Alta, Iowa

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Alta
Buena Vista County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Alta Highlighted.svg
Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation : 1869 (settled)
1878 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Buena Vista County
Coordinates : 42 ° 40 ′  N , 95 ° 17 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 40 ′  N , 95 ° 17 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 1,883 (as of 2010)
Population density : 679.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 2.77 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 455 m
Postal code : 51002
Area code : +1 712
FIPS : 19-01495
GNIS ID : 454152
Website : altaiowa.org
Mayor : Ronald H. Neulieb

Alta is a small town (with the status " City ") in the Buena Vista County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Alta had 1,883 inhabitants, the number of which increased to 1961 by 2013.

geography

Alta is located in the northwest of Iowa at 42 ° 40'25 "north latitude and 95 ° 17'26" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​2.77 km² and is located in the Nokomis Township .

Neighboring towns of Alta are Rembrandt (28.1 km northeast), Truesdale (15.9 km east-northeast), Storm Lake (9.7 km southeast), Schaller (22 km south), Galva (28 km southwest) and Aurelia (12 km west-northwest).

The closest major cities are the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (391 km northeast), Cedar Rapids (352 km east-southeast), Iowa's capital Des Moines (262 km southeast), Kansas City , Missouri (451 km south), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (200 km south-southwest), Sioux City (106 km west-southwest) and South Dakota's largest city, Sioux Falls (202 km northwest).

traffic

The Iowa State Highway 7 extends in a northwest-southeast direction as the main road through the city of Alta. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

Parallel to the IA 7, a railroad line for freight traffic of the Canadian National Railway (CN) runs through the urban area of ​​Alta.

The Storm Lake Municipal Airport is 13 km southeast of a small airfield. The nearest commercial airports are Des Moines International Airport (272 km southeast), Eppley Airfield in Omaha (193 km south-southwest), Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City (111 km west-southwest) and Sioux Falls Regional Airport (225 km northwest).

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1880 423 -
1890 768 81.6%
1900 861 12.1%
1910 959 11.4%
1920 1290 34.5%
1930 1297 0.5%
1940 1269 -2.2%
1950 1348 6.2%
1960 1393 3.3%
1970 1717 23.3%
1980 1720 0.2%
1990 1820 5.8%
2000 1865 2.5%
2010 1883 1 %
2013 estimate 1961 4.1%
1880-2000 2010-2013

population

According to the 2010 census , Alta had 1,883 people in 759 households. The population density was 679.8 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.48 people lived in each of the 759 households.

The racial the population was composed of 91.3 percent white, 1.6 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 1.2 percent Asian and 4.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 15.7 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

27.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.0 percent were 65 years or older. 51.4 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 42,331  USD . The per capita income was $ 25,252. 9.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

Individual evidence

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

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