Arlington, South Dakota
| Arlington | |
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 Location in South Dakota
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1880 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | South Dakota |
| Counties : |
Kingsbury County Brookings County |
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 22 ′ N , 97 ° 8 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 915 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 212.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 4.3 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 562 m |
| Postal code : | 57212 |
| Area code : | +1 605 |
| FIPS : | 46-02180 |
| GNIS ID : | 1267666 |
| Website : | www.arlingtonsd.com |
| Mayor : | Amiel Redfish |
Arlington is a small town (with the status " City ") in Kingsbury County and to a lesser extent in Brookings County in the US -amerikanischen State South Dakota . In 2010 , Arlington had 915 residents.
geography
Arlington is in eastern South Dakota, not far from the Minnesota border . The geographical coordinates of Arlington are 44 ° 21'52 "north latitude and 97 ° 07'59" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 4.3 km².
Neighboring towns of Arlington are Bruce (17 miles east-northeast), Volga (20.6 miles east-southeast), Sinai (20.2 km southeast), Oldham (30 km southwest), Lake Preston (20.2 km west), Hetland (9.3 km west-northwest) and Badger (19.6 km north-northwest).
The closest major cities are Sioux Falls (128 km southeast), Fargo , North Dakota (293 km north) and Minnesota's largest city, Minneapolis (375 km east northeast).
traffic
US Highways 14 and 81 meet in the city of Arlington . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
In the northwest-southeast direction runs a railway line of the Canadian Pacific Railway through the metropolitan area of Arlington.
With the Arlington Municipal Airport is 3.8 km north a small airfield. The nearest major airports are Sioux Falls Regional Airport (122 km south-southeast), Hector International Airport in Fargo (295 km north) and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (373 km east-northeast).
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1890 | 270 | - | |
| 1900 | 314 | 16.3% | |
| 1910 | 791 | 151.9% | |
| 1920 | 1011 | 27.8% | |
| 1930 | 1020 | 0.9% | |
| 1940 | 1157 | 13.4% | |
| 1950 | 1096 | -5.3% | |
| 1960 | 996 | -9.1% | |
| 1970 | 954 | -4.2% | |
| 1980 | 991 | 3.9% | |
| 1990 | 908 | -8.4% | |
| 2000 | 992 | 9.3% | |
| 2010 | 915 | -7.8% | |
| 2012 estimate | 927 | 1.3% | |
| 1890-2000 2010 2012 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Arlington had 915 people in 420 households. The population density was 212.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.09 people lived in each of the 420 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.4 percent white, 0.7 percent African American, 1.1 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
21.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 23.5 percent were 65 years or older. 49.6 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 44,336 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,804. 9.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Theodore W. Schultz (1902–1998) - economist and Nobel laureate in economics - born and raised in Arlington
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ history.sd.gov - Towns (PDF; 45kB) Retrieved July 8, 2013
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved July 8, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed July 8, 2013
- ^ Arlington Municipal Airport.Retrieved July 8, 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved July 8, 2013
- ↑ US Census Bureau - Estimate for 2012 ( Memento of the original from October 2, 2013 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 July 8, 2013
