Audubon, Iowa

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Audubon
Audubon County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Audubon Highlighted.svg
Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation : 1878 (created)
1880 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Audubon County
Coordinates : 41 ° 43 ′  N , 94 ° 56 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 43 ′  N , 94 ° 56 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 2,176 (as of 2010)
Population density : 446.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 4.87 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 )
Height : 398 m
Postal code : 50025
Area code : +1 712
FIPS : 19-03655
GNIS ID : 454280
Mayor : Clark "Sam" Kauffman

Audubon is a small town (with the status " City ") and the administrative center of the Audubon County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Audubon had 2176 residents.

geography

Audubon is located in west-central Iowa on both sides of Bluegrass Creek , which is part of the Missouri basin over the East Nishnabotna River and the Nishnabotna River . This forms the border between Iowa and Nebraska around 100 km west of Audubon . The border with the neighboring state of Missouri to the south is around 130 km away.

The geographical coordinates of Audubon are 41 ° 43'05 "north latitude and 94 ° 55'57" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​4.87 km² and is located in the Leroy Township .

Neighboring towns to Audubon are Templeton (14 miles north), Hamlin (6.2 km south-southeast), Exira (15.9 km in the same direction), Kimballton (20.3 km southwest) and Gray (17.2 km north-northwest).

The closest major cities are the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (488 km northeast), Cedar Rapids (315 km east-northeast), Iowa's capital Des Moines (126 km east-southeast), Kansas City , Missouri (326 km south), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (134 km southwest), Sioux City (191 km northwest), and South Dakota's largest city Sioux Falls (327 km in the same direction).

traffic

The US Highway 71 runs in a north-south direction through the center of Audubon. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

With the Audubon County Airport there is a small airfield on the southern city limits. The nearest commercial airports are Eppley Airfield in Omaha (136 km southwest) and Des Moines International Airport (148 km east-southeast).

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1880 792 -
1890 1310 65.4%
1900 1866 42.4%
1910 1928 3.3%
1920 2108 9.3%
1930 2255 7%
1940 2409 6.8%
1950 2808 16.6%
1960 2928 4.3%
1970 2907 -0.7%
1980 2841 -2.3%
1990 2524 -11.2%
2000 2382 -5.6%
2010 2176 -8.6%
1880-2000 2010

population

According to the 2010 census , Audubon had 2,176 people in 961 households. The population density was 446.8 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.18 people lived in each of the 961 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.9 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.7 percent of the population.

21.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 49.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 28.5 percent were 65 years or older. 53.5 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 40,750  USD . The per capita income was $ 25,326. 13.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Audubon County - City of Audubon.Retrieved October 12, 2014
  2. ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved October 12, 2014
  3. ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed October 12, 2014
  4. ↑ AirNav.com - Audubon County Airport Accessed on October 12, 2014
  5. ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved October 12, 2014

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