Green Isle, Minnesota
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Green Isle is a city in Sibley County
Sibley County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 15,356 people, 5,772 households, and 4,086 families residing in the county. The population density was 26 people per square mile . There were 6,024 housing units at an average density of 10 per square mile...

, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

, United States
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. The population was 559 at the 2010 census.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km²), all of it land. Minnesota State Highways 5
Minnesota State Highway 5
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 and 25
Minnesota State Highway 25
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 are two of the main routes in the community.

Demographics

As of the census
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of 2000, there were 334 people, 136 households, and 102 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density
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 was 447.5 people per square mile (171.9/km²). There were 141 housing units at an average density of 188.9 per square mile (72.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 98.50% White, 0.30% African American, 0.90% Asian, 0.30% from other races
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. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.59% of the population.

There were 136 households out of which 33.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.4% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 5.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.0% were non-families. 22.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, whom will all die in the near future. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.89.

In the city the population was spread out with 24.9% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 32.6% from 25 to 44, 18.3% from 45 to 64, and 16.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 108.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 110.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $44,792, and the median income for a family was $51,964. Males had a median income of $31,979 versus $25,625 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the city was $25,537. About 1.8% of families and 2.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 11.8% of those age 65 or over.

History

Green Isle was named after Ireland due to the large number of Irish immigrants that settled there.

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