Crystal, Minnesota

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Crystal
Hennepin County Minnesota Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Crystal Highlighted.svg
Location in Minnesota
Basic data
Foundation : 1866
State : United States
State : Minnesota
County : Hennepin County
Coordinates : 45 ° 2 ′  N , 93 ° 22 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 2 ′  N , 93 ° 22 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
22,151 (as of 2010)
3,279,833 (as of 2010)
Population density : 1,479.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 15.23 km 2  (approx. 6 mi 2 ) of
which 14.97 km 2  (approx. 6 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 272 m
Postcodes : 55422, 55427, 55428, 55429
Area code : +1 763
FIPS : 27-14158
GNIS ID : 642518
Website : www.ci.crystal.mn.us
Mayor : Jim Adams

Crystal is a small town (with the status " City ") in Hennepin County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , Crystal had 22,151 residents.

Crystal is part of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area .

geography

Crystal is located in the northwestern suburb of Minneapolis at 45 ° 01'58 "north latitude and 93 ° 21'37" west longitude and extends over 15.23 km², which is spread over 14.97 km² of land and 0.26 km² of water .

Neighboring locations to Crystal are Brooklyn Park (on the northern city limits), Brooklyn Center (on the northeastern city limits), Robbinsdale (on the eastern city limits), Golden Valley (on the southern and southeastern city limits) and New Hope (on the western city limits) .

Downtown Minneapolis is 10.6 km to the southeast; the center of Saint Paul , the capital of Minnesota, is 20 miles east-southeast.

traffic

The four-lane Minnesota State Route 100 runs as the western bypass of the Twin Cities through the southeastern districts of Crystal. All other roads are inner-city connecting roads.

Two railway lines of the BNSF Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway cross in Crystal .

The nearest airport is Crystal Airport in the north of the metropolitan area, while the larger Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport is 35.3 km southeast of Crystal.

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1920 814 -
1930 1865 129.1%
1940 2373 27.2%
1950 5713 140.8%
1960 24,283 325%
1970 30,925 27.4%
1980 25,543 -17.4%
1990 23,788 -6.9%
2000 22,698 -4.6%
2010 22,151 -2.4%
1920-2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Crystal had 22,151 people in 9,183 households. The population density was 1479.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.39 people each in the 9,183 households.

The racial the population was composed of 78.1 percent white, 10.5 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 3.9 percent Asian and 3.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 3.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 6.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

21.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.8 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 61,171  USD . The per capita income was $ 28,422. 10.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 13, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on February 13, 2013
  3. ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved February 13, 2013

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