Atkins, Iowa
| Atkins | |
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 Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Benton County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 0 ′ N , 91 ° 52 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
1,670 (as of 2010) 257,940 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 592.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 2.82 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 260 m |
| Postal code : | 52206 |
| Area code : | +1 319 |
| FIPS : | 19-03475 |
| GNIS ID : | 454274 |
Atkins is a small town (with the status " City ") in Benton County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Atkins had 1670 residents.
Atkins is part of the metropolitan area around the city of Cedar Rapids .
geography
Atkins is located in eastern Iowa in the western suburbs of Cedar Rapids. The Mississippi , which forms the border between Iowa and Wisconsin and Illinois , flows approximately 140 km east. The Minnesota border runs 180 km north and the Missouri border is 180 km south of the city .
The geographical coordinates of Atkins are 41 ° 59'49 "north latitude and 91 ° 51'44" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 2.82 km² and is located in the Fremont Township .
Neighboring towns to Atkins are Shellsburg (8 miles north), Palo (8.2 miles northeast), Fairfax (9.7 miles southeast), Walford (9.7 miles southeast), Norway (15.2 km southwest) and Newhall (9.5 km to the west).
Cedar Rapids city center is 12 miles east. The nearest other major cities are Waterloo (81 km northwest), Wisconsin's capital Madison (280 km northeast), Rockford , Illinois (278 km east), Chicago , Illinois (379 km in the same direction), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (142 km east-southeast), Iowa City (58.9 km southeast), St. Louis , Missouri (472 km southeast), Kansas City , Missouri (483 km southwest), Iowa's capital Des Moines (173 km west-southwest), Nebraska's largest city Omaha (395 km in the same direction), Sioux City (418 km west-northwest), South Dakota's largest city Sioux Falls (555 km in the same direction), Rochester , Minnesota (260 km northwest), and the Twin Cities , Minnesota (400 km in the same direction).
traffic
The US Highways 30 and 218 , which run on a common stretch of route in a west-east direction, pass the southern outskirts of Atkins around 3 km away. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The nearest airport is Eastern Iowa Airport at Cedar Rapids (14 miles southeast).
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1920 | 202 | - | |
| 1930 | 314 | 55.4% | |
| 1940 | 330 | 5.1% | |
| 1950 | 387 | 17.3% | |
| 1960 | 527 | 36.2% | |
| 1970 | 581 | 10.2% | |
| 1980 | 678 | 16.7% | |
| 1990 | 637 | -6% | |
| 2000 | 977 | 53.4% | |
| 2010 | 1670 | 70.9% | |
| 1920-2000 2010 | |||
population
According to the 2010 census , Atkins had 1,670 people in 431 households. The population density was 592.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.82 people lived in each of the 431 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.9 percent white, 0.1 percent (one person) African American, 0.3 percent Native American and 0.1 percent Asian; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.7 percent of the population.
31.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 9.9 percent were 65 years or older. 49.0 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 81,462 USD . The per capita income was $ 29,652. 0.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved October 16, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed October 16, 2014
- ^ State Data Center of Iowa. Retrieved October 16, 2014