Plymouth, Minnesota
| Plymouth | |
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 Plymouth Town Hall |
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| Location in Minnesota | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1852/58 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Hennepin County |
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 1 ′ N , 93 ° 27 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
70,576 (as of 2010) 3,279,833 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 828.4 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 91.5 km 2 (approx. 35 mi 2 ) of which 85.2 km 2 (approx. 33 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 296 m |
| Postcodes : | 55441, 55442, 55446, 55447 |
| Area code : | +1 763 |
| FIPS : | 27-51730 |
| GNIS ID : | 0649598 |
| Website : | www.plymouthmn.gov |
| Mayor : | Kelli Slavik |
Plymouth is a city (with the status " City ") in Hennepin County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 Plymouth had 70,576 residents.
Plymouth is the seventh largest city in Minnesota and part of the metropolitan area of Minneapolis-Saint Paul (Twin Cities).
geography
Plymouth is a western suburb of Minneapolis with the city center 17 km to the east. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city of Plymouth extends over 91.5 km².
history
The first inhabitants of what is now Plymouth were the Dakota . The first European settler was Antoine LeCounte. He first came to the region in 1848, but did not settle there until 1852. After new immigrants had settled, the township of Plymouth was founded in 1858. It only became a village in 1954, and in 1974 Plymouth received city rights.
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1890 | 1053 | - | |
| 1900 | 1154 | 9.6% | |
| 1910 | 1221 | 5.8% | |
| 1920 | 1275 | 4.4% | |
| 1930 | 1683 | 32% | |
| 1940 | 2989 | 77.6% | |
| 1950 | 5813 | 94.5% | |
| 1960 | 9576 | 64.7% | |
| 1970 | 18,077 | 88.8% | |
| 1980 | 31,615 | 74.9% | |
| 1990 | 50,889 | 61% | |
| 2000 | 65,894 | 29.5% | |
| 2010 | 70,576 | 7.1% | |
| 1890-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Plymouth had 70,576 people in 28,663 households. The population density was 828.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.42 people lived in each of the 28,663 households.
The racial the population was composed of 84.2 percent white, 5.2 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 6.9 percent Asian and 1.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.0 percent of the population.
23.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.1 percent were 65 years or older. 51.6 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 86,466 USD . The per capita income was $ 46,766. 4.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
sons and daughters of the town
- Amy Klobuchar (* 1960), politician
- Marion Barber III (born 1983), American football player
- Derek Peltier (born 1985), ice hockey player
- Blake Wheeler (born 1986), ice hockey player
- Dani Cameranesi (* 1995), ice hockey player
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved May 8, 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved May 8, 2013
