Bird Island, Minnesota
| Bird Island | |
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 Center of Bird Island |
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| Location in Minnesota | |
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Renville County |
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 46 ′ N , 94 ° 54 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 1,042 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 263.1 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 3.96 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 332 m |
| Postal code : | 55310 |
| Area code : | +1 320 |
| FIPS : | 27-06076 |
| GNIS ID : | 640191 |
| Website : | www.birdislandcity.com |
| Mayor : | Doug Erickson |
Bird Iceland is a small town (with the status " City ") in Renville County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , Bird Island had 1,042 residents.
geography
Bird Island is located in central southwest Minnesota at 44 ° 45'53 "north latitude and 94 ° 53'41" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 3.96 km².
Neighboring towns to Bird Island are Lake Lillian (20.4 km north), Hector (15.2 km east), Franklin (27 km south), and Olivia (8.1 km west).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (148 km east), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (160 km in the same direction), Rochester (256 km east-southeast), Iowa's capital Des Moines (460 km south-southeast), Omaha , Nebraska (473 km south) , Sioux Falls , South Dakota (150 miles southwest), and Fargo , North Dakota (193 miles northwest).
traffic
The US Highway 212 leads in west-east direction by Bird Lake and crosses in the center, the Minnesota State Route 19 , which runs as a main road in north-south direction. All other roads are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.
A railway line of the Twin Cities and Western Railroad runs through the urban area of Bird Island in a west-east direction .
With the Olivia Regional Airport there is a small airfield 11 km to the west. The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (145 km east).
Demographic data
As of the 2010 census , Bird Island had 1,042 people in 487 households. The population density was 263.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.11 people lived in each of the 487 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.2 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian, 0.2 percent Polynesians and 1.2 percent other ethnic groups; 0.9 were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.2 percent of the population.
20.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.5 percent were 65 years or older. 50.2 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 41,635 USD . The per capita income was $ 28,014. 12.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 15, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed June 15, 2013