ZIP Code 55118

Saint Paul is the capital of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County. It is located on high bluffs overlooking a bend in the Mississippi River. The Dakota name for where Saint Paul is situated is "Imnizaska" for the "white rock" bluffs along the river. As of the 2021 census estimates, the city's population was 307,193, making it the 67th-largest city in the United States. The city has two sports venues: Xcel Energy Center, home to the Minnesota Wild, and Allianz Field, home of Minnesota United. Saint Paul and Minneapolis are known as the "Twin Cities" and make up the core of MinneapolisSaint Paul metropolitan area, the third most populous metro in the Midwest. In the Menominee language St. Paul was called Snepn-Menkn, which means "ribbon, silk or satin village", suggesting its role in trade throughout the region after the introduction of European goods. The current mayor is Melvin Carter III, who was first elected in 2018. In 1841, Catholic missionary Lucien Galtier sent a missionary to the area to establish a Catholic church. In 1840, a raiding party of the Ojibwe attacked a popular tavern called Pig's Eye Landing (French: L'Du Cochon) south of St Paul. A battle ensued where a creek was drained into wetlands and today is called Battle Creek. The 1837 Treaty with the Sioux ceded all tribal lands east of the Mississippi to the government.

History

Saint Paul is the primary city name, but also Falcon Heights, Falcon Hgts, Lauderdale are acceptable city names or spellings. The official name is City of Saint Paul. From the early 17th century to 1837, the Mdewakanton Dakota, a tribe of the Sioux, lived near the mounds. In the Menominee language St. Paul was called Snepn-Menkn, which means "rib, pill or satin village" A military reservation was intended for the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers on both sides of the river. In 1819, Fort Snelling was built at the Minnesota and Mississippi confluence. The 1837 Treaty with the Sioux ceded all tribal lands to the U.S. government. The location was last last reason the city became a transportation hub. For a time, St Paul was St Paul and the Last City of East Paul was the St Paul. The St Paul area was called "The Last City" and the last city was "St. Paul" until the town built its first town. The town was called the "Last City" or the "St Paul" area and the first town was the "last town" The town called the last town and the town called it "The St Paul" It was the town that was the first city to build its first school. The city that was first school to the city's first school was the city that became the city of Saint Paul. Before that there was a new bridge to St Paul built in 1840s, a new road was built in 1849 with Saint Paul as the capital. After that, the city was called St Paul or the town of St Paul, until the city did not start until 1880.

Geography

The city is situated in east-central Minnesota. The Mississippi River forms a municipal boundary on part of the city's west, southwest, and southeast sides. The city is divided into 17 Planning Districts, created in 1979 to allow neighborhoods to participate in governance and use Community Development Block Grants. The Parks and Recreation department is responsible for 160 parks and 41 recreation centers. Saint Paul ranked #2 in park access and quality, after only Minneapolis, in the 2018 ParkScore ranking of the top 100 park systems across the United States according to the nonprofit Trust for Public Land. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 56.18 square miles (145.51 km²), of which 51.98 sq miles (134.63 km²) is land and 4.20sq miles (10.88 km 2) is water. The largest lakes in the city are Pig's Eye Lake, which is part of. the Mississippi, Lake Phalen, and Lake Como.Saint Paul is located on the banks of the Mississippi River, which was carved into the region during the last ice age. The river bluffs and dramatic palisades on which the city is built were created by torrents of water from a glacial river that served the river valleys. It is located between Minneapolis and Maplewood, the state's largest city, to the west. The cities of West Saint Paul and South Saint Paul are to the south, as are Lilydale, Mendota, and Mendota Heights across the river from the city.

Climate

Saint Paul has a humid continental climate typical of the Upper Midwestern United States. Winters are frigid and snowy, while summers are warm to hot and humid. The city experiences a full range of precipitation and related weather events, including snow, sleet, ice, rain, thunderstorms, tornadoes, and fog. The average annual temperature of 46.5 °F (8.1 °C) gives the MinneapolisSaint Paul metropolitan area the coldest annual mean temperature of any major metropolitan area in the continental U.S. due to its northerly location and lack of large bodies of water to moderate the air, Saint Paul is sometimes subjected to cold Arctic air masses, especially during late December, January, and February. On the Köppen climate classification,Saint Paul falls in the hot summer humid continentalclimate zone (Dfa) The city is located in the Upper Midwest region of the United States, and has a population of around 2.2 million. The area is located on the Ohio River, which flows through the city. The river is the main source of water for the city, and is also the source of the city's water supply. Saint Paul has an average annual mean temperatures of 46 °F, or 8.1 °C. It is located near the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. The region is one of the most arid areas in the world, with an average temperature of 8.4 °F (4.7°C) in July.

Demographics

The earliest known inhabitants from about 400 A.D. were members of the Hopewell tradition who buried their dead in mounds (now Indian Mounds Park) The next known inhabitants were the Mdewakanton Dakota in the 17th century who fled their ancestral home of Mille Lacs Lake in central Minnesota in response to westward expansion of the Ojibwe nation. By 1800, French-Canadian explorers came through the region and attracted fur traders to the area. In 1850, the first of many groups of Swedish immigrants passed through Saint Paul on their way to farming communities in northern and western regions of the territory. A large group settled in Swede Hollow, which later became home to Poles, Italians, and Mexicans. Mexican immigrants have settled in Saint Paul's West Side since the 1930s, and have grown enough that Mexico opened a foreign consulate in 2005. The city has been dubbed "paganistan" due to its large Wiccan population. The majority of residents claiming religious affiliation are Christian, split between the Roman Catholic Church and various Protestant denominations. The Roman Catholic presence comes from Irish, German, Scottish, and French Canadian settlers, who in time were bolstered by Hispanic immigrants. A settlement program for the Hmong diaspora came soon after, and by 2000, the Saint Paul Hmong were the largest urban contingent in the United States. There is also a visible community of people of Sub-Saharan African ancestry, representing 4.2% of the population.

Economy

The MinneapolisSaint PaulBloomington area employs 1,570,700 people in the private sector as of July 2008, 82.43% of whom work in private service providing-related jobs. The city was home to the Ford Motor Company's Twin Cities Assembly Plant, which opened in 1924 and closed at the end of 2011. Saint Paul has financed city development with tax increment financing (TIF). In 2018, it had 55 TIF districts. Projects that have benefited from TIF funding include the St. Paul Saints stadium, and the affordable housing along the Twin Cities Metro Green Line.Saint Paul passed what critics have called "the nation's worst rent control law" by voter referendum in November 2021, as part of a larger effort to curb rising housing costs. Some claim the law has had the opposite effect by raising housing costs as "new building permit applications plunge[d] and developers [froze] in-progress housing projects, totaling thousands of units, as their financing partners skipped town" The city council voted to amend and "water down" the law in September 2022, and it is expected to be in place by September 2022. The 3M Company built a art deco headquarters at 900 Bush that still stands. Ecolab is a chemical and cleaning product company that the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal named in 2008 as the eighth-best place to work in the Twin Cites for companies with 1,000 full-time Minnesota employees, and Securian Financial Group Inc. is a financial services company.

Culture

Every January, Saint Paul hosts the Saint Paul Winter Carnival, a tradition that began in 1886 when a New York reporter called Saint Paul "another Siberia" The city is associated with the Minnesota State Fair in neighboring Falcon Heights just west of Como Park. The Irish Fair of Minnesota is held annually at the Harriet Island Pavilion area. Fort Snelling is often identified as being in St. Paul but is actually its own unorganized territory. The internationally acclaimed Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra is the nation's only full-time professional chamber orchestra. Great jazz musicians have passed through the influential Artists' Quarter, first established in the 1970s in Whittier, Minneapolis, and moved to downtown Saint Paul in 1994. As an Irish stronghold, the city boasts popular Irish pubs with live music, such as Shamrocks, The Dubliner, and until its closure in 2019, O'Gara's. The city's recreation sites include Indian Mounds Park, Battle Creek Regional Park, Harriet Island Regional Park, Highland Park, the Wabasha Street Caves, Lake Como, Lake Phalen, and Rice Park, as well as several areas abutting the Mississippi River. The Como Zoo and Conservatory and adjoining Japanese Garden are popular year-round. The Minnesota Centennial Showboat began in 1958 with Minnesota's first centennial celebration. The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts hosts theater productions and the Minnesota Opera is a founding tenant. RiverCentre, attached to Xcel Energy Center, serves as the city's convention center.

Sports

Minnesota's oldest athletic organization, the Minnesota Boat Club, resides in the Mississippi River on Raspberry Island. The Xcel Energy Center, a multipurpose entertainment and sports venue, can host concerts and accommodate nearly all sporting events. The St. Paul Curling Club, founded in 1912, is the largest curling club in the United States. Minnesota Roller Derby is a flat-track roller derby league based in the Roy Wilkins Auditorium, made up of women and gender expansive athletes. Saint Paul is also home to Circus Juventas, the largest circus arts school in North America. The Minnesota Wild play their home games in downtown Saint Paul, which opened in 2000. The Saints are the city's Minor League Baseball team, which plays in the International League as an affiliate of the Minnesota Twins. Four noted Major League All-Star baseball players are natives of Saint Paul: Dave Winfield, Paul Molitor, Jack Morris, and first baseman Joe Mauer. On March 25, 2015, Major League Soccer announced that it had awarded its 23rd MLS franchise to Minnesota United FC, a team from the lower-level North American Soccer League. The stadium, Allianz Field, opened in April 2019 and seats 19,400. The team began playing in the MLS in 2017. On May 15, 2018, The Minnesota Whitecaps joined the Premier Hockey Federation (the former National Women's Hockey League) The team originally played in the Western Women's League before going independent in 2010. The Whitecaps play their games at TRIA, a 1,200-seat arena.

Government and politics

Saint Paul has a variant of the strong mayorcouncil form of government. The mayor is the chief executive and chief administrative officer of the city. The seven-member city council is its legislative body. The current mayor is Melvin Carter (DFL), Saint Paul's first African-American mayor. The city is also the county seat of Ramsey County, named for Alexander Ramsey, the state's first governor. Minnesota is represented in the US Senate by Democrat Amy Klobuchar, a former Hennepin County Attorney, and Democrat Tina Smith, former Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota. Saint Paul is the heart of Minnesota's 4th congressional district, represented by Democrat Betty McCollum. The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (affiliated with the Democratic Party) is headquartered in Saint Paul. Numerous state departments and services are also headquartered in the city, such as the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. The state capitol building, designed by Saint Paul resident Cass Gilbert, and the House and Senate office buildings are on Summit Avenue. The county once spanned much of the present-day metropolitan area and was originally to be named Saint Paul County. Today it is geographically the smallest county and the most densely populated. Ramsey is the only home rule county in Minnesota; the Board of Commissioners appoints a county manager whose office is in the combination city hall/county courthouse along with the Minnesota Second Judicial Courts. The nearby Law Enforcement Center houses the Ramsey County Sheriff's office. The district has been in DFL hands without interruption since 1949.

Education

The Saint Paul Public Schools district is the state's largest school district and serves approximately 39,000 students. The district runs 82 different schools, including 52 elementary schools, 12 middle schools, seven high schools, ten alternative schools, and one special education school. In 1992, Saint Paul became the first city in the US to sponsor and open a charter school, now found in most states across the nation. Saint Paul is second in the United States in the number of higher education institutions per capita, behind Boston. Well-known colleges and universities include the Saint Catherine University, Concordia University, Hamline University, Macalester College, and the University of St. Thomas. Metropolitan State University and Saint Paul College, which focus on non-traditional students, are based in Saint Paul, as well as a law school, Mitchell Hamline School of Law. Some students attend public schools in other school districts chosen by their families under Minnesota's open enrollment statute. The school district also oversees community education programs for pre-K and adult learners, including Early Childhood Family Education, GED Diploma, language programs, and various learning opportunities for community members of all ages. St. Paul Public Library system includes a central library, twelve branch locations, and a bookmobile. The city is home to 21 charter schools aswell as 38 private schools. In 2006, SaintPaul Public Schools celebrated its 150th anniversary. In 2008, the city was the first in the U.S. to open a public charter school.

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in Saint Paul, Dakota County, Minnesota = 46.2. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 1. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 10. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in Saint Paul = 3.2 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 311,527 individuals with a median age of 34.8 age the population dropped by -2.96% in Saint Paul, Dakota County, Minnesota population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 5,994.02 residents per square mile of area (2,314.32/km²). There are average 2.45 people per household in the 108,569 households with an average household income of $45,663 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 6.50% of the available work force and has dropped -2.96% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 26.68%. The number of physicians in Saint Paul per 100,000 population = 295.5.

Weather

The annual rainfall in Saint Paul = 31.4 inches and the annual snowfall = 49.4 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 109. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 194. 83 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 5.4 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 46, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in Saint Paul, Dakota County, Minnesota which are owned by the occupant = 50.65%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 60 years with median home cost = $144,340 and home appreciation of -9.01%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $11.76 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $8,092 per student. There are 17.2 students for each teacher in the school, 1478 students for each Librarian and 499 students for each Counselor. 5.61% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 20.15% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 12.12% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).