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Population (year 2000): 3,789. Estimated
population in July 2005: 4,546 (+20.0% change)
Males: 1,873 (49.4%), Females: 1,916 (50.6%)
Scott County
Zip code:
56011
Median resident age: 34.9 years
Median household income: $50,272 (year 2000)
Median house value: $129,800 (year 2000)
Races in Belle Plaine:
- White Non-Hispanic (96.8%)
- Hispanic (1.1%)
- Two or more races (0.9%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
Ancestries: German (57.4%), Irish (16.2%),
Norwegian (12.7%), Swedish (4.9%), French (4.8%), English
(3.1%).
Elevation: 850 feet
Land area: 4.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Belle Plaine
- High school or higher: 81.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.2%
- Unemployed: 3.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 24.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Belle Plaine city
- Never married: 27.2%
- Now married: 55.4%
- Separated: 0.5%
- Widowed: 5.7%
- Divorced: 11.2%
0.6% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +613 (+19.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Belle Plaine:
- QUEEN OF PEACE HOSPITAL (about 15 miles; NEW PRAGUE,
MN)
- MINNESOTA VALLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 16 miles;
LE SUEUR, MN)
- RIDGEVIEW MEDICAL CENTER (about 16 miles; WACONIA,
MN)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Belle Plaine:
- MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL INTL/WOLD-CHAMBERLAIN/ (about 42
miles; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; ID: MSP)
- ST CLOUD REGIONAL (about 66 miles; ST CLOUD, MN; ID:
STC)
- ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL (about 102 miles; ROCHESTER,
MN; ID: RST)
Other public-use airports nearest to Belle Plaine:
- A.R.S. SPORT STRIP (about 3 miles; BELLE PLAINE, MN;
ID: 7Y7)
- LE SUEUR MUNI (about 17 miles; LE SUEUR, MN; ID:
12Y)
- MARTY'S TRANQUILITY BASE (about 22 miles; PRIOR
LAKE, MN; ID: 45D)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Belle Plaine:
- GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE (about 26 miles; ST PETER,
MN; Full-time enrollment: 2,355)
- NORMANDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 35 miles;
BLOOMINGTON, MN; FT enrollment: 4,636)
- SOUTH CENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE-MANKATO (about 36
miles; NORTH MANKATO, MN; FT enrollment: 2,186)
- MINNESOTA STATE UNVERSITY-MANKATO (about 36 miles;
MANKATO, MN; FT enrollment: 11,210)
- MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about
41 miles; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; FT enrollment: 3,857)
- HENNEPIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 43 miles; BROOKLYN
PARK, MN; FT enrollment: 3,138)
- NORTH HENNEPIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 43 miles;
BROOKLYN PARK, MN; FT enrollment: 3,097)
Public high school in Belle Plaine:
- BELLE PLAINE SR. (Students: 419; Location:
220 S. MARKET ST.; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Belle Plaine:
- BELLE PLAINE EL. (Students: 718; Location:
330 S. MARKET ST.; Grades: KG - 06)
- BELLE PLAINE JR. (Students: 230; Location:
130 S. WILLOW ST.; Grades: 07 - 08)
- MRVSEC/BELLE PLAINE EL. (Students: 8;
Location: 220 MARKET ST. S.; Grades: PK - PK)
- EARLY CHILDHOOD (Location: 330 S. MARKET;
Grades: 00 - 00)
Private primary/middle schools in Belle Plaine:
- TRINITY LUTHERAN SCHOOL (Students: 97;
Location: 500 WEST CHURCH STREET; Grades: PK - 8)
- OUR LADY OF THE PRAIRIE SCHOOL (Students: 42;
Location: 215 NORTH CHESTNUT; Grades: KG - 6)
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