Casey, Iowa

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Casey
Guthrie County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Casey Highlighted.svg
Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation : 1869
State : United States
State : Iowa
Counties : Guthrie County
Adair County
Coordinates : 41 ° 30 ′  N , 94 ° 31 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 30 ′  N , 94 ° 31 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 426 (as of 2010)
Population density : 221.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 1.92 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 376 m
Postal code : 50048
Area code : +1 641
FIPS : 19-11395
GNIS ID : 455198

Casey is a small town (with the status " City ") in Guthrie County and in Adair County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . Casey had 426 residents in 2010 .

geography

Casey is located in the central southwest of Iowa on the South Fork Middle River , which belongs to the Mississippi River basin via the Middle River and the Des Moines River . The border with Nebraska visual Missouri River flows some 120 km to the west. The border with the neighboring state of Missouri to the south is about 110 km from Casey.

The geographical coordinates of Casey are 41 ° 30'18 "north latitude and 94 ° 31'10" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​1.92 km² and is three-quarters part of the Thompson Township of Guthrie County and a quarter of the Walnut Township of Adair County.

Casey's neighbors are Guthrie Center (13 miles north), Menlo (10.3 miles east) and Adair (12 miles west).

The closest major cities are Iowa's capital Des Moines (81 km east), Kansas City , Missouri (305 km south), and Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (144 km west-southwest).

traffic

The Interstate Highway 80 , which forms the shortest connection from Omaha to Des Moines, extends in the east-west direction through along the southern border of Casey. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A freight railway line runs through the urban area of ​​Casey in a west-east direction.

The nearest airport is Des Moines International Airport (87 km east).

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1880 473 -
1890 452 -4.4%
1900 568 25.7%
1910 735 29.4%
1920 908 23.5%
1930 785 -13.5%
1940 709 -9.7%
1950 703 -0.8%
1960 589 -16.2%
1970 561 -4.8%
1980 473 -15.7%
1990 441 -6.8%
2000 478 8.4%
2010 426 -10.9%
1880-2010

population

As of the 2010 census , Casey had 426 people in 174 households. The population density was 221.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.45 people lived in the 174 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.7 percent white and 2.1 percent Asian; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.4 percent of the population.

26.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.2 percent were 65 years or older. 50.5 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 43,906  USD . The per capita income was $ 18,898. 8.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 18, 2014
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on September 18, 2014
  3. ^ State Data Center of Iowa. Retrieved September 18, 2014

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