Albert City

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Albert City
Avenue in Albert City
Avenue in Albert City
Location in Iowa
Buena Vista County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Albert City Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1900 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Buena Vista County
Coordinates : 42 ° 47 ′  N , 94 ° 57 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 47 ′  N , 94 ° 57 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 699 (as of 2010)
Population density : 499.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 1.4 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 403 m
Postal code : 50510
Area code : +1 712
FIPS : 19-00865
GNIS ID : 454113

Albert City is a city (with the status " City ") in the Buena Vista County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Albert City had 699 residents, the number of which increased to 703 by 2013.

geography

Albert City is located in northwestern Iowa at 42 ° 46'55 "north latitude and 94 ° 56'55" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​1.4 km² and is located in the Fairfield Township .

Neighboring towns of Albert City are Laurens (15.8 km northeast), Pocahontas (27.5 km east-southeast), Varina (18.3 km south-southeast), Newell (23.4 km south-southwest), Truesdale (24.4 km east-southeast), Rembrandt (22.9 km west-northwest), Sioux Rapids (28.8 km northwest), Marathon (12 km north-northwest), and Webb (15.2 km in the same direction).

The closest major cities are the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (351 km northeast), Cedar Rapids (339 km east-southeast), Iowa's capital Des Moines (249 km southeast), Kansas City , Missouri (458 km south), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (234 km southwest), Sioux City (140 km west southwest), and South Dakota's largest city Sioux Falls (223 km northwest).

traffic

The Iowa State Highway 3 , which runs in a west-east direction, passes Albert City in a distance of around 3 km south. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A stretch of the former Milwaukee Road , which is now part of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), ends in Albert City .

With the Storm Lake Municipal Airport is located 44.6 km southwest of a small airfield. The nearest commercial airports are Des Moines International Airport (259 km southeast), Eppley Airfield in Omaha (227 km south-southwest), Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City (151 km west-southwest) and Sioux Falls Regional Airport (246 km northwest).

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1910 261 -
1920 567 117.2%
1930 563 -0.7%
1940 759 34.8%
1950 736 -3%
1960 722 -1.9%
1970 683 -5.4%
1980 818 19.8%
1990 779 -4.8%
2000 709 -9%
2010 699 -1.4%
2013 estimate 703 0.6%
1880-2000 2010-2013

population

According to the 2010 census , Albert City had 699 people in 297 households. The population density was 499.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.21 people lived in each of the 297 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.0 percent white, 0.1 percent (one person) African American, 0.1 percent Asian and 1.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.0 percent of the population.

23.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 51.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 24.5 percent were 65 years or older. 51.8 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 44,792  USD . The per capita income was $ 23,506. 13.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 17, 2014
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on November 17, 2014
  3. AirNav.com - Storm Lake Municipal Airport Accessed on November 17, 2014
  4. State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved November 17, 2014

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