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City in Minnesota, United States

Falcon Heights is a suburb of Saint Paul and a city in Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 5,321 at the 2010 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; the Gabbert Raptor Center and Les Bolstad Golf Course, the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, and the Gibbs Museum of Pioneer and Dakotah Life. Its University Grove neighborhood is known for its modern architecture.

Heman Gibbs settled in the 1850s near the modern intersection of Cleveland and Larpenteur Avenues. His homestead is on the National Register of Historic Places and his home is a county museum. Between the 1910s and 1930s, Curtiss Northwest Airport was located at the intersection of Snelling and Larpenteur Avenues. The airfield was important in Minnesota aviation history, hosting Charles Lindbergh, Speed Holman, and Phoebe Fairgrave. Part of the land is now a city park named Curtiss Field. The expanded Falcon Heights included the University of Minnesota Golf Course and Test Fields as well as the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. Two thirds of Falcon Heights is public land, chiefly the university and state fair (Minnesota State Fair).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.24 square miles (6 km2), of which 2.23 square miles (6 km2) is land and 0.01 square miles (0 km2) is water. Minnesota Highway 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 east and Roseville to the north and east.

+Falcon Heights, Minnesota Demographic Profile (NH = Non Hispanic)Race / EthnicityPop 2000Pop 2010Pop 2020% 2000% 2010% 2020White alone (NH)4,2233,8063,63775.79%71.53%67.74%Black or African American alone (NH)1844215383.30%7.91%10.02%Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)2215230.40%0.28%0.43%Asian alone (NH)83379668914.95%14.96%12.83%Pacific Islander alone (NH)7100.13%0.02%0.00%Some Other Race alone (NH)245250.43%0.09%0.47%Mixed Race/Multi Racial (NH)1071202741.92%2.26%5.10%Hispanic or Latino (any race)1721571833.09%2.95%3.41%Total5,5725,3215,369100.00%100.00%100.00%
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.

As of the census of 2010, there were 5,321 people, 2,131 households, and 1,259 families living in the city. The population density was There were 2,254 housing units at an average density of The racial makeup of the city was 73.3% White, 8.0% African American, 0.5% Native American, 15.0% Asian, 0.7% from other races, and 2.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.0% of the population. There were 2,131 households, of which 26.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.7% were married couples living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 40.9% were non families. 30.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.91. The median age in the city was 31.8 years. 19.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 16.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 29.7% were from 25 to 44; 21.8% were from 45 to 64; and 12.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 46.9% male and 53.1% female.

Falcon Heights is served by the Roseville Area School District. Falcon Heights Elementary is the only school within the city boundary. The elementary school features a park with two playgrounds, one of them built in 2006.

The 2001 film Sugar & Spice was partly filmed in Falcon Heights. A small part of the 1996 film Jingle All the Way starring Arnold Schwarzenegger was filmed at Falcon Heights Elementary.