Guide to Rock Creek Minnesota

Rock Creek (city)

1970

1980

1990

2000

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1990-2000 Change

Actual

Percent

Population

815

890

1,040

1,119

1,271

7.60

Land Area (sq. mile)

44.00

42.44

42.98

42.97

-0.01

Density (persons per sq. mile)

18.5

21.0

24.2

26.0

1.84

7.61

Housing Units

256

339

369

417

13.01

Households

282

319

389

483

21.94

Persons Per Household

3.16

3.26

2.88

2.63

-0.38

-11.66

Rock Creek is a city in Pine County, Minnesota. Interstate 35 and Minnesota State Highway 70 are two of the main arterial routes in the community. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 43.3 square miles (112.2 km²), of which, 43.0 square miles (111.3 km²) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.9 km²) of it (0.79%) is water. It is by far the largest city by area in Pine County. The elevation is 938 ft (286 m) above sea level.

As of the census2 of 2000, there were 1,119 people, 389 households, and 301 families residing in the city. The population density was 10.1/km² (26.0/mi²). There were 417 housing units at an average density of 3.7/km² (9.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 98.30% White, 0.09% African American, 0.80% Native American, 0.45% Asian, and 0.36% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.45% of the population.

There were 389 households out of which 37.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.3% were married couples living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.4% were non-families. 15.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.88 and the average family size was 3.24.

In the city the population was spread out with 30.5% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 28.4% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 9.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 109.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 109.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $45,000, and the median income for a family was $48,482. Males had a median income of $33,523 versus $20,391 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,281. About 6.8% of families and 11.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.2% of those under age 18 and 12.9% of those age 65 or over.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ROCK CREEK Township, settled in 1872, organized March 2, 1874, and its city in section 22, bear the name of the creek that here flows south into the northeast corner of Chisago County, tributary to the St. Croix River. The city was incorporated as a village on November 4, 1970; it was established soon after the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad built through the area in 1870 and was a lumbering and sawmill center, having five mills in the area. The post office began in 1874; its name was Rockcreek, 1894-1950.

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