Saint Paul, Minnesota

Saint Paul is the capital and second-largest city of the state of Minnesota in the United States. It is the county seat of Ramsey County. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 287,151, although that number had decreased to 276,963 in the Census' 2004 estimates. Saint Paul and the adjacent city of Minneapolis form the core of the area known as the Twin Cities.

Demographics

As of the census2 of 2000, there are 287,151 people, 112,109 households, and 60,987 families residing in the city. The population density is 2,101.0/km² (5,441.7/mi²). There are 115,713 housing units at an average density of 846.6/km² (2,192.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 67.02% White, 11.71% African American, 1.13% Native American, 12.36% Asian (mostly Hmong and Vietnamese), 0.07% Pacific Islander, 3.84% from other races, and 3.87% from two or more races. 7.91% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Related Topics:
Census - ² - 2000 - Population density - White - African American - Native American - Asian - Hmong - Vietnamese - Pacific Islander - Other races - Hispanic - Latino

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Saint Paul has the world's second largest urban Hmong population.

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There are 112,109 households out of which 29.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.1% are married couples living together, 13.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 45.6% are non-families. 35.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 9.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.46 and the average family size is 3.32.

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In the city the population is spread out with 27.1% under the age of 18, 12.5% from 18 to 24, 32.0% from 25 to 44, 18.0% from 45 to 64, and 10.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 31 years. For every 100 females there are 93.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 89.5 males.

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The median income for a household in the city is $38,774, and the median income for a family is $48,925. Males have a median income of $35,111 versus $29,432 for females. The per capita income for the city is $20,216. 15.6% of the population and 11.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 23.2% of those under the age of 18 and 9.7% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.

Related Topics:
Per capita income - Poverty line

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Neighborhoods

Saint Paul is notable for its neighborhoods; the city has been called "fifteen small towns with one mayor", owing to the neighborhood-based life of much of the city.

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The city's fifteen main neighborhoods, from northwest to southeast, include:

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; Saint Anthony Park : A tree-shaded neighborhood surrounding the University of Minnesota Saint Paul campus, bordering Northeast Minneapolis on the west and the Minnesota State Fairgrounds on the east.

Related Topics:
University of Minnesota - Saint Paul - Minneapolis

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; Merriam Park : A well-to-do neighborhood bordering the Mississippi River on the west.

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; Macalester-Groveland : Upscale neighborhood with three post-secondary institutions (Macalester College, the College of Saint Catherine's and the University of Saint Thomas), with scenic East River Parkway and a gorgeous view of the Mississippi River as its western border.

Related Topics:
Macalester College - College of Saint Catherine's - University of Saint Thomas - Mississippi River

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; Highland : Another largely-upscale neighborhood, although it includes the city's Ford truck factory. Historically the city's primary Jewish neighborhood and home to most of the city's synogogues.

Related Topics:
Ford - Jewish - Synogogue

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; The Midway : Middle-class neighborhood which derives its name from being midway between the downtowns of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. Includes the city's primary warehouse district and passenger rail terminal.

Related Topics:
Minneapolis - Saint Paul

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; Como : Cozy upper-middle-class neighborhood situated around Lake Como, the city's main recreational lake.

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; North End : A traditionally blue-collar neighborhood based on the Rice Street corridor.

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; Thomas-Dale: More usually called "Frogtown", the neighborhood has been in transition for decades. The neighborhood experienced massive problems as the center of Saint Paul's drug and prostitution trades in the 1980s and 1990s.

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; Summit-University : Another neighborhood in transition, "Summit-Uni" is the heart of the local Hmong community as well as the city's other Asian communities, of whom Vietnamese, Laotians and Cambodians are represented in large numbers. Summit-University also incorporates the remnants of the old "Rondo" neighborhood - once a full-fledged neighborhood of the city, Rondo was the center of the Cities' African-American community dating back to the Civil War. Rondo was destroyed by the construction of Interstate 94 in the 1950's through the 1970's.

Related Topics:
Hmong - Asian - Vietnamese - Lao - Cambodian - African-American - Civil War - Interstate 94

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; Summit Hill: Also called "Cathedral Hill" by locals, the neighborhood is centered on Summit Avenue, the traditional home of the city's aristocracy, and the Saint Paul Cathedral, home of the Archdiocese of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. With its vista of downtown and the Mississippi River, it is among the poshest neighborhoods in the Twin Cities. It was home to artists as diverse as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sinclair Lewis, August Wilson and, currently, Garrison Keillor.

Related Topics:
Cathedral - Mississippi River - Twin Cities - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Sinclair Lewis - August Wilson - Garrison Keillor

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; West Seventh: Usually called "The West End" by locals (as distinguished from "the West Side", of which more below), the West Seventh neighborhood is a traditional immigrant neighborhood located below Summit Hill and along the Mississippi River. The West End is the historical center of the Twin Cities' Irish, German, Italian and Czech immigrant communities.

Related Topics:
Mississippi River - Italian - Czech

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; Downtown: Downtown Saint Paul is in a perpetual state of rebound; its glory days were in the 1940s, and the neighborhood - always overshadowed by Downtown Minneapolis - is constantly trying to regain jobs and prestige. Home to Excel Center, home of the Minnesota Wild hockey team.

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; West Side : The name is somewhat confusing to newcomers, as the neighborhood is actually somewhat east of the line bisecting the city; it's the neighborhood across the Mississippi River to the south of Downtown, but technically on the west bank of the predominantly north-south river. It is the home to the largest Hispanic neighborhood in the Twin Cities, based along César Chávez Boulevard.

Related Topics:
Hispanic - César Chávez

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; Payne-Phalen : The neighborhood ranges from a toughish, blue-collar area to the south, to to a solid middle-class area north of Maryland Avenue, and includes some fairly upscale real estate around scenic Lake Phalen.

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; Dayton's Bluff : Dayton's Bluff is another highly-transitional neighborhood. The lower part of the Bluff, a sub-neighborhood called "Swede Hollow", is traditionally a fairly tough area; the Hollow and the Bluff in general have been home, sequentially, to most of the Twin Cities' immigrant communities, from Swedes and Germans in the mid-1800's, through waves of Italians, Eastern Europeans, African-Americans, Asians, Hispanics, and now Somali and Eritrean immigrants.

Related Topics:
Somali - Eritrean

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; Greater East Side : A largely middle-class neighborhood which borders on (and traditionally supplied much of the workforce for) neighboring 3M Corporation, one of Minnesota's biggest employers, whose corporate headquarters is just across McKnight Road from the Greater East Side in the suburb of Maplewood.

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; Battle Creek : A large, comfortably middle-class neighborhood on the southeast side of the city, featuring some spectacular views of the Mississippi River and Downtown Saint Paul. Traditionally a bedroom community for 3M, it's become much more diverse in the past 30 years.

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