Big Falls, Minnesota
| Big Falls | |
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 Location in Minnesota
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Koochiching County |
| Coordinates : | 48 ° 11 ′ N , 93 ° 48 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 236 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 15 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 15.7 km 2 (approx. 6 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 371 m |
| Postal code : | 56627 |
| Area code : | +1 218 |
| FIPS : | 27-05680 |
| GNIS ID : | 640086 |
| Website : | www.bigfalls.govoffice.com |
| Mayor : | Rod Burmeister |
Big Falls is a small town (with the status " City ") in Koochiching County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , Big Falls had 236 residents.
geography
Big Falls is located in northern Minnesota not far from the Canadian border on the Big Fork River , a tributary of the Rainy River . The place is at 48 ° 11'28 "north latitude, 93 ° 48'24" west longitude and extends over 15.7 km².
Neighboring locations to Big Falls are Grand Falls (on the opposite bank of the Big Fork River), Littlefork (33.1 km northeast), and Margie (15.5 km southwest).
The closest major cities are Fargo in North Dakota (328 km southwest), Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba (399 km northwest), Thunder Bay on Lake Superior in the Canadian province of Ontario (412 km east), Duluth (261 km southeast) and Minneapolis (411 km south).
The Canadian border is 45 km north.
traffic
The US Highway 71 leads northeast-southwest direction as the main road through Big Falls, where it meets with the Minnesota State Route 6 along at its northern end. All other roads are subordinate and partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city connecting roads.
The nearest major airports are Hector International Airport in Fargo (331 km southwest), Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (408 km northwest), Thunder Bay International Airport (410 km east) and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (434 km east) km south).
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Big Falls had 236 people in 130 households. The population density was 15 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 1.82 people lived in each of the 130 households.
With three exceptions, the population consisted only of whites. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.7 percent (four people) of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
11.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 23.7 percent were 65 years or older. 47.0 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 31,167 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,309. 21.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved May 7, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on May 7, 2013