Bejou
| Bejou | |
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 Location in Minnesota
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Mahnomen County |
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 26 ′ N , 95 ° 59 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 89 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 85.6 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 1.04 km 2 (approx. 0 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 373 m |
| Postal code : | 56516 |
| Area code : | +1 218 |
| FIPS : | 27-04672 |
| GNIS ID : | 639872 |
Bejou is a small town (with the status " City ") in Mahnomen County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 Bejou had 89 inhabitants.
The city, like the entire county, is within the White Earth Indian Reservation of Anishinabe .
geography
Bejou is located in central northwest Minnesota at 47 ° 26'29 "north latitude and 95 ° 58'34" west longitude. The place extends over an area of 1.04 km².
Neighboring places of Bejou are Winger (11.1 km north) and Mahnomen (14.1 km south).
The nearest major cities are Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba (308 km north-northwest), Duluth on Lake Superior (348 km east), Minneapolis (392 km southeast) and Fargo in North Dakota (125 km southwest).
The Canadian border is 191 km north.
traffic
The US Highway 59 runs north-south direction as the main road through Bejou. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A Canadian Pacific Railway runs parallel to US 59 .
With the Mahnomen County Airport there is a small regional airport 21.5 km south. The nearest international airports are Hector International Airport in Fargo (121 km southwest), Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (315 km north-northwest) and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (416 km southeast).
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Bejou had 89 people in 37 households. The population density was 85.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.41 people lived in each of the 37 households.
The racial the population was composed of 76.4 percent white, 18.0 percent Native American and 1.1 percent (one person) Asian; 4.5 percent were descended from two or more races.
22.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.5 percent were 65 years or older. 47.2 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 26,667 USD . The per capita income was $ 12,516. 48.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved May 16, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on May 16, 2013