Ada, Minnesota

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Ada
The town hall of Ada (Ada Village Hall), listed in the NRHP since 1998 [1]
Ada Town Hall ( Ada Village Hall ), listed in the NRHP since 1998
Location in Minnesota
Norman County Minnesota Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Ada Highlighted.svg
Basic data
State : United States
State : Minnesota
County : Norman County
Coordinates : 47 ° 18 ′  N , 96 ° 31 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 18 ′  N , 96 ° 31 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 1,707 (as of 2010)
Population density : 474.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 3.6 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 276 m
Postal code : 56510
Area code : +1 218
FIPS : 27-00172
GNIS ID : 639200
Website : www.adamn.gov
Mayor : Dennis "Woody" Roux
Norman County Courthouse.jpg
The Norman County Courthouse (Justice and Administration Building) in Ada, listed on the NRHP since 1983

Ada is a small town (with the status " City ") and the administrative center of the Norman County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 Ada had 1707 inhabitants.

geography

Ada is located in northwest Minnesota, about two kilometers north of the Wild Rice River , a right tributary of the Red River of the North . The geographical coordinates are 47 ° 17'59 "north latitude and 96 ° 30'55" west longitude. The city extends over an area of ​​3.6 km².

Neighboring towns to Ada are Lockhart (17.5 km north), Twin Valley ( 14 km east), Borup (14 km south), Hendrum (26.3 km west) and Halstad (29.4 km west-northwest).

The nearest major cities are Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba (317 km north), Duluth on Lake Superior (383 km east), Minneapolis (408 km southeast), Sioux Falls in South Dakota (457 km south) and Fargo in North Dakota ( 69.3 km south-southwest).

The Canadian border is 224 km north.

traffic

In the city of Ada, Minnesota State Routes 9 and 200 intersect . All other roads are subordinate and partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city connecting roads.

The Norman County Ada / Twin Valley Airport is 16.5 km southeast of Ada, a small airfield. The nearest major airports are Fargo's Hector International Airport (66.1 km southwest), Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (319 km north) and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (431 km southeast).

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1900 1253 -
1910 1432 14.3%
1920 1411 -1.5%
1930 1285 -8.9%
1940 1938 50.8%
1950 2121 9.4%
1960 2064 -2.7%
1970 2076 0.6%
1980 1971 -5.1%
1990 1708 -13.3%
2000 1657 -3%
2010 1707 3%
1900-2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Ada had 1,707 people in 742 households. The population density was 474.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.22 people lived in each of the 742 households.

The racial the population was composed of 94.9 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 1.1 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 1.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 5.6 percent of the population.

24.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 53.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.6 percent were 65 years or older. The average age in 2010 was 43.9 years. 54.5 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 39,375  USD . The per capita income was $ 23,862. 14.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Web links

Commons : Ada, Minnesota  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 98000154.Retrieved May 30, 2013
  2. Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 83000923. Retrieved May 30, 2013
  3. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved May 30, 2013
  4. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed May 30, 2013
  5. AirNav.com - D00 Retrieved on May 30, 2013
  6. ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved May 30, 2013