Guide to Oak Grove Minnesota

Oak Grove (city)

1970

1980

1990

2000

2007
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1990-2000 Change

Actual

Percent

Population

1,674

3,926

5,441

6,903

8,433

1,462

26.87

Land Area (sq. mile)

36.00

34.44

33.70

-0.00

-0.01

Density (persons per sq. mile)

46.5

114.0

161.5

204.9

43.41

26.89

Housing Units

510

1,129

1,706

2,232

526

30.83

Households

1,093

1,638

2,200

2,733

562

34.31

Persons Per Household

3.59

3.32

3.11

3.06

-0.21

-6.37

Oak Grove is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota. County Roads 9 and 22 are two of the main routes in the community. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 35.0 square miles (90.7 km²), of which, 33.7 square miles (87.3 km²) of it is land and 1.3 square miles (3.4 km²) of it (3.77%) is water. The elevation is 896 ft (273 m) above sea level.

As of the census of 2000, there were 6,903 people, 2,200 households, and 1,883 families residing in the city. The population density was 204.9 people per square mile (79.1/km²). There were 2,232 housing units at an average density of 66.2/sq mi (25.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.20% White, 0.51% African American, 0.68% Native American, 0.48% Asian, 0.22% from other races, and 0.91% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.59% of the population.

There were 2,200 households out of which 45.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 76.3% were married couples living together, 5.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.4% were non-families. 10.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 1.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.11 and the average family size was 3.33.

In the city the population was spread out with 32.0% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 33.8% from 25 to 44, 23.9% from 45 to 64, and 3.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 114.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 112.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $70,169, and the median income for a family was $73,728. Males had a median income of $44,855 versus $29,009 for females. The per capita income for the city was $23,693. About 1.0% of families and 1.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.9% of those under age 18 and 3.6% of those age 65 or over.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

OAK GROVE Township, settled in 1855, was organized in 1857. "The name is derived from the profuse growth of oak trees, which are about equally distributed over the township" (History of the Upper Mississippi Valley, p. 285). Oak Grove, a village in section 18, located on the Rum River, was first settled in 1854, had a post office, 1857-1901, and was incorporated in 1993.

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