New Market, Minnesota
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New Market was a city in Scott County
Scott County, Minnesota
Scott County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It was organized in 1853 and named in honor of General Winfield Scott. As of 2010, the population was 129,928. Its county seat is Shakopee...

, 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
United States
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. The population was 332 at the 2000 census. In January 2007, New Market merged with Elko
Elko, Minnesota
Elko was a city in Scott County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 472 at the 2000 census. In January 2007, Elko merged with New Market to become Elko New Market -Geography:...

 to become Elko New Market
Elko New Market, Minnesota
Elko New Market is a city in Scott County in the U.S. state of Minnesota from a merger of bordering cities Elko and New Market in 2006. The population was 4,110 at the 2010 census....

 http://www.startribune.com/332/story/323300.html As of 2006 New Market has had a public school , Eagle View Elementary
Eagle View Elementary
Eagle View Elementary is a public elementary school of the New Prague Schools District in Elko New Market, MN on 25600 Nevada Avenue. Construction began end in the spring of 2006 and was finished in the fall and open October 23, 2006 . Mark Randall is the principle of Eagle View since 2008...

 School which is ran through New Prague Schools and teaches Preschool - 5th.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the city had a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 332 people, 131 households, and 96 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density
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 was 527.3 people per square mile (203.5/km²). There were 133 housing units at an average density of 211.3 per square mile (81.5/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.89% White, 0.30% African American, 0.30% Asian, and 1.51% from two or more races.

There were 131 households out of which 35.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.8% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.0% were non-families. 18.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.90.

In the city the population was spread out with 23.8% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 40.1% from 25 to 44, 19.0% from 45 to 64, and 8.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 98.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $53,250, and the median income for a family was $60,500. Males had a median income of $35,288 versus $27,250 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the city was $24,302. About 3.1% of families and 2.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 5.6% of those age 65 or over.

Television and Film

New Market has made two appearances to media, One is from the film, Wooly Boys, and second from television, Supernanny.
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