Plymouth, Minnesota Plymouth, Minnesota Plymouth City Hall Plymouth City Hall Flag of Plymouth, Minnesota Plymouth is the seventh biggest city in the U.S.
Located 15 miles (24 km) west of downtown Minneapolis in Hennepin County, the town/city is the third biggest suburb of Minneapolis Saint Paul, which is the sixteenth biggest urbane region in the United States, with about 3.52 million residents.
Once titled for Medicine Lake, the city's name was chosen by Hennepin County Commissioners amid the county's inception. 5.1 Public schools Plymouth's beginning as a town occurred in 1855 on the northwest shores of what is now known as Parkers Lake.
The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners titled the new settlement Plymouth.
Schools and churches were assembled and a postal service was positioned in Plymouth.
By 1880, Plymouth boasted a populace of 1,074, and reaped $667 in annual taxes.
The town/city adopted the Council Manager form of government on August 1, 1968.
Plymouth became a statutory town/city on February 7, 1974.
It remained a statutory town/city until voters opted to make it a home rule charter town/city by adopting a City Charter on November 3, 1992.
Plymouth was titled by Money Magazine the number one town/city in which to live in the United States in 2008.
The periodical gave top honors to Plymouth because of its inclusion of residentiary areas, industry, parks, schools, and other aspects which make Plymouth a self-contained and essentially autonomous city.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 35.33 square miles (91.50 km2), of which 32.68 square miles (84.64 km2) is territory and 2.65 square miles (6.86 km2) is water. Highway 169, and Minnesota State Highway 55 are three of the chief routes in the city.
Plymouth has 863 cul-de-sacs and 300 miles of town/city streets, which are maintained by the city's enhance works crews. Plymouth has a humid continental climate, typical of the Midwestern United States, with very cold winters, and hot, often humid summers.
Summer daytime temperatures average 83 F (28 C), with a low of around 60 F (15 C), while winter temperatures average only 23 F (-5 C) and a low of 3 F (-16 C).
The highest recorded temperature in Plymouth was 99 F (37 C) in 1964, and the lowest was -39 F (-39.4 C) in 1977.
Climate data for Plymouth, Minnesota According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a homehold in the town/city was $80,949, and the median income for a family was $101,630.
As of the census of 2000, there were 65,894 citizens , 24,820 homeholds, and 17,647 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 91.36% White, 2.71% African American, 0.33% Native American, 3.79% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.50% from other competitions, and 1.31% from two or more competitions.
There were 24,820 homeholds out of which 37.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 61.2% were married couples living together, 7.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 28.9% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 27.1% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 33.0% from 25 to 44, 25.0% from 45 to 64, and 7.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $77,008, and the median income for a family was $90,134.
As of the census of 2010, there were 70,576 citizens , 28,663 homeholds, and 19,230 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 84.2% White, 5.2% African American, 0.3% Native American, 6.9% Asian, 1.0% from other competitions, and 2.3% from two or more competitions.
There were 28,663 homeholds of which 32.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 55.6% were married couples living together, 8.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.0% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 32.9% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 39.5 years.
Plymouth is an autonomous precinct currently represented by state senators Terri Bonoff (D), Ann Rest (D) and Ron Latz (D).
Plymouth's state delegates are Ryan Winkler (D), Lyndon Carlson (D) and Sarah Anderson (R).
Plymouth is positioned in Minnesota's 3rd congressional district, which is represented by Erik Paulsen (R).
Minnesota's Congressional senators are Amy Klobuchar (D) whom Plymouth voted for overwhelmingly, and Al Franken (D).
Wayzata High School Five school districts serve Plymouth, Wayzata Public Schools (ISD 284), Robbinsdale Area Schools (ISD 281), Osseo School District (279), West Metro Education Project District (ISD 6069) and Hopkins School District (ISD 270).
The majority of the city, especially the western, northwestern, and southern areas, is served by Wayzata Public Schools.
Robbinsdale Area Schools serves the east-central region of Plymouth.
The Osseo District includes the northeast region and Hopkins includes the southeast corner of Plymouth.
Some students attend enhance schools in other school districts chosen by their families under Minnesota's open enrollment statute. Gleason Lake Elementary School Oakwood Elementary School Plymouth Creek Elementary School Wayzata East Middle School Wayzata Central Middle School Wayzata West Middle School Wayzata High School Wayzata High School is directed by the Wayzata School District, has approximately 3500 students in grades 9 to 12 (2011), making it the biggest secondary school by enrollment in Minnesota.
Projected enrollment for the 2012-2013 School Year is 3617.
It is also the biggest Minnesota secondary school by structural size, with an interior of 487,000 square feet (45,200 m2).
The school is part of the Lake Conference.
In 2008, Newsweek ranked the school #940 "List of the 1300 Top High Schools in America." Robbinsdale School District Robbinsdale Armstrong High School Robbinsdale Plymouth Middle School Zachary Lane Elementary School West Lutheran High School According to Plymouth's 2014 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the principal employers in the town/city are: 1 Wayzata Public Schools 1,505 7 City of Plymouth 571 City of Plymouth, Minnesota United States Enumeration Bureau.
City of Plymouth CAFR Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Plymouth Municipalities and communities of Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
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