Maple Grove (Minnesota)
Hennepin County
27-40166
Maple Grove is a city ( with a status of "City" ) in Hennepin County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Maple Grove had 61 567 inhabitants.
Geography
Maple Grove is located in the north-west of Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to the United States Census Bureau, the area of the city is 90.5 square kilometers.
History
The area of present-day Maple Grove was settled by the Winnebago Indians, until Louis Gervais settled there in 1851, a settlement built. The settlement grew rapidly, so that Maple Grove had at the beginning of the 1860s, a church, a town hall and a school. In addition to agriculture were also forestry and dairy industry is important.
1880, the number of inhabitants 1155 until 1950, the population grew to 1,778. Only since the end of World War II accelerated the city's growth. Maple Grove became one of the most popular places in the region of the Twin Cities. In 1990, the population had already reached 38,800, in 2005 it reached 60,000 inhabitants, making it one of the fastest growing cities in the state. Various commercial enterprises and businesses settled in Maple Groove, including with The Fountains at Arbor Lakes, the second largest shopping mall of Minnesota.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Maple Grove 61 567 people in 22,867 households. The population density was 720.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 22,867 households lived statistically 2.69 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 86.4 percent white, 4.2 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 6.2 percent Asian and 0.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.5 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
26.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 65.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 7.4 percent were 65 years or older. 51.2 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 94,199. The per capita income was $ 41,994. 3.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- The former governor of Minnesota, Jesse Ventura, lived for many years in Maple Grove, before moving to Dellwood.