Ankeny (Iowa)
| Ankeny | |
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 Delaware Avenue in Ankeny |
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| Location in Iowa | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1875 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Polk County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 44 ′ N , 93 ° 36 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 45,582 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 607.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 75 km 2 (approx. 29 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 302 m |
| Postcodes : | 50015, 50021, 50023 |
| Area code : | +1 515 |
| FIPS : | 19-02305 |
| GNIS ID : | 454194 |
| Website : | www.ankenyiowa.gov |
| Mayor : | Steven D. Van Oort |
 Ankeny City Hall |
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Ankeny is a city (with the status " City ") in Polk County in the center of the US -amerikanischen state of Iowa . In 2010 the city had 45,582 inhabitants.
Ankeny is part of the metropolitan area around Iowa's capital Des Moines .
geography
Ankeny is located in the northern suburbs of Des Moines not far from the west bank of the Des Moines River dammed up to Saylorville Lake . The city is located at 41 ° 43'47 "north latitude and 93 ° 36'21" west longitude and extends over 75 km².
Neighboring towns are Des Moines (17.8 km south to the city center), Polk City (14.5 km northwest), Elkhart (11.3 km northeast), Bondurant (14.9 km southeast), Berwick (10.2 km south-southeast ) and Saylorville (10.1 km southwest).
The closest major cities are Cedar Rapids (181 km east-northeast), Kansas City , Missouri (329 km south-southwest), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (150 km west-southwest), and Minneapolis , Minnesota (377 km north).
traffic
Interstates 35 , which connects the cities of Des Moines and Minneapolis, runs north-south to the east of downtown . In parallel, US Highway 69 runs through the center of Ankeny.
The city is connected to the Union Pacific Railroad network .
The Ankeny Regional Airport is located in the south-east of the city ; the nearest major airport is Des Moines International Airport, 27.6 km south-southwest .
history
Ankeny was founded as a rural community in 1875 by John Fletcher Ankeny , a Des Moines businessman. In 1903 Ankeny was given City Status . In 1940 the US government had an ammunition factory built, which today serves as the manufacturing facility for the John Deere agricultural machinery company .
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1910 | 445 | - | |
| 1920 | 648 | 45.6% | |
| 1930 | 632 | -2.5% | |
| 1940 | 779 | 23.3% | |
| 1950 | 1229 | 57.8% | |
| 1960 | 2964 | 141.2% | |
| 1970 | 9151 | 208.7% | |
| 1980 | 15,429 | 68.6% | |
| 1990 | 18,482 | 19.8% | |
| 2000 | 27,117 | 46.7% | |
| 2010 | 45,582 | 68.1% | |
| 1910-1990 2000-2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Ankeny had 45,582 people in 16,308 households. The population density was 607.8 people per square kilometer.
The racial the population was composed of 94.7 percent white, 1.2 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 2.0 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.3 percent of the population.
Statistically, 2.57 people lived in each of the 16,308 households.
27.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 8.3 percent were 65 years or older. 51.0 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was 71,963 USD . The per capita income was $ 31,495. 4.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Ankeny, IA. Retrieved April 17, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on April 17, 2012
- ↑ History of Ankeny ( Memento of the original from August 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 17, 2012
- ^ Iowa Data Center (PDF; 84 kB) Retrieved April 17, 2012
