EdEN PRAIRIE,MN

SOCIAL GROUPS

• One social group I found was about 10,029 people that live in Eden Praire are the age of 50-59.
• Another group that I found was 17,594 people have graduated or has a professional school degree.
• One other group I found

HISTORY

• Eden Prairie was named in 1853 by a women by the name of Mrs. Elizabeth F. Ellet who gave the city the name, Eden and she also admired the cities beautiful prairies.
• In 1851 a treaty was passed and the land was purchased from the Dakotas. But settlement didn't start until October 22, 1852.

RELIGON

• 18.96% are Catholic
• 13.58% are Lutherian
• 3.58% are Presbyterian
• 3.13% are Methodist

ECONOMY

• #1 job is Optum that has 4,000 employees
• #2 job is C.H. Robinson Worldwide at 1,517 employees
• #3 job is a teacher which 1,500 people are.
• #4 job is Starkey Hearing Technologies with 1,440 employees

DAILY LIFE

• The typical parents go to work and kids go to school.
• Eden Prairie Center is a great hang out spot on the weekends or if you just want to get a bite to eat.
• Eden Prairie has a few lakes such as Riley, Round, and Bryant Lake.

GOVERNMENT

• Eden Prairie's mayor is Nancy Tyra-Lukens
• They have five city departments which are Community Development, Fire, Parks & Recreation, Police, and public works

ARTS

LANGUAGES

• The #1 language spoken in Eden Prairie other than English is Somali.
• Another language which is quite common is Spanish.
• The third top language spoken in Eden Prairie is Hmong.