Falcon Heights, Minnesota
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 Location in county and Minnesota
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1973 (City) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Ramsey County |
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 59 ′ N , 93 ° 10 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 5,321 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 917.4 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 5.8 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of which 5.8 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 291 m |
| Postcodes : | 55108, 55113 |
| Area code : | +1 651 |
| FIPS : | 27-20420 |
| GNIS ID : | 0643548 |
| Website : | www.ci.falcon-heights.mn.us |
Falcon Heights is a city in Ramsey County in Minnesota , United States . In the United States Census 2000 the place had 5572 inhabitants. Falcon Heights was registered as a city in 1973 .
Falcon Heights is home to the University of Minnesota St. Paul campus , golf course, Minnesota State Fair grounds, and Gibbs Museum of Pioneer and Dakotah Life .
The then Vice-President Theodore Roosevelt gave a speech here on September 2, 1901 at the Minnesota State Fair, in which he used the African adage Speak softly and carry a big stick, and you will go far (for example, speak softly and carry a big stick and you will go far. ), which later gave its foreign policy under the name Big Stick . Roosevelt became President of the United States just two weeks later after the assassination attempt on William McKinley .
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has an area of 5.8 km² , all of which is land.
Minnesota State Route 51 , Snelling Avenue, is the main street running through the metropolitan area.
The neighboring towns of Falcon Heights are Lauderdale to the west , St. Paul to the south and Roseville to the north and east.
Demographic data
At the time of the United States Census 2000, 5572 people lived in the city. The population density was 960.4 people per km ². There were 2136 housing units at an average of 368.2 per km ². The Falcon Heights population was 77.66% White , 3.36% Black or African American , 0.43% Native American , 14.95% Asian , 0.13% Pacific Islander , 1.33% said belonging to other races and 2.15% named two or more races. 3.09% of the population declared to be Hispanic or Latinos of any race.
The residents were distributed to 2103 households out of which 32.6% were living in children under 18 years of age. 58.9% of households were married, 7.2% had a female head of the household without a husband and 31.8% were not families. 25.6% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 8.8% of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.91 people.
The urban population was divided into 21.5% minors, 17.0% 18–24 year olds, 32.1% 25–44 year olds, 17.3% 45–64 year olds and 12.2% aged 65 and over or more. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 women there were 92.7 men. For every 100 women over the age of 18, there were 88.7 men.
The median household income in Falcon Heights was 51,382 US dollars and the median family income reached the amount of 59,415 US dollars. The median income for men was $ 43,693 compared to $ 34,757 for women. The per capita income in Falcon Heights was $ 25,370. 9.6% of the population and 8.8% of families had an income below the poverty line , including 13.4% of minors and 5.2% of those aged 65 and over.
education
Falcon Heights is part of the Roseville Area School District; the only school in the city is the Falcon Heights Elementary School.
Because of its state university, Falcon Heights is one of the cities in the United States with the highest percentage of graduate students. 70.3% of the population have at least a university degree in the humanities.