Stacy, Minnesota
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Stacy is a city in Chisago County, 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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, along the Sunrise River
Sunrise River
The Sunrise River is a short tributary of the St. Croix River in east-central Minnesota in the United States. It is formed at the town of Stacy in Chisago County by the confluence of its West Branch, which rises in southwestern Isanti County and briefly enters Anoka County; and its South Branch,...

. The population was 1,456 at the 2010 census
United States Census, 2010
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Interstate 35
Interstate 35
Interstate 35 is a north–south Interstate Highway in the central United States. I-35 stretches from Laredo, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border to Duluth, Minnesota, at Minnesota Highway 61 and 26th Avenue East. Many interstates used to have splits or spurs indicated with suffixed letters , but I-35...

 serves as a main arterial route for the community.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km²), of which, 1.1 square miles (2.8 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square mile (0.258998811 km²) of it (4.35%) is water.

Demographics

At the 2000 census
Census
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, there were 1,278 people, 466 households and 326 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density
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 was 1,159.0 per square mile (448.6/km²). There were 474 housing units at an average density of 429.8 per square mile (166.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 96.79% White, 0.55% African American, 1.25% Native American, 0.16% Asian, 0.16% from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 1.10% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.94% of the population.

There were 466 households of which 42.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.9% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 13.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.0% were non-families. 22.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.23.

Age distribution was 32.6% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 36.9% from 25 to 44, 16.0% from 45 to 64, and 5.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females there were 109.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 108.2 males.

The median household income
Median household income
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 was $42,026, and the median family income was $45,288. Males had a median income of $36,029 versus $25,192 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the city was $16,893. About 7.9% of families and 9.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.5% of those under age 18 and 11.8% of those age 65 or over.

Notable residents

  • Jessica Dereschuk
    Jessica Dereschuk
    Jessica Ann Dereschuk is a beauty queen from Stacy, Minnesota, who has competed in the Miss USA pageant.Dereschuk was born to Gregory & Valarie Vaught Dereschuk. She has two brothers named Nicholas and Mikhail and one sister named Alexandra.Dereschuk won the Miss Minnesota USA title in her first...

    , Miss Minnesota USA
    Miss Minnesota USA
    The Miss Minnesota USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Minnesota in the Miss USA pageant.Despite a strong start in the first three years of competition at Miss USA, Minnesota has been largely unsuccessful overall...

    2004


Lauren Hindi Miss Teen Minnesota 2005
Talia Hindi Miss Teen Minnesota 2004 Runner Up
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