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General Facts and Information about the City

 

Incorporated in 1881and Home Rule Charter adopted in 1921

Metropolitan Council 2003 population estimate: 24,909

Ramsey County 2000 U.S. Census population: 511,035 

Total Land Area: 10 square miles or 5516 acres

Residential Density: 2,490 people per square mile

About the Lake

White Bear Lake is 2,416 acres

Average Elevation: 923

Maximum Depth: 83.00

Land Use

 

Land Use Type

Single Family

Multi-Family

Commercial

General Commercial

Industrial

General Industrial

Public Parks and Open Space

Public/Semi Public

Park Recreational

Roads

Wetlands

Open Water

Vacant

Total City

 

Acres

2180

323

 

235

 

173

 

354

637

1,097

650

380

137

5516

 

Percent

39.5

5.9

 

4.3

 

3.1

 

6.4

11.6

19.9

11.8

6.9

2.4

100.0

 

U.S. Census 2000 Demographics

SEX AND AGE

Male

Female

 

Under 5 years

5 to 9 years

10 to 14 years

15 to 19 years

20 to 24 years

25 to 34 years

35 to 44 years

45 to 54 years

55 to 59 years

60 to 64 years

65 to 74 years

75 to 84 years

85 years and over

Median age (years)

18 years and over

21 years and over

62 years and over

65 years and over

 

 

47.9%

52.1%

 

6.1%

7.0%

7.1%

7.6%

5.7%

13.0%

16.3%

13.6%

5.0%

4.1%

7.9%

5.0%

1.7%

37.4

75.2%

71.1%

17.0%

14.6%

 

MARITAL STATUS

Never married

Now married, except separated

Separated

Widowed

Divorced

 

 

25.5%

58.3%

1.0%

6.2%

9.1%

 

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Nursery school, preschool

Kindergarten

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

High school (grades 9-12)

College or graduate school

 

 

7.1%

5.5%

42.7%

25.4%

19.4%

 

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Less than 9th grade

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

Some college, no degree

Associate degree

Bachelor’s degree

Graduate or professional degree

Percent high school graduate or higher

Percent bachelor’s degree or higher

 

2.7%

5.6%

26.7%

27.0%

7.7%

21.4%

8.8%

91.7

30.2

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian veterans   14.7%

DISABILITY STATUS (Non-institutionalized)

Ages 5 to 20 years

Ages 21 to 64 years

Age 65 years and over

 

8.0%

12.4%

34.8%

 

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Same house in 1995

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

Different house same county

Different county

Different house same state

Different state

Elsewhere in 1995

 

 

61.1%

38.0%

21.5%

16.5%

10.7%

5.8%

1.0%

 

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Native

Born in United States

Born in Minnesota

Born in Different State

Born outside United States

Foreign born

Entered 1990 to March 2000

Naturalized citizen

Not a citizen

 

 

96.7%

96.2%

74.5%

21.7%

0.4%

3.3%

1.4%

1.6%

1.7%

 

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

Europe

Asia

Africa

Latin America

Northern America

 

 

29.8%

45.6%

11.0%

12.6%

0.9%

 

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

English only

Language other than English

Spanish

Other Indo-European languages

Asian and Pacific Island languages

 

 

94.7%

5.3%

1.5%

1.9%

1.4%

 

RACE

One race

White

Black or African American

American Indian and Alaska Native

Asian

Asian Indian

Chinese

Filipino

Japanese

Korean

Vietnamese

Other Asian

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

Native Hawaiian

Samoan

Other Pacific Islander

Some other race

Two or more races

 

 

98.7%

95.3%

1.1%

0.4%

1.5%

0.1%

0.1%

0.1%

0.1%

0.3%

0.2%

0.7%

0.1%

 

 

 

0.3%

1.3%

 

HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE

Hispanic or Latino (of any race)

Mexican

Puerto Rican

Cuban

Other Hispanic or Latino

Not Hispanic or Latino

 

 

1.7%

1.2%

 

0.1%

0.4%

98.3%

 

ANCESTRY

Arab

Czech

Danish

Dutch

English

French (except Basque)

French Canadian

German

Greek

Hungarian

Irish

Italian

Lithuanian

Norwegian

Polish

Portuguese

Russian

Scotch-Irish

Scottish

Slovak

Sub-Saharan African

Swedish

Swiss

Ukrainian

United States or American

Welsh

Other ancestries

 

 

0.2%

1.5%

1.6%

1.7%

7.0%

7.3%

3.3%

37.7%

0.2%

0.5%

14.3%

4.1%

0.1%

14.5%

5.4%

 

0.7%

0.6%

1.7%

0.3%

0.3%

11.9%

0.4%

0.1%

2.7%

0.4%

14.7%

 

EMPLOYMENT STATUS

In labor force

Civilian labor force

Employed

Unemployed

Percent of civilian labor force

Not in labor force

 

 

70.3%

70.3%

67.7%

2.6%

3.7

29.7%

 

OCCUPATION

Management and professional

Service occupations

Sales and office

Farming, fishing, and forestry

Construction and maintenance

Production, transportation, etc

 

 

36.9%

11.5%

29.6%

0.1%

8.7%

13.2%

 

INDUSTRY

Agriculture, forestry, fishing, etc

Construction

Manufacturing

Wholesale trade

Retail trade

Transportation, warehousing, etc

Information

Finance, insurance, real estate, etc

Professional, scientific, management

Educational, health and social services

Arts, entertainment

Other services (except public administration)

Public administration

 

 

0.7%

5.7%

17.8%

3.8%

13.2%

4.1%

2.9%

7.1%

8.8%

20.6%

6.3%

5.1%

3.9%

 

CLASS OF WORKER

Private wage and salary workers

Government workers

Self-employed workers

Unpaid family workers

 

 

81.3%

12.6%

6.0%

0.1%

 

INCOME

Median household income

Median Family Income

Per capita income

Male full-time, year-round workers

Female full-time, year-round workers

 

 

$52,934

$60,196

$24,338

$41,699

$31,797

 

POVERTY STATUS

Families

Individuals

 

 

3.3%

4.4%

 

HOUSEHOLD

Family households

Nonfamily households

Average household size

Average family size

 

 

69.1%

30.9%

2.49%

2.99%

 

HOUSING OCCUPANCY

Total housing units

Occupied housing units

Vacant housing units

For seasonal, recreational use

Homeowner vacancy rate

Rental vacancy rate

 

 

9,813

98.0%

2.0%

0.6%

0.3%

2.0%

 

HOUSING TENURE

Occupied housing units

Owner-occupied housing units

Renter-occupied housing units

 

9,618

74.6%

25.4%

 

MEDIAN HOME VALUE                               $178,600

Weather

Normal Daily Temperatures - Twin Cities

 

Month High Low
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
 
20.7
26.6
39.2
56.5
69.4
78.8
84.0
80.7
70.7
58.8
41.0
25.5
 
2.8
9.2
22.7
36.2
47.6
57.6
63.1
60.3
50.3
38.8
25.2
10.2
 

Normal Snowfall - Twin Cities

   
Month Inches of Snow
January
February
March
April
October
November
December

 
11.1
8.6
11.2
3.2
0.6
7.8
9.8

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