Guide to Forest Lake Minnesota

Forest Lake (city)	1970	1980	1990	2000	2007 (est)	1990-2000 Change
Forest Lake (city)	1970	1980	1990	2000	2007 (est)	Actual	Percent
Population	3,207	4,596	5,833	6,798	17,494	965	16.54
Land Area (sq. mile)	1.80	2.68	2.75	4.19	--	1.44	52.51
Density (persons per sq. mile)	1,781.67	1,714.93	2,121.09	1,620.84	--	-500.25	-23.58
Housing Units	1,117	1,880	2,471	2,897	--	426	17.24
Households	--	1,752	2,292	2,805	6,806	513	22.38
Persons Per Household	--	2.54	2.48	2.38	2.54	-0.10	-3.93

Forest Lake is a city in Washington County, Minnesota. It is located on a lake of the same name, part of the drainage basin of the Sunrise River. Interstate 35 and U.S. Routes 8 and 61 are three of the main arterial routes in the city. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.2 square miles (11.0 km²), of which, 4.2 square miles (10.9 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (1.18%) is water. The elevation is 912 ft (278 m).

As of the census of 2000, there were 6,798 people, 2,805 households, and 1,744 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,620.8 people per square mile (626.4/km²). There were 2,897 housing units at an average density of 690.7/sq mi (267.0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.18% White, 0.40% African American, 0.40% Native American, 0.54% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.19% from other races, and 1.24% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.00% of the population.

There were 2,805 households out of which 32.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.9% were married couples living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.8% were non-families. 30.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the city the population was spread out with 25.8% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 31.2% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 93.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $44,419, and the median income for a family was $52,898. Males had a median income of $38,333 versus $26,028 for females. The per capita income for the city was $20,058. About 4.1% of families and 6.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.9% of those under age 18 and 11.2% of those age 65 or over.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

FOREST LAKE Township, organized March 11, 1874, took the name of its city at the west end of a large lake so named from the heavy timber skirting its shores. The city was incorporated in 1896 as a village; it was laid out in 1868 by the St. Paul and Duluth Railroad as a fuel stop on the shore of the lake. A post office was established in 1869, with Michael Marsh as postmaster in his hotel; he was born in Germany in 1828, came to Minnesota in 1855, first to Hastings and then to Forest Lake, later moving to St. Paul.

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