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Glendale Heights IL Housing Statistics

Glendale heights illinois dp 4 profile of selected housing characteristics SubjectNumberPercent Total housing units11,062100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached5,06945.81-unit,…

Top 100 Works in World Literature

Source: Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute, 2002. The editors of the Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute, polled a panel of 100 authors from 54…

tsunami

(Encyclopedia) tsunamitsunamits&oobreve;näˈmē [key], series of catastrophic ocean waves generated by submarine movements, which may be caused by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides…

rain tree

(Encyclopedia) rain tree, also called monkeypod, a large leguminous tropical tree (Albizia saman or Samanea saman) of tropical America belonging to the family Leguminosae (pulse family), the leaves…

airglow

(Encyclopedia) airglow, faint diffuse illumination of the sky originating in the upper atmosphere. Although it occurs at all times of day throughout the upper atmosphere, it is most typically visible…

Watts Towers

(Encyclopedia) Watts Towers, group of folk-art towers in the Watts section of Los Angeles. The complex was built (1921–54) single-handedly by the self-taught Italian immigrant Simon Rodia (also…

Neutra, Richard Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Neutra, Richard JosephNeutra, Richard Josephnoiˈtrə, n&oomacr;ˈtrə [key], 1892–1970, American architect, born and educated in Vienna. Although Neutra worked for a time with Eric…

Sumner, Edwin Vose

(Encyclopedia) Sumner, Edwin Vose, 1797–1863, American soldier, Union general in the Civil War, b. Boston. He fought in the Black Hawk War and in the Mexican War. Made colonel of the 1st Cavalry in…

Inver Grove Heights, MN Census Data

People QuickFactsInver Grove HeightsMinnesotaPopulation, 2003 estimate 31,2815,059,375Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 5.2%2.8%Population, 2000 29,7514,919,…

Inver Grove Heights, MN Demographic Statistics

NumberPercentTotal population29,751100.0SEX AND AGEMale14,73749.5Female15,01450.5Under 5 years2,1337.25 to 9 years2,2397.510 to 14 years2,3828.015 to 19 years2,1297.220 to 24 years1,9876.725 to…