Baxter, Iowa
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 Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1894 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Jasper County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 50 ′ N , 93 ° 9 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
1,101 (as of 2010) 599,789 (as of 2013) |
| Population density : | 655.4 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 1.68 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 307 m |
| Postal code : | 50028 |
| Area code : | +1 641 |
| FIPS : | 19-04915 |
| GNIS ID : | 454391 |
| Website : | www.baxter-iowa.com |
Baxter is a small town (with the status " City ") in Jasper County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Baxter had 1,101 residents, which decreased to 1,089 by 2013.
Baxter is part of the metropolitan area around Iowa's capital Des Moines .
geography
Baxter is located in southeast central Iowa, in the eastern suburbs of Des Moines. The city is about 150 km north of the Iowa- Missouri border . The Mississippi forms the border with Illinois around 260 km east , while the Missouri River forms the border with Nebraska around 260 km west .
The geographical coordinates of Baxter are 41 ° 49'34 "north latitude and 93 ° 09'06" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 1.68 km² and is the largest town within the Independence Township .
Neighboring towns to Baxter are Melbourne (11 miles north-northeast), Laurel (25.3 km east-northeast), Newton (13.7 miles southeast), Colfax (15.4 miles south-southwest), Mingo (17.5 km southwest), Collins (22.2 km northwest) and Rhodes (13.7 km northwest).
Des Moines city center is 33 miles to the southwest. The closest other major cities are the Twin Cities ( Minneapolis and St. Paul ) in Minnesota (401 km north), Rochester in Minnesota (301 km northeast), Waterloo (136 km northeast), Cedar Rapids (144 km east northeast), Iowas former Capital Iowa City (158 km east), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (150 miles in the same direction), Chicago in Illinois (509 km also east), Peoria in Illinois (399 km east-southeast), Illinois' capital Springfield (479 km east) km southeast), St. Louis , Missouri (541 km in the same direction), Columbia , Missouri (382 km south-southeast), Kansas City , Missouri (364 km south-southwest), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (276 km west-southwest), Nebraska's capital, Lincoln (354 km in the same direction), Sioux City (335 km west-northwest), and South Dakota's largest city, Sioux Falls (473 km northwest).
traffic
The Interstate Highway 80 , which is the shortest route from Des Moines to Iowa City here, the direction east-west runs about 10 km south of Baxter over. The Iowa Highway 14 runs in a north-south direction about 8 km east of the city and 13 km west of the US Highway 65 and the Iowa Highway 330 meet. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
With the Chichaqua Valley Trail, a rail trail for hikers and cyclists that follows the route of a former railway line .
With the Newton Municipal Airport there is a small airfield 35 km southeast. The nearest commercial airport is Des Moines International Airport, 63 km southwest .
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1900 | 427 | - | |
| 1910 | 527 | 23.4% | |
| 1920 | 571 | 8.3% | |
| 1930 | 569 | -0.4% | |
| 1940 | 623 | 9.5% | |
| 1950 | 618 | -0.8% | |
| 1960 | 681 | 10.2% | |
| 1970 | 788 | 15.7% | |
| 1980 | 951 | 20.7% | |
| 1990 | 938 | -1.4% | |
| 2000 | 1052 | 12.2% | |
| 2010 | 1101 | 4.7% | |
| 2013 estimate | 1089 | -1.1% | |
| 1880-2000 2010-2013 | |||
population
According to the 2010 census , Baxter had 1,101 people in 427 households. The population density was 655.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.49 people lived in each of the 427 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.7 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.1 percent (one person) Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.3 percent of the population, regardless of ethnicity.
17.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 66.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.2 percent were 65 years or older. 50.5 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 52,222 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,299. 8.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Business Record - Metro population Expands West - Census Bureau Retrieved on March 3, 2015
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved March 3, 2015
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed March 3, 2015
- ^ Iowa National Heritage Foundation - Chichaqua Valley Trail ( Memento of the original from March 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 3, 2015
- ↑ AirNav.com - Newton Municipal Airport Accessed on March 3, 2015
- ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved March 3, 2015
