St. Louis Park, Minnesota

Hennepin County

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St. Louis Park is a city in Hennepin County. It is in the metropolitan Minneapolis -St. Paul located in the U.S. state of Minnesota and has around 44,100 inhabitants.

2.1 Population development

Geography

Geographical Location

St. Louis Park is located in the U.S. state of Minnesota in the Midwestern United States. To the east of the city adjacent to Minneapolis. Other neighboring towns are Edina, Golden Valley, Minnetonka, Plymouth, and Hopkins. According to the United States Census Bureau, the area of the city is 28.3 square miles, of which 0.5 square miles of water.

Climate

In St. Louis Park, there is the typical for Minnesota continental climate. Thus, summer, winters are hot and humid, whereas cold with little precipitation. The annual average temperature is around seven degrees Celsius. St. Louis Park itself has no weather station of the NCDC.

History

St. Louis Park was built at the site, founded by European-born settlers in the 1850s settlement Elmwood, which is a residential area in the city center today. In November 1886 31 residents signed the petition to establish a Village. The name comes from the village running Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad. In contrast to St. Louis, Missouri, the additional parking was selected. With the founding of the Village, the construction of a St. Louis Park Land and Improvement Company went hand in hand. Five businessmen from Minneapolis and two landowners had established this. In the following years, St. Louis Park experienced a great growth. Created new hotels and various agricultural and industrial enterprises settled there. The growth was only slowed down by the economic crisis in 1893.

The Peavey Haglin Experimental Concrete Grain Elevator was built in 1899-1900 in St. Louis Park and was the first concrete built, round wheat silo in the United States.

At the beginning of the 20th century, St. Louis Park became one of the first suburbs of Minneapolis. Development was supported by the connection to the Streetcar network which offered the population a fast connection to Minneapolis. From 1920 to 1930, the population grew from 2,281 to 4,710 inhabitants. After the Second World War, this trend accelerated. Of the almost 8,000 residents in 1940, the population grew to more than 30,000 inhabitants in 1955. 1954, St. Louis Park with the positive vote of a Home Rule Charter city status. Since the 1970s, the city has reached its natural growth boundary. Since then, projects to improve the quality of life and beautification of the city to be a priority.

Demographics

Demographic data

According to the 2000 census living in St Louis Park 44 126 people in 20,782 households and 10,557 families. The racial sits down the population of 98.9 percent White, 4.4 percent African American, 3.2 percent Asian Americans, as well as smaller minorities together. 2.9 percent of the population regard themselves as Hispanics.

In 22.0 % of the 20,782 households living children under the age of 18, 39.3 % live in married couples, and in 8.6% of live single women and 49.2 % are non family households. 37.9 % of all households were made up of individuals and 10.4% had someone living alone over 65 years. The average household size is 2.08 persons, the families of 2.81.

In relation to the entire city, the population is composed of 18.8 % under the age of 18, 8.7 % from 18 to 24, 37.7 % between 25 and 44 years, 20.2% between 45 and 64 years and 14.7% over 65 years. The median is 36 years. Approximately 52.5 % of the population is female.

The median income for a household is $ 49,260, a family of $ 63,182. The per capita income is $ 28,970. Approximately 5.2% of the population and 3.0 % of families are below the poverty line.

Traffic

Major roads through St. Louis Park are U.S. Highway 169, which runs west of the city, as well as the Minnesota State Route 100 and Minnesota State Route 7, Interstate 394 connects the north of the city of St. Louis Park with Minneapolis and Interstate 94 Furthermore, lead two railway lines through the city.

The nearest commercial airport is approximately 14 kilometers southeast of the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport.

Education

St. Louis Park has seven public schools ( three Primary schools, two intermediate schools, and one each in junior and senior high school ), with approximately 4,200 students, and nine private schools.

Sons and daughters of the town

Ethan and Joel Coen ( b. 1954 or 1957), film directors, producers and scriptwriters
Thomas L. Friedman ( born 1953 ), journalist

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