Bloomington, Minnesota

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Bloomington
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Location in Minnesota
Hennepin County Minnesota Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Bloomington Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1843/1858
State : United States
State : Minnesota
County : Hennepin County
Coordinates : 44 ° 50 ′  N , 93 ° 19 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 50 ′  N , 93 ° 19 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
-  Metropolitan Area :		 82,893 (status: 2010)
3,279,833 (status: 2010)
Population density : 904 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 99.4 km 2  (approx. 38 mi 2 ) of
which 91.7 km 2  (approx. 35 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 252 m
Postcodes : 55420, 55425, 55431, 55435, 55437, 55438
Area code : +1 952
FIPS : 27-06616
GNIS ID : 640278
Website : www.ci.bloomington.mn.us
Mayor : Gene Winstead
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Mall of America

Bloomington is a city in Hennepin County in the US state of Minnesota . It is located south of Minneapolis and Saint Paul and is the most populous suburb of the Twin Cities and the fifth largest city in Minnesota. In 2010, Bloomington was home to 82,893 people.

geography

Bloomington is centrally located in east Minnesota in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul-Bloomington metropolitan area. The city is bounded to the south and east by the Minnesota River . According to the United States Census Bureau, Bloomington covers an area of ​​99.4 square kilometers, of which 7.5 square kilometers are water.

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1880 820 -
1890 959 17%
1900 1085 13.1%
1910 1161 7%
1920 1330 14.6%
1930 2645 98.9%
1940 3647 37.9%
1950 9902 171.5%
1960 50,498 410%
1970 81,971 62.3%
1980 81,831 -0.2%
1990 86,355 5.5%
2000 85.172 -1.4%
2010 82,893 -2.7%
1880-2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Bloomington had 82,893 people in 35,905 households. The population density was 904 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.28 people lived in each of the 35,905 households.

The racial the population was composed of 79.7 percent white, 7.2 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 5.9 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 3.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 3.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 6.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

19.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.4 percent were 65 years or older. 51.6 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 60,150  USD . The per capita income was $ 35,732. 8.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

tourism

Bloomington is best known for the Mall of America , the second largest shopping center with the most stores (over 500) in the United States. In 2006, the Water Park of America opened not far from the mall . According to the company, it is the largest indoor water park in the United States.

The city has a partnership with Izumi , Osaka , Japan .

traffic

Important road traffic routes are Interstate 35-W , which crosses the city in a north-south direction and provides a direct connection to the Twin Cities, and Interstate 494 , which runs in the north in a west-east direction and a feeder to the Interstate 94 is.

Immediately northeast of the city is the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Airport, an international airport. The Hiawatha Line light rail line begins at the Mall of America and connects Bloomington with the airport and the city of Minneapolis.

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved May 8, 2013
  2. ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved May 8, 2013