Plymouth is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 65,903 people and 13 constituent neighborhoods, Plymouth is the seventh largest community in Minnesota.

Plymouth is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 88.32% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Plymouth is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Plymouth who work in management occupations (16.86%), office and administrative support jobs (14.42%), and sales jobs (14.32%).

Also of interest is that Plymouth has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Plymouth is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Plymouth is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Plymouth really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Plymouth perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Plymouth Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Plymouth is a pretty powerful place. 50.95% of the adults in Plymouth have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Plymouth in 2000 was $36,309, which is wealthy relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $145,236 for a family of four. However, Plymouth contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Plymouth home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Plymouth is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Plymouth include German, Norwegian, Irish, Swedish, English, Polish, Italian, and Russian.

The most common language spoken in Plymouth is English.