Columbia Heights, Minnesota
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 Columbia Heights City Hall |
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| Location in Minnesota | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1898 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Anoka County |
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 2 ′ N , 93 ° 16 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
19,496 (as of 2010) 3,279,833 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 2,207.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 9.12 km 2 (about 4 mi 2 ) of which 8.83 km 2 (about 3 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 281 m |
| Postal code : | 55421 |
| Area code : | +1 763 |
| FIPS : | 27-12700 |
| GNIS ID : | 641410 |
| Website : | www.ci.columbia-heights.mn.us |
| Mayor : | Gary Peterson |
 The Heights Theater in Columbia Heights |
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Columbia Heights is a city (with the status " City ") in Anoka County in the southeastern center of the US -amerikanischen state of Minnesota . In 2010 Columbia Heights had 19,496 residents.
Columbia Heights is part of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area .
geography
Columbia Heights is located in the northern suburbs of the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul , not far from the east bank of the Mississippi . The city is located at 45 ° 02'00 "north latitude and 93 ° 16'00" west longitude and extends over 9.12 km², which is spread over 8.83 km² of land and 0.29 km² of water.
In addition to Hilltop , which is completely enclosed by the urban area of Columbia Heights, other neighboring towns are Fridley (on the western and northeastern city limits), New Brighton (7.5 km northeast), St. Anthony (on the southeastern city limit) and Minneapolis (on the southern city limits).
Downtown Minneapolis is 7.1 km south; the center of Saint Paul, the capital of Minnesota, is 17 miles southeast.
traffic
North of the city runs Interstate 694 , the northern bypass of the Twin Cities . Minnesota State Route 65 runs through the center in a north-south direction as the main road . In parallel, Minnesota State Route 47 runs through the west of the Columbia Heights metropolitan area. All other roads are subordinate routes as well as inner-city connecting roads.
The marshalling yard Minneapolis North Townyard the BNSF Railway is to a large extent on the western city of Columbia Heights.
The closest airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (14 miles south).
history
On March 14, 1898, the place was spun off from what was then Fridley Township . The name of the newly created community (with the then community status " Village ") was determined through a competition.
On July 21, 1921, a new municipal constitution was passed and the municipality was given " City " status.
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1900 | 123 | - | |
| 1910 | 590 | 379.7% | |
| 1920 | 2968 | 403.1% | |
| 1930 | 5613 | 89.1% | |
| 1940 | 6035 | 7.5% | |
| 1950 | 8175 | 35.5% | |
| 1960 | 17,533 | 114.5% | |
| 1970 | 23,997 | 36.9% | |
| 1980 | 20,029 | -16.5% | |
| 1990 | 18,910 | -5.6% | |
| 2000 | 18,520 | -2.1% | |
| 2010 | 19,496 | 5.3% | |
| 1900-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Columbia Heights had 19,496 people in 7,926 households. The population density was 2207.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.44 people lived in the 7,926 households.
The racial the population was composed of 69.7 percent white, 13.5 percent African American, 1.5 percent Native American, 4.8 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 6.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 4.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 11.9 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.
22.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.5 percent were 65 years or older. 51.5 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 51,967 USD . The per capita income was $ 25,847. 12.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
sons and daughters of the town
- Pat Proft (* 1947), screenwriter, actor and film director.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 25, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on February 25, 2013
- ^ History of Columbia Heights ( September 3, 2014 memento in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved February 25, 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved February 14, 2013
