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Mayor: R. T. Rybak (to Jan. 2010)
2000 census population (rank): 382,618
(45); % change: 3.9; Male: 192,232 (50.2%);
Female: 190,386 (49.8%); White: 249,186 (65.1%);
Black: 68,818 (18.0%); American Indian and Alaska
Native: 8,378 (2.2%); Asian: 23,455 (6.1%); Other
race: 15,798 (4.1%); Two or more races: 16,694 (4.4%);
Hispanic/Latino: 29,175 (7.6%). 2000 percent population 18
and over: 78.0%; 65 and over: 9.1%; Median age:
31.2
2005 population estimate (rank): 372,811
(48)
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additional census data
Land area: 55 sq mi. (142 sq km);
Alt.: Highest, 945 ft.; lowest, 695
ft.
Avg. daily temp.: Jan., 11.8° F; July,
73.6° F
Churches: 419;
City-owned parks: 170+ (6,400 ac.);
Radio stations1: AM, 17; FM, 15;
Television stations1: 6
Civilian Labor Force (MSA) April 2006:
1,850,7002;
Unemployed: 70,0002,
Percent: 3.82;
Per capita personal income (MSA)
2004: $40,9152
Chamber of Commerce: Minneapolis
Regional Chamber of Commerce, 81 S. Ninth St., Suite 200,
Minneapolis, MN 55402-3223
1. Metropolitan area.
2. Minneapolis–St.
Paul–Bloomington, Minn.–Wis.
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Minneapolis, the largest city in Minnesota and the seat of
Hennepin County, is located in the southeast central part of the state on
the Mississippi River. It is
adjacent to its “twin city” of St. Paul.
In 1680, Father Louis Hennepin visited the future site of Minneapolis and gave the Falls of St. Anthony
their name. Lt. Zebulon Pike made a
treaty with the Sioux Indians in
1805–1806, by which they ceded to the whites much land, including
the Falls of St. Anthony and the site of Minneapolis. Fort Snelling was built in
1819–1820, and in 1823 the government built a lumber and flour mill.
Flour milling became the major industry of early Minneapolis and made the
city the milling capital of the world. The town of St. Anthony was
established on the east bank of the Mississippi in 1848, and the town of
Minneapolis grew up on the opposite bank of the river. The name
Minneapolis is a combination of the Dakota Sioux word “minna,”
for water, and the Greek word “polis,” for city. Minneapolis
was incorporated as a city in 1867, and in 1872 the city of St. Anthony
(chartered in 1860) was annexed to it. After the spread of the railroads
in the 1870s, Minneapolis became the gateway to the Northern Great Plains.
Minneapolis is a center of industry and commerce serving a large
agricultural region. During the 20th century, manufacturing, food
processing, milling, computers, health services, and graphic arts
developed as Minneapolis's major industries. Fifteen Fortune 500 companies
are headquartered in the Minneapolis–St. Paul metropolitan area. The
city is the headquarters of the Ninth Federal Reserve Bank.
The Twin Cities are known for their wide array of cultural attractions,
and Minneapolis is home to many fine museums, including the Minneapolis
Institute of Arts, the Walker Center, and the Frederick R. Weisman Art
Museum at the University of Minnesota's Minneapolis campus.
Mayor Rybak was elected to a second term in the November 2005
election.
The Twin Cities, Minnepolis and St. Paul, hosted the 2008 Republican
National Convention.
See also Encyclopedia: Minneapolis.
Selected famous
natives and residents:
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La Verne, Maxene, and Patti Andrews
singers;
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James Arness
actor;
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Lew Ayres
actor;
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Patty Berg
golfer;
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Virginia Bruce
actress;
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J. Paul Getty
oil executive;
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Peter Graves
actor;
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George Roy Hill
director;
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Cornell MacNeil
baritone;
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Ralph Meeker
actor;
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Bronko Nagurski
football player;
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Westbrook Pegler
columnist;
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Prince
singer;
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Harrison Salisbury
journalist;
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Charles Schulz
cartoonist;
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Anne Tyler
writer;
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Bud Wilkinson
football coach;
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David Winfield
baseball player.
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