St. Paul, Nebraska

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St. Paul is a city in Howard County, Nebraska, United States. It is the county seat of Howard County^GR6.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] Geography

St. Paul is located at 41°12′49″N, 98°27′36″W (41.213709, -98.459881)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.7 km² (1.1 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 2,218 people, 935 households, and 584 families residing in the city. The population density was 807.9/km² (2,083.8/mi²). There were 1,020 housing units at an average density of 371.5/km² (958.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 99.37% White, 0.23% African American, 0.18% Native American, 0.14% Asian, and 0.09% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.86% of the population.

There were 935 households out of which 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.8% were married couples living together, 9.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.5% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 22.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the city the population was spread out with 27.1% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 24.0% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 22.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 92.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $31,818, and the median income for a family was $43,571. Males had a median income of $32,051 versus $19,776 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,596. About 5.8% of families and 8.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.3% of those under age 18 and 17.2% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Trivia

Baseball Hall of Famer Grover Cleveland Alexander was born here.
New York political strategist, writer and radio commentator Bob Geiger graduated from St. Paul High School in 1975.