Guide to Golden Valley Minnesota

Golden Valley (city)

1970

1980

1990

2000

2007
(est)

1990-2000 Change

Actual

Percent

Population

24,246

22,775

20,971

20,281

20,362

-690

-3.29

Land Area (sq. mile)

10.10

10.47

10.23

0.00

0.01

Density (persons per sq. mile)

2,400.59

2,175.26

2,049.95

1,982.32

-67.63

-3.30

Housing Units

6,629

7,690

8,532

8,589

0.67

Households

7,597

8,273

8,449

8,926

176

2.13

Persons Per Household

2.86

2.45

2.31

2.21

-0.14

-5.73

Golden Valley is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota. It is a western suburb of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, and is the main corporate headquarters of General Mills and Pentair. Interstate 394, U.S. Route 169, and Minnesota State Highways 55 and 100 are four of the main arterial routes in the city. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 10.5 square miles (27.2 km²), of which, 10.2 square miles (26.5 km²) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.8 km²) of it (2.76%) is water. The elevation is 856 ft (261 m) above sea level.

As of the census of 2000, there were 20,281 people, 8,449 households, and 5,508 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,982.3 people per square mile (765.4/km²). There were 8,589 housing units at an average density of 839.5/sq mi (324.2/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 91.07% White, 3.59% African American, 0.29% Native American, 2.87% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.55% from other races, and 1.61% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.76% of the population.

There were 8,449 households out of which 26.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.5% were married couples living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.8% were non-families. 27.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.84.

In the city the population was spread out with 20.6% under the age of 18, 5.0% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 26.5% from 45 to 64, and 19.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 93.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $62,063, and the median income for a family was $75,899 (these figures had risen to $77,976 and $87,828 respectively as of a 2007 estimate[3]). Males had a median income of $49,890 versus $35,967 for females. The per capita income for the city was $34,094. About 0.8% of families and 3.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.2% of those under age 18 and 3.6% of those age 65 or over.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

GOLDEN VALLEY, a western suburb of Minneapolis, euphoniously named for its beautiful valley enclosing a small and narrow lake, was incorporated December 17, 1886, under a village charter, though it was chiefly a farming community. It had been formerly the northwest part of Minneapolis Township. Its post office operated first as Minneapolis Park, 1891-98, discontinuing in 1901; it had a station of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad.

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