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Bloomington
Bloomington is a city in south central Indiana. Located about 50 miles southwest of Indianapolis, it is the seat of Monroe County. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, Bloomington had a total population of 69,291, making it the 7th largest city in Indiana.
Bloomington is the home of Indiana University's flagship campus (established in 1820), attended by approximately 40,000 students, the original and largest campus of the Indiana University system. It is also the home of the Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington, the Kinsey Institute, and The Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute.
Bloomington's Indiana University campus is regarded as one of the most beautiful in the nation. In 1991, Thomas Gaines, a landscape artist, published a book, The Campus As a Work of Art, in which he named the Bloomington campus one of the five most beautiful campuses in America. Most of the campus buildings are built of Indiana limestone. Due to the presence of the university, Bloomington is more diverse demographically than is typical for the state.
Bloomington has been named a Tree City for more than 20 years. The city was the site of the Academy Award-winning movie Breaking Away, featuring Indiana University's annual bicycle race Little 500.
Bloomington has sister-city relationships with Posoltega, Nicaragua and Santa Clara, Cuba.
Geography
Bloomington is located at (39.162147, -86.529045).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 51.6 km² (19.9 mi²). 51.1 km² (19.7 mi²) of it is land and 0.5 km² (0.2 mi²) of it (1.00%) is water.
Bloomington is a karst-area situated in the rolling hills of southern Indiana. The relatively varied topography of the city provides a sharp contrast to the flatter terrain more typical of other portions of Indiana.
Climate
Bloomington receives ample rainfall; annual precipitation averages 44.2 inches, with 19 inches of snow. January temperatures average 30.4 degrees, with July temperatures averaging 76.2 degrees. Relative humidity is generally high throughout the year.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 69,291 people, 26,468 households, and 10,454 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,356.0/km² (3,511.1/mi²). There were 28,400 housing units at an average density of 555.8/km² (1,439.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 87.03% White, 4.24% African American, 0.29% Native American, 5.26% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 1.10% from other races, 2.01% from two or more races, and Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.49% of the population.
Of the households 17.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 29.2% were married couples living together, 7.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 60.5% were non-families. 39.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.09 and the average family size was 2.76.
In the city the population was spread out with 12.7% under the age of 18, 42.3% from 18 to 24, 24.6% from 25 to 44, 12.6% from 45 to 64, and 7.9% who were...
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