Guide to Hastings Minnesota

Hastings (city)

1970

1980

1990

2000

2007
(est)

1990-2000 Change

Actual

Percent

Population

12,179

12,811

15,440

18,201

22,436

2,761

17.88

Land Area (sq. mile)

8.00

9.17

9.08

9.87

0.79

8.65

Density (persons per sq. mile)

1,522.38

1,397.06

1,700.44

1,844.96

144.52

8.50

Housing Units

3,158

4,391

5,545

6,756

1,211

21.84

Households

4,197

5,401

6,640

8,346

1,239

22.94

Persons Per Household

2.95

2.76

2.64

2.56

-0.12

-4.21

Hastings is a city in Dakota and Washington counties in the state of Minnesota, near the confluence of the Mississippi and St. Croix Rivers. The bulk of Hastings is in Dakota County; only a small part of the city extends into Washington County. It is the county seat of Dakota County. U.S. Route 61 and Minnesota State Highways 55 and 316 are three of the main arterial routes in the city. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.0 square miles (28.5 km² ),of which, 10.1 square miles (26.2 km²) of it is land and 0.9 square miles (2.3 km²) of it (7.92%) is water. The elevation is 725 ft (222 m) above sea level.

As of the census of 2000, there were 18,204 people, 6,642 households, and 4,722 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,798.2 people per square mile (694.5/km² ). There were 6,758 housing units at an average density of 667.6 per square mile (257.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.16% White, 0.43% African American, 0.38% Native American, 0.64% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.36% from other races, and 0.99% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.14% of the population.

There were 6,642 households out of which 37.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.8% were married couples living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.9% were non-families. 22.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.13.

In the city the population was spread out with 27.3% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 99.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.7 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $53,145, and the median income for a family was $61,093. Males had a median income of $41,267 versus $27,973 for females. The per capita income for the city was $22,075. About 2.1% of families and 4.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.4% of those under age 18 and 9.8% of those age 65 or over.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

HASTINGS, the county seat, platted as a village in 1853 and incorporated as a city March 7, 1857, was named in drawing lots by its several proprietors, this second name of Henry Hastings Sibley, later governor and general, having been the winner's preference. "Judge Solomon Sibley, of Detroit, Mich., studied law in Massachusetts with Judge Hastings, whom he greatly admired, and gave this name to his son." The post office was established in 1854, and the village became a city with Washington County following the annexing of 262 acres from that county at the end of the Mississippi River bridge in 1905; other acreage was annexed from Nininger and Marshan Townships. The city was the site of the spiral bridge over the Mississippi River, which was dismantled in 1951.

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