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Shoreview 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 25,924 at the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000

File:US-Census-2000Logo.svgThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the United States Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons Enumeration during the United States Census, 1990....
.

Many Twin Cities
Minneapolis-St. Paul

Minneapolis-Saint Paul is the most populous List of United States urban areas in the state of Minnesota, United States, and is composed of 186 cities and townships....
-area broadcasters
Broadcasting

Broadcasting is distribution of Sound and/or video Signalling s which transmit programs to an audience. The audience may be the general public or a relatively large sub-audience, such as children or young adults....
 use Shoreview as a site for their transmitting antennas. KMSP
KMSP-TV

KMSP-TV, channel 9, is an O&O television station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The station serves the Minneapolis-St....
 channel 9 owns one tower (KMSP TV Tower) reaching 1466 feet (446.8 m) high, shared with WFTC
WFTC

WFTC, channel 29, is a MyNetworkTV owned and operated station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota metropolitan area....
, KTCA/KTCI
Twin Cities Public Television

Twin Cities Public Television is a nonprofit organization based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, that operates the Minneapolis-St. Paul' two PBS member stations, KTCA-TV and KTCI-TV ....
, and ten FM radio
Radio

Radio is the transmission of signals, by modulation of electromagnetic radiation with frequency below those of visible light.Electromagnetic radiation radio propagation by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space....
 stations. Another pair of towers nearby (Telefarm Towers Shoreview
Telefarm Towers Shoreview

Telefarm Towers Shoreview is a transmission site for FM radio and television broadcasting in Shoreview, Minnesota consisting of two guy-wire towers....
) stand approximately 1437 feet (438 m) tall and are co-owned by WCCO-TV
WCCO-TV

WCCO-TV, is the CBS owned and operated station television station that serves the Minneapolis-St. Paul area of Minnesota. It broadcasts on North American broadcast television frequencies 4 and 32 ....
, KARE
KARE

KARE, Channel 11, is an NBC - affiliated television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and serving the Minneapolis - St. Paul, Minnesota area of Minnesota and portions of western Wisconsin....
, and KSTP-TV
KSTP-TV

KSTP-TV, channel 5, is the American Broadcasting Company affiliate for the Minneapolis-Saint Paul. Its transmitter is located in Shoreview, Minnesota....
, and are also used by WUCW
WUCW

WUCW is an affiliate of The CW serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul area of Minnesota. The station is currently owned and operated by the Sinclair Broadcast Group....
. Shoreview made national headlines in September 1971 when a television tower on the site of the current Telefarm towers collapsed during construction, killing seven workers.

rding to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
, the city has a total area of 12.7 square miles (33.0 kmē), of which, 11.2 square miles (29.0 kmē) of it is land and 1.5 square miles (4.0 kmē) of it is water.






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Shoreview 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 25,924 at the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000

File:US-Census-2000Logo.svgThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the United States Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons Enumeration during the United States Census, 1990....
.

Many Twin Cities
Minneapolis-St. Paul

Minneapolis-Saint Paul is the most populous List of United States urban areas in the state of Minnesota, United States, and is composed of 186 cities and townships....
-area broadcasters
Broadcasting

Broadcasting is distribution of Sound and/or video Signalling s which transmit programs to an audience. The audience may be the general public or a relatively large sub-audience, such as children or young adults....
 use Shoreview as a site for their transmitting antennas. KMSP
KMSP-TV

KMSP-TV, channel 9, is an O&O television station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The station serves the Minneapolis-St....
 channel 9 owns one tower (KMSP TV Tower) reaching 1466 feet (446.8 m) high, shared with WFTC
WFTC

WFTC, channel 29, is a MyNetworkTV owned and operated station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota metropolitan area....
, KTCA/KTCI
Twin Cities Public Television

Twin Cities Public Television is a nonprofit organization based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, that operates the Minneapolis-St. Paul' two PBS member stations, KTCA-TV and KTCI-TV ....
, and ten FM radio
Radio

Radio is the transmission of signals, by modulation of electromagnetic radiation with frequency below those of visible light.Electromagnetic radiation radio propagation by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space....
 stations. Another pair of towers nearby (Telefarm Towers Shoreview
Telefarm Towers Shoreview

Telefarm Towers Shoreview is a transmission site for FM radio and television broadcasting in Shoreview, Minnesota consisting of two guy-wire towers....
) stand approximately 1437 feet (438 m) tall and are co-owned by WCCO-TV
WCCO-TV

WCCO-TV, is the CBS owned and operated station television station that serves the Minneapolis-St. Paul area of Minnesota. It broadcasts on North American broadcast television frequencies 4 and 32 ....
, KARE
KARE

KARE, Channel 11, is an NBC - affiliated television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and serving the Minneapolis - St. Paul, Minnesota area of Minnesota and portions of western Wisconsin....
, and KSTP-TV
KSTP-TV

KSTP-TV, channel 5, is the American Broadcasting Company affiliate for the Minneapolis-Saint Paul. Its transmitter is located in Shoreview, Minnesota....
, and are also used by WUCW
WUCW

WUCW is an affiliate of The CW serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul area of Minnesota. The station is currently owned and operated by the Sinclair Broadcast Group....
. Shoreview made national headlines in September 1971 when a television tower on the site of the current Telefarm towers collapsed during construction, killing seven workers.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
, the city has a total area of 12.7 square miles (33.0 kmē), of which, 11.2 square miles (29.0 kmē) of it is land and 1.5 square miles (4.0 kmē) of it is water. The total area is 12.17% water. Rice Creek
Rice Creek (Minnesota)

Rice Creek is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the northern suburbs of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area of Minnesota in the United States....
 flows through the northwestern part of the city. Interstate Highway 35W
Interstate 35W (Minnesota)

Interstate 35W , an Interstate Highway in Minnesota, is the western route of Interstate 35 in Minnesota. I-35 splits into two branch routes: I-35W, which serves Minneapolis, and Interstate 35E , which serves Saint Paul, Minnesota....
, Interstate Highway 694
Interstate 694

Interstate 694 is a 31 mile east-west auxiliary Interstate Highway located in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Minnesota....
, and County Highway 96 are three of the main routes in the city.

Demographics

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As of the census
Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
 of 2000, there are 25,377 people, Males: 12,303 (48.5%), Females: 13,074 (51.5%), 9,965 households, and 7,021 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
 is 2,315.9 people per square mile (82,394.5/kmē). There are 10,127 housing units at an average density of 919.2/sq mi (355.0/kmē). The racial makeup of the city is 93.28% White, 1.01% African American, 0.22% Native American, 3.65% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.44% from other races, and 1.35% from two or more races. 1.33% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. Ancestries: German (38.3%), Norwegian (15.9%), Swedish (13.9%), Irish (13.9%), English (8.3%), Polish (5.5%). Median resident age: 39.3 years

For population of 25 years and over in Shoreview (16,933 people)
  • High school or higher: 80.4%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 24.4%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 17.9%
  • Unemployed: 1.3%
  • Mean travel time to work: 22.1 minutes


For population 15 years and over in Shoreview
  • Never married: 23.8%
  • Now married: 61.8%
  • Separated: 0.6%
  • Widowed: 4.5%
  • Divorced: 9.3%


There are 9,965 households out of which 34.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.3% are married couples
Marriage

Marriage is a social, spirituality, or law union of individuals. This union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding and the married status created is sometimes called wedlock....
 living together, 7.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 29.2% are non-families. 24.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 6.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.54 and the average family size is 3.06.

In the city the population is spread out with 26.2% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 28.6% from 45 to 64, and 9.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 39 years. For every 100 females there are 94.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 90.3 males.

According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a household in the city is $77,433, and the median income for a family is $93,413. Males have a median income of $53,833 versus $36,565 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 is $31,969. 2.1% of the population and 1.3% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 2.1% of those under the age of 18 and 3.6% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.

Crime

Crime in Shoreview (2002):
  • 0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 5 rapes (19.3 per 100,000)
  • 3 robberies (11.3 per 100,000)
  • 8 assaults (30.2 per 100,000)
  • 48 burglaries (181.5 per 100,000)
  • 385 larceny counts (1455.5 per 100,000)
  • 22 auto thefts (83.2 per 100,000)
  • City-data.com crime index = 96.5 (higher means more crime, US average = 330.6)


Crime in Shoreview (2001):
  • 0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 6 rapes (22.9 per 100,000)
  • 1 robbery (3.8 per 100,000)
  • 12 assaults (45.8 per 100,000)
  • 52 burglaries (198.5 per 100,000)
  • 386 larceny counts (1473.2 per 100,000)
  • 16 auto thefts (61.1 per 100,000)
  • City-data.com crime index = 98.2


Police and Fire


The City of Shoreview contracts with the for and has one of the lowest crime rates among similar cities in the metropolitan area.

Programs offered are crime prevention, youth mentoring, Neighborhood Watch, lakes & trail patrol and a community-policing project involving citizens.

services are provided by the , which consists of 70 paid on-call firefighters.

The Lake Johanna Fire Department operates four stations. The City owns two stations in Shoreview and shares a third station, located in North Oaks.

Climate

Normal climate around Shoreview, Minnesota

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 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Days with precip.
9
7
10
10
11
12
10
10
10
8
8
9
Wind speed (mph)
10.5
10.4
11.3
12.2
11.1
10.4
9.4
9.2
10.0
10.6
11.0
10.4
Morning humidity (%)
76
76
76
74
75
78
81
84
84
80
80
78
Afternoon humidity (%)
69
67
64
55
55
58
59
61
63
61
68
71
Sunshine (%)
53
59
57
58
61
66
72
69
62
55
39
42
Days clear of clouds
8
8
7
7
7
7
10
10
10
10
5
6
Partly cloudy days
7
7
7
8
9
10
12
11
8
7
6
6
Cloudy days
15
14
17
15
15
12
9
10
12
14
18
18
Snowfall (in)
10.7
8.1
10.5
2.8
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.5
7.8
9.4


Recreation

  • , located on Red Fox Road just south of the intersection of Lexington and 694
  • Shoreview Community Center's
  • Shoreview Skatepark
  • An extensive trail system links Shoreview's many greenways and parks
  • Public archery range


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