New Brighton (Minnesota)
Ramsey County
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New Brighton is a city ( with a status of "City" ) in Ramsey County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, New Brighton had 21 456 inhabitants.
New Brighton is part of the metropolitan area of Minneapolis -Saint Paul.
Geography
New Brighton is located in the northern suburban area of the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. The city is crossed by the Rice Creek and is located at 45 ° 03'56 " north latitude and 93 ° 12'07 " west longitude. New Brighton covers 18.29 km ², spread over 16.73 km ² land and 1.56 km ² water surface.
Neighboring cities of New Brighton are Mounds View ( on the northern city limits ) Shoreview (5,6 km north-east ), Arden Hills ( at the eastern city limits ), Roseville ( on the southern city limits ), St. Anthony ( on the southwest city limits ), Columbia Heights and Fridley (at the western city limit) and Spring Lake Park (7 km to the northwest ).
The downtown Minneapolis located 15.8 km south west; the center of Saint Paul, the capital of Minnesota, located 22.6 km south east.
Traffic
The eastern city limits of New Brighton is formed from the western branch of Interstate 35, which is the quickest route from Minneapolis to Duluth near the border with Canada. The I 35 is crossed by Interstate 694, the northern ring road of the Twin Cities. For all other roads are urban roads.
In New Brighton cross two railway lines belonging to the Canadian Pacific Railway SOO Line Railroad.
The nearest airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport ( 27.3 km to the south).
History
Before the arrival of the first white settlers, the region of Indians of the Dakota and Anishinabe was settled that the harvest from water -fed rice.
In the middle of the 19th century colonization with white immigrants began. 1858 was founded the present city as a small settlement. The name was derived from Brighton New Brighton in Massachusetts ( now a suburb of Boston ) from.
In 1891, New Brighton was officially elevated to the self-governing commune.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in New Brighton 21 456 people in 8915 households. The population density was 1282.5 people per square kilometer. In the 8915 households lived statistically 2.35 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 81.9 percent white, 6.6 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 6.1 percent Asian and 2.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 4.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
21.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.7 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 58,796. The per capita income was $ 32,693. 12.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.