Guide to Finlayson Minnesota

Finlayson (city)

1970

1980

1990

2000

2008
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1990-2000 Change

Actual

Percent

Population

192

202

242

314

327

29.75

Land Area (sq. mile)

2.70

2.50

2.75

0.00

0.06

Density (persons per sq. mile)

71.11

80.80

88.00

114.12

26.12

29.68

Housing Units

103

116

136

17.24

Households

103

132

142

28.16

Persons Per Household

2.20

2.35

2.38

2.30

0.03

1.30

Finlayson is a city in Pine County, Minnesota. Interstate 35 and Minnesota State Highways 18 and 23 are three of the main routes in the area. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.9 square miles (7.6 km²), of which, 2.8 square miles (7.1 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.4 km²) of it (5.82%) is water. The elevation is 1,109 ft (338 m).

As of the census2 of 2000, there were 314 people, 132 households, and 76 families residing in the city. The population density was 44.1/km² (114.1/mi²). There were 136 housing units at an average density of 19.1/km² (49.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 96.50% White, 0.64% African American, 0.32% Asian, 1.27% from other races, and 1.27% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.27% of the population.

There were 132 households out of which 27.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.5% were married couples living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.4% were non-families. 40.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 3.20.

In the city the population was spread out with 28.0% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 98.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $36,250, and the median income for a family was $46,875. Males had a median income of $35,313 versus $31,250 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,818. About 3.4% of families and 8.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.5% of those under age 18 and 15.9% of those age 65 or over.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

FINLAYSON Township, organized October 22, 1895, and the city in Finlayson and Pine Lake Townships were named in honor of David Finlayson, the former proprietor of a sawmill in this village. The city was incorporated as a village on August 24, 1905; it had a station of the Northern Pacific Railroad, a sawmill, a pickle factory, and two potato warehouses among its early businesses; the post office was established in 1887.

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