Blaine Airport (16,4 km southwest) and the Forest Lake Airport (20,2 km northeast). The nearest major airport is 42.5 kilometers south-southwest location Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport.
History
Before the arrival of the first white settlers, the region was inhabited by Indians of the Dakota that fed the crops of paddy rice.
The first white settlers arrived in the mid-19th century in the area around the present town. As the first administrative unit was 1857, the Township of Centerville founded, which included the territory of modern cities Centerville and Lino Lakes and with 36 square miles had the generally accepted size.
In the 1950s, the neighboring municipalities of the country Centerville Township attempted to acquire. To prevent this, the inhabitants of the Township to establish itself a church. Thus arose in 1955 two municipalities ( " Villages " ) Lino Lakes (named after existing for years the same post office ) and Centerville, which evolved from the rest of the township and was completely surrounded by the city of Lino Lakes.
1972, parliament passed from Minnesota, for all municipalities the status of "city" to introduce as the only form of local self-government.
In 2011, was reported to CNNmoney.com Lino Lakes to rank 44 of the top 100 small-town places of residence in the country.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Lino Lakes 20,216 people in 6174 households. The population density was 276.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 6174 households lived statistically 3.05 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 90.9 percent white, 2.7 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 3.7 percent Asian, 0.1 percent and 0.3 percent Polynesians from other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
28.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 66.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 4.8 percent were 65 years or older. 46.2 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 95,138. The per capita income was $ 32,582. 2.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.