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Blaine
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city in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- Counties
- Anoka , Ramsey
- Incorporated
- January 29, 1954
- Named after
- James G. Blaine
- Type
- Mayor–council government
- Mayor
- Tim Sanders ( R )
- City
- 34.03 sq mi (88.14 km )
- Land
- 32.90 sq mi (85.22 km )
- Water
- 1.12 sq mi (2.91 km )
- Urban
- 0.6 sq mi (1.6 km )
- Elevation
- 906 ft (276 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 71,739
- Rank
- US: 519th, MN: 10th
- Density
- 2,134.1/sq mi (823.98/km )
- Metro
- 3,693,729 ( 16th )
- Demonym
- Blainer
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Blaine
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Ramsey County
- Population
- 70222
- Area
- 88.185297
- Elevation
- 275
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Spring Lake Park
- Official website
- www.ci.blaine.mn.us
- Image
- Water tower in Blaine, MN.jpg
- Households
- 23151
- Dialing code
- 763
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- Commons category
- Blaine, Minnesota
- inception
- 1877-00-00
- topic's main category
- Category:Blaine, Minnesota
- P8168
- Phou Bia
- water as percent of area
- 0.5917
- different from
- Blaine
- per capita income
- 38588
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Blaine, Minnesota
- number of viewers/listeners
- 496125
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Encyclopedic overview
Blaine (/ˈbleɪn/ BLAYN) is a suburban city in Anoka and Ramsey Counties in Minnesota, United States. It was once a rural town, but Blaine's population began to grow significantly in the 1950s. For several years, Blaine led the Twin Cities metro region in new home construction. The population was 70,222 at the 2020 census. The city is mainly in Anoka County, and is part of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area.
Interstate 35W, U.S. Highway 10, and Minnesota State Highway 65 are three of the main routes in the city.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Blaine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.