Plymouth (Minnesota)

Hennepin County

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Plymouth is a city ( with a status of "City" ) in Hennepin County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Plymouth had 70 576 inhabitants.

Plymouth is the seventh largest city in Minnesota and part of the metropolitan area of ​​Minneapolis -Saint Paul ( Twin Cities ).

Geography

Plymouth is a western suburb of Minneapolis, whose city center is 17 km to the east. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town area of Plymouth extends over 91.5 km ².

History

The first inhabitants of the area of present-day Plymouth were the Dakota. The first European settlers was Antoine LeCounte. He came the first time in 1848 in the region, but could only be down there in 1852. After new immigrants had settled, in 1858, Plymouth Township was established. In 1954 it became the village, Plymouth received city rights in 1974.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Plymouth 70 576 people in 28,663 households. The population density was 828.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 28,663 households lived statistically 2.42 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 84.2 percent white, 5.2 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 6.9 percent Asian and 1.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 3.0 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

23.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.1 percent were 65 years or older. 51.6 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 86,466. The per capita income was $ 46,766. 4.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.