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Falcon Heights is a city in Ramsey County
Ramsey County, Minnesota

Ramsey County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota, founded in 1849 As of 2000, the population was 511,035. Its county seat is St....
, Minnesota
Minnesota

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, United States
United States

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. The population was 5,572 at the 2000 census. It became a village in 1949 and a city in 1973.

Falcon Heights is the home of the University of Minnesota's St. Paul Campus
University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public university research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, Minnesota, United States....
 and golf course, part of the Minnesota State Fair
Minnesota State Fair

The Minnesota State Fair is the state fair of the U.S. state of Minnesota. It has been marketed for generations as "The Great Minnesota Get-Together." It may be the largest state fair in the United States in terms of average daily attendance, though the State Fair of Texas runs twice as long and is the largest by annual attendance....
grounds, and the Gibbs Museum of Pioneer and Dakotah Life
Gibbs Museum of Pioneer and Dakotah Life

The Gibbs Museum of Pioneer and Dakotah Life is a farm located at 2097 West Larpenteur Avenue, Falcon Heights, Minnesota, Minnesota. The site was the home of Heman Gibbs and Jane DeBow, first built in 1854; the existing farmhouse includes the small, original cabin....
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on Heights is served by the .

Falcon Heights Elementary school is the only school within the city boundary.






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Falcon Heights is a city in Ramsey County
Ramsey County, Minnesota

Ramsey County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota, founded in 1849 As of 2000, the population was 511,035. Its county seat is St....
, Minnesota
Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with just over five million residents....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. The population was 5,572 at the 2000 census. It became a village in 1949 and a city in 1973.

Falcon Heights is the home of the University of Minnesota's St. Paul Campus
University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public university research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, Minnesota, United States....
 and golf course, part of the Minnesota State Fair
Minnesota State Fair

The Minnesota State Fair is the state fair of the U.S. state of Minnesota. It has been marketed for generations as "The Great Minnesota Get-Together." It may be the largest state fair in the United States in terms of average daily attendance, though the State Fair of Texas runs twice as long and is the largest by annual attendance....
grounds, and the Gibbs Museum of Pioneer and Dakotah Life
Gibbs Museum of Pioneer and Dakotah Life

The Gibbs Museum of Pioneer and Dakotah Life is a farm located at 2097 West Larpenteur Avenue, Falcon Heights, Minnesota, Minnesota. The site was the home of Heman Gibbs and Jane DeBow, first built in 1854; the existing farmhouse includes the small, original cabin....
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Education

Falcon Heights is served by the .

Falcon Heights Elementary school is the only school within the city boundary. This school is part of

Due to the location of the university in the city, Falcon Heights is the 70th best educated city in the United States. 70.3% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher; 38.1% have a graduate or professional degree.

History

On September 2, 1901 then-Vice President Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt

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 first used the African proverb "Speak softly and carry a big stick" in a speech at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, in Falcon Heights. Roosevelt became president just two weeks later, upon the assassination of William McKinley
William McKinley

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, and built the phrase into his concept of Big Stick Diplomacy
Big stick diplomacy

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Culture

The 2001 film Sugar & Spice
Sugar & Spice

Sugar & Spice is a 2001 in film comedy film/heist film directed by Francine McDougall. It was filmed entirely in the Minnesota cities of Anoka, Apple Valley, Eagan, and St Paul....
 was partially filmed in Falcon Heights.

A small portion of the 1996 film Jingle All the Way
Jingle All the Way

Jingle All the Way is a 1996 in film family film comedy film film director by Brian Levant and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sinbad . The name is taken from a line in the Christmas song "Jingle Bells"....
 starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger

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 was filmed at Falcon Heights Elementary. The Peanuts
Peanuts

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 comic strip and TV specials are also set in the school.

When the Minnesota Vikings
Minnesota Vikings

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 played the Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta Falcons

The Atlanta Falcons are an American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia . They are currently a member of the NFC South division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League ....
 in the 1998 NFC Championship game Falcon Heights briefly changed its name to Viking Heights.

There are also many parks around the Falcon Heights area. Falcon Heights Community park and Curtiss Field have recreational sports in the summer for kids and provide an ice rink and warming house in the winter. The community park also features a soccer field and a fitness course. Falcon Heights Elementary features a park as well with two playgrounds, one of them newly made in 2006. There also many basketball hoops as well as a large grassy area simply known as "the Field". In the winter the Elementary school also has ice rinks and a warming house. One other officially recognized park is Grove Park which is located in an area known as "University Grove". This is because it is located a few blocks away from the University of Minnesota St. Paul Campus. Grove Park has a temporary warming house and ice rink in the winter.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

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, the city has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.8 kmē), all of it land.

Minnesota Highway 51
Minnesota State Highway 51

Minnesota State Highway 51, also known as Snelling Avenue for most of its length is a highway in Minnesota. It is in length. It is also not to be confused with the nearby Ramsey County Road 51....
 / Snelling Avenue serves as a main route in the community.

Falcon Heights is bordered by Lauderdale to the west, St. Paul to the south and Roseville to the north and east.

Demographics

As of the census
Census

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 of 2000, there were 5,572 people, 2,103 households, and 1,434 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density

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 was 2,487.9 people per square mile (960.4/kmē). There were 2,136 housing units at an average density of 953.7/sq mi (368.2/kmē). The racial makeup of the city was 77.66% White, 3.36% African American, 0.43% Native American, 14.95% Asian, 0.13% Pacific Islander, 1.33% from other races
Race (United States Census)

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, and 2.15% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.09% of the population.

There were 2,103 households out of which 32.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.9% were married couples
Marriage

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 living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.8% were non-families. 25.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the city the population was spread out with 21.5% under the age of 18, 17.0% from 18 to 24, 32.1% from 25 to 44, 17.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 92.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.7 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $51,382, and the median income for a family was $59,415. Males had a median income of $43,693 versus $34,757 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....
 for the city was $25,370. About 8.8% of families and 9.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.4% of those under age 18 and 5.2% of those age 65 or over.

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