Farmington, Minnesota

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Farmington
Farmington Town Hall
Farmington Town Hall
Location in Minnesota
Dakota County Minnesota Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Farmington Highlighted.svg
Basic data
State : United States
State : Minnesota
County : Dakota County
Coordinates : 44 ° 38 ′  N , 93 ° 9 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 38 ′  N , 93 ° 9 ′  W
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
21,086 (as of 2010)
3,279,833 (as of 2010)
Population density : 554.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 38.69 km 2  (approx. 15 mi 2 ) of
which 38.05 km 2  (approx. 15 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 275 m
Postal code : 55024
Area code : +1 651
FIPS : 27-20618
GNIS ID : 643570
Website : www.ci.farmington.mn.us
Mayor : Todd Larson

Farmington is a town (with the status " City ") in Dakota County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 Farmington had 21,086 residents.

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

geography

Farmington is located in the southern suburbs of the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul at 44 ° 38'25 "north latitude and 93 ° 08'37" west longitude and extends over 38.69 km². The Vermillion River , a right tributary of the Mississippi, flows through the urban area of ​​Farmington .

Neighboring towns to Farmington are Apple Valley (15 km northwest), Rosemount (12 km north), Hampton (13.5 km east-southeast), Northfield (13.4 km south), Elko New Market (14.4 km southwest), and Lakeville (8.5 km to the west).

Downtown Minneapolis is 29 miles north-northwest; downtown Saint Paul , capital of Minnesota, is 24 miles north.

traffic

A few kilometers west of Farmington is Interstate 35 , which is the fastest connection between Minneapolis and Iowa's capital Des Moines . Minnesota State Route 3 runs through the urban area of ​​Farmington in a north-south direction . Minnesota State Route 50 joins this in the south of the urban area at its western end point . All other roads are subordinate partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city roads.

A Canadian Pacific Railway runs parallel to MN 3 .

The nearest airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, 23 miles north .

Farmington is the district control center for air traffic control for the Minneapolis area.

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1880 688 -
1890 657 -4.5%
1900 733 11.6%
1910 1024 39.7%
1920 1449 41.5%
1930 1342 -7.4%
1940 1580 17.7%
1950 1916 21.3%
1960 2300 20%
1970 3104 35%
1980 4370 40.8%
1990 5940 35.9%
2000 12,365 108.2%
2010 21,086 70.5%
1880-2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Farmington had 21,086 people in 7,066 households. The population density was 554.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.95 people lived in each of the 7066 households.

The racial the population was composed of 89.8 percent white, 2.1 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 3.6 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 1.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 3.6 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

33.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 5.6 percent were 65 years or older. 49.9 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 82,990  USD . The per capita income was $ 28,639. 3.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 30, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on February 7, 2013
  3. ^ Facility Registry System (FRS). Accessed February 7, 2013
  4. US Decennial Census. Retrieved February 4, 2013

Web links

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