Woodbury (Minnesota)

Washington County

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Woodbury is a city ( with a status of "City" ) in Washington County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010 Woodbury had 61 961 inhabitants.

Woodbury, which is part of the metropolitan area of ​​Minneapolis -Saint Paul, southeast of Minnesota's capital Saint < Paul.

Geography

Woodbury is south of Interstate 94 and east of Interstate 494 located in the metropolitan region of the Twin Cities. According to the United States Census Bureau, the area of ​​the city is 92.2 square miles, of which 1.6 square miles of water. The city is situated on a plateau between the Mississippi River and the St. Croix River.

History

The first European settlers arrived in 1844 in the region. Most of them came from the eastern states and from Germany, but also from other European countries. The area was wooded chiefly in the formation of Woodbury. Gradually the forests were converted to farmland.

1858 founded the settlers a township. Originally, it was named after a painted by the famous Dakota chief Little Crow Stone Red called rock. When the city administration found that it is a Red Rock Township in Minnesota, the place in 1859 was renamed. It was named after this Levi Woodbury, a native of New Hampshire politicians and judges and friend of the first town chairman. 1876 ​​first town hall was built in Woodbury. With an increase in population of the township was converted to a city in the 1960s. Between 1980 and 2000, the total population of around 10,000 multiplied to more than 46,000 inhabitants. 2003 Woodbury was elected to the first rank of CNN Money in the collection of the "Best Places to Live " in the United States.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Woodbury 61 961 people in 22 594 households. The population density was 683.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 22 594 households lived statistically 2.73 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 81.4 percent white, 5.6 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 9.1 percent Asian and 1.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 3.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

29.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 8.3 percent were 65 years or older. 51.8 percent of the population was female.

Woodbury is an affluent suburb. The median annual income for a household was $ 92,780. The per capita income was $ 42,226. 3.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.