Adair, Iowa

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Adair
Adair water tower
Adair water tower
Location in Iowa
Adair County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Adair Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1872 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Iowa
Counties : Adair County
Guthrie County
Coordinates : 41 ° 30 ′  N , 94 ° 39 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 30 ′  N , 94 ° 39 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 781 (as of 2010)
Population density : 135.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 5.75 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 )
Height : 447 m
Postal code : 50002
Area code : +1 641
FIPS : 19-00370
GNIS ID : 454088
Mayor : Kelby Harris
Adair, Iowa City Hall.jpg
Adair Town Hall

Adair is a small town (with the status " City ") in Adair County and in Guthrie County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Adair had 781 inhabitants.

geography

Adair is located in the central southwest of Iowa, around 110 km east of the Missouri River , which forms the border with Nebraska . The border with the neighboring state of Missouri to the south is also around 110 km from Adair.

The geographical coordinates of Adair are 41 ° 30'02 "north latitude and 94 ° 38'37" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​5.75 km² and is two-thirds part of the Summit Township of Adair County and one-third of the Grant Township of Guthrie County.

Neighboring towns of Adair are Casey (12 km east) and Anita (13 km southwest).

The closest major cities are Iowa's capital Des Moines (91 km east), Kansas City , Missouri (294 km south), and Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (134 km west-southwest).

traffic

The Interstate Highway 80 , which is the shortest route from Omaha to Des Moines, running in east-west direction through the south of Adair. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A freight railway line runs through the city of Adair in a north-east-south-west direction.

With the Greenfield Municipal Airport there is a small airfield 37 km southeast. The nearest commercial airport is Des Moines International Airport (97 km east).

population

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1870 306 -
1880 722 135.9%
1890 879 21.7%
1900 900 2.4%
1910 952 5.8%
1920 950 -0.2%
1930 874 -8th %
1940 827 -5.4%
1950 742 -10.3%
1960 750 1.1%
1970 883 17.7%
1980 894 1.2%
1990 894 0%
2000 839 -6.2%
2010 781 -6.9%
1870-2010

According to the 2010 census , Adair had 781 people in 361 households. The population density was 135.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.16 people lived in each of the 361 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.1 percent white, 0.1 percent (one person) Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.3 percent of the population, regardless of ethnicity.

23.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.8 percent were 65 years or older. 51.0 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 45,515  USD . The per capita income was $ 24,452. 10.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 18, 2014
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on September 18, 2014
  3. AirNav.com - Greenfield Municipal Airport Accessed on September 18, 2014
  4. ^ State Data Center of Iowa. Retrieved September 18, 2014

Web links

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