Ramsey (Minnesota)
Anoka County
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Ramsey is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Anoka County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Ramsey had 23 668 inhabitants.
Ramsey is part of the metropolitan area of Minneapolis -Saint Paul.
Geography
Ramsey is located in the northern suburban area of the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul on the right bank of the Mississippi River at 45 ° 15'39 " north latitude and 93 ° 26'33 " west longitude. The urban area covers 77.16 km ², spread over 74.62 km ² land and 2.54 km ² water surface.
Towns nearby Ramsey are Elk River ( 18.6 km north west ), Nowthen (10,5 km to the north ), Anoka (10,7 km southeast), Champlin (11,7 km southeast) and Otsego ( 17.6 km WNW ). Dayton is situated on the opposite bank of the Mississippi, but is removed on the nearest bridge 20.1 km.
The downtown Minneapolis is located 40.3 km along the Mississippi River in a south-southeast direction; the center of Saint Paul, the capital of Minnesota, is 55 km to the southeast.
Traffic
U.S. Highway 10, which forms the Minnesota section of the Great River Road leads here, parallel to the Mississippi by Ramsey. U.S. Highway 169 runs on the same route through the town. Through the eastern parts of the city runs in a north -south direction, the Minnesota State Route 47 All other roads are subordinate partly unpaved roadways and within local roads.
In parallel to U.S. 10 runs the North Star Line. This furnished for passenger rail line connecting Minneapolis with the northern hinterland. The railway tracks and rights of way are owned by the BNSF Railway.
The nearest airport is 63.2 km south-southeast location Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Ramsey 23 668 people in 8033 households. The population density was 317.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 8033 households lived statistically 2.95 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 91.8 percent white, 2.8 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 2.4 percent Asian and 0.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 2.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
28.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 6.7 percent were 65 years or older. 49.7 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 83,217. The per capita income was $ 30,396. 1.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.