Sandstone (Minnesota)

Pine County

27-58396

Sandstone is a city in Pine County, Minnesota, United States. In 2010 Sandstone had 2849 inhabitants. The Banning State Park is nearby. For shopping or to the use of services, most residents travel to nearby Pine City

The name of the settlement in the language of Ojibwe is Asinikaaning and means stone -breaking on the ground; He owes this name to the quarry for sandstone, which lies on the outskirts. Many of the still existing sandstone building was the railway entrepreneur JJ Hill build.

In Sandstone is a federal prison with about 1,300 inmates.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 14.1 km ², of which 13.7 km ² of land and 0.4 km ² omitted ( = 2.57 %) to water.

The city lies on the Kettle River. Due to the metropolitan area Interstate 35, Minnesota State Route 23 and Minnesota State Route 18 lead

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Sandstone 2849 people 602 households. The population density was 208 people per square kilometer. In the 602 households lived statistically 2.42 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 71.5 percent white, 15.5 percent African American, 5.7 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian, 0.1 percent and 3.6 percent Polynesians from other ethnic groups; 2.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 11.9 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

14.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 75.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 9.8 percent were 65 years or older. 29.0 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 40,306. The per capita income was $ 14,914. 14.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.