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More about MinneapolisMinneapolis is the largest city in Minnesota and the county seat of Hennepin County. It adjoins Saint Paul, the states capital and second-largest city. Together they form the core of the Twin Cities metropolitan area, the 15th-largest agglomeration in the country (and roughly 65th-largest in the world), with over three million residents. In the 2000 census, the city itself had a total population of 382,618, making it the 47th-largest city in the United States. Note that if the two core cities themselves were combined together in the census, the resulting "city" would rank 17th, just between Louisville, Kentucky and Austin, Texas. The city is in the southeast portion of the state and sits along the Mississippi River. There are also 24 small lakes in the city. The abundance of lakes led Charles Hoag, an early settler and Minneapoliss first schoolmaster, to suggest a name derived from minne, the Dakota word for water, and polis, the Greek word for city. Other names considered at the time were Brooklyn and Albion. The city is also known as the "City of Lakes", a phrase that appears on many municipal vehicles and properties. The city center is located just south of 45 degrees north latitude. There is a stone at the north end of Wirth Park containing a plaque that marks the the exact location of the 45th parallel. [1] Metro Area citizens take some pride in being "halfway to the North Pole". Minneapolis is recognized by the GaWC as a world-class city. Minneapolis, Minnesota Flag (Detail) Seal (Detail) Motto: En Avant (French: "forward") Nickname: "City of Lakes" Location in Minnesota Founded -Incorporated 1850s 1867 County Hennepin County Mayor R.T. Rybak (DFL) Area - Total - Water 142.2 kmÂ² (54.9 miÂ²) 13.0 kmÂ² (5.03 miÂ²) 9.14% Population - City (2000) - Density - Metropolitan 382,618 2,691.4/kmÂ² 2,968,805 Time zone Central (UTC â€“6) Coordinates WGS-84 (GPS) 44.9801Â° N 93.2641Â° W www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us Minneapolis Demographics Recycling instructions in a Minneapolis park are given in four languages: English, Hmong, Spanish, and Somali Minnesota has historically been a home to Scandinavian and German immigrants, Scandinavians, (mostly Norwegians and Swedes) tending to settle in the colder, forested north, and Germans often residing in the warmer rolling hills of the south. Minneapolis sits between these two regions and thus has large populations of people of German and Scandinavian descent. Minneapolis also has a large Native American population, one of the largest in the United States. After the Vietnam War, Minneapolis became a destination city for Hmong and Vietnamese refugees. More recently, a large influx of Somali refugees has modified Minneapoliss ethnic makeup. The citys population has seen a significant decrease since its peak of 521,718 in 1950, although the number of people residing in the city has seen a rebound in recent years. The 1990 census recorded a low of 368,383, and the next census saw a small increase from that level. The rebounding growth has largely been due to an increase in the number of non-white residents, as the number of white residents has continued to decline and is now at its lowest level since the very early 20th century when the city had a much smaller total population. Jews, for example, were once a significant presence in the northern part of the city, but they have largely moved out to suburbs such as St. Louis Park. In general, the city suburbs have seen massive growth, and the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area has roughly doubled since 1950 and now has about three million residents. The downtown region also saw a major decline in population, but managed to retain residents better than many similar cities. The downtown population has been booming in the last decade as new condominiums are completed (a prime example of this is The Nicollet, a proposed building that will be the 5th-tallest building in the city and the tallest residential structure at 50 stories when completed in 2007). The U.S. census recorded 20,201 residents in the city center in 2000, but an estimate by Maxfield Research just five years later in January 2005 put the number at 29,350, fully recovering from losses in the 1960s and 1970s. Considering the number of new condos in development, the downtown district could reach 40,000 by 2010. Still, the people living downtown are greatly outnumbered by commuters, who bring the daytime population up to about 165,000 each weekday. As of the census2 of 2000, there are 382,618 people, 162,352 households, and 73,870 families residing in the city. The population density is 2,691.4/kmÂ² (6,970.3/miÂ²). There are 168,606 housing units at an average density of 1,186.0/kmÂ² (3,071.6/miÂ²). The racial makeup of the city is 65.13% White, 17.99% African American, 2.19% Native American, 6.13% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 4.13% from other races, and 4.36% from two or more races. 7.63% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 162,352 households out of which 22.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 29.0% are married couples living together, 12.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 54.5% are non-families. 40.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.25 and the average family size is 3.15. In the city the population is spread out with 22.0% under the age of 18, 14.4% from 18 to 24, 36.6% from 25 to 44, 17.9% from 45 to 64, and 9.1% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 31 years. For every 100 females there are 101.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 100.1 males. The median income for a household in the city is $37,974, and the median income for a family is $48,602. Males have a median income of $35,216 versus $30,663 for females. The per capita income for the city is $22,685. 16.9% of the population and 11.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 24.5% of those under the age of 18 and 10.9% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.

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