Guide to Fridley Minnesota

Fridley (city)

1970

1980

1990

2000

2007
(est)

1990-2000 Change

Actual

Percent

Population

29,233

30,228

28,335

27,449

26,459

-886

-3.13

Land Area (sq. mile)

10.60

10.47

10.11

10.16

0.05

0.51

Density (persons per sq. mile)

2,757.83

2,887.11

2,802.67

2,701.31

-101.36

-3.62

Housing Units

8,003

10,660

11,418

11,504

0.75

Households

10,416

10,909

11,328

11,194

419

3.84

Persons Per Household

2.88

2.58

2.40

2.34

-0.18

-6.97

Fridley is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota. It was incorporated in 1949 as a village and became a city in 1957. It is part of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Fridley is a "first ring" or "inner ring" suburb in the Northern part of the Twin Cities. It borders Minneapolis at its southern border. Neighboring first ring suburbs are Columbia Heights, Minnesota and Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 10.9 square miles (28.2 km²), of which, 10.2 square miles (26.3 km²) of it is land and 0.7 square miles (1.9 km²) of it (6.70%) is water. The elevation is 860 ft (262 m).

As of the census of 2000, there were 27,449 people, 11,328 households, and 7,317 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,701.3 people per square mile (1,043.1/km²). There were 11,504 housing units at an average density of 1,132.1/sq mi (437.2/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 88.65% White, 3.42% African American, 0.82% Native American, 2.89% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 1.23% from other races, and 2.93% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.56% of the population.

There were 11,328 households out of which 28.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.6% were married couples living together, 11.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.4% were non-families. 26.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the city the population was spread out with 22.5% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 24.4% from 45 to 64, and 12.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 97.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.7 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $48,372, and the median income for a family was $55,381. Males had a median income of $38,100 versus $29,997 for females. The per capita income for the city was $23,022. About 5.3% of families and 7.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.9% of those under age 18 and 3.3% of those age 65 or over.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

FRIDLEY, a fractional township comprising only about 16 square miles, was established by legislative act as Manomin County (meaning Wild Rice) on the same date, May 23, 1857, with the establishment of Anoka County. "John Banfil settled in what is now Fridley in 1847 and kept a stopping place for the accommodation of travelers. Two years later Henry M. Rice acquired considerable land and built a country residence at Cold Springs, giving his name to the creek which flows through the town. . . . A ferry across the Mississippi River was established about 1854" (Goodrich, pp. 162-63). This small county continued nearly 13 years, until in 1869-70 it was united with Anoka County as Manomin Township. The name was changed to Fridley in 1879, and it was incorporated as a village June 18, 1949.

Abram McCormick Fridley in whose honor this township received its name was born in Steuben County, N.Y., May 1, 1817. He came to Long Prairie, Minnesota, in 1851 as agent for the Winnebago Indians, was afterward a farmer in this township, and in 1869 opened a large farm in Becker, Sherburne County. He was a representative in the legislature in 1855, 1869-71, and 1879. He died in Fridley Township, March 1888.

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