Cedar Rapids, Iowa
| Cedar Rapids | |
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| Nickname : City of Five Seasons | |
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| Location in Iowa | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1849 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Linn County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 59 ′ N , 91 ° 40 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
131,127 (as of 2016) 267,799 (as of 2016) |
| Population density : | 715.1 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 186.66 km 2 (approx. 72 mi 2 ) of which 183.37 km 2 (approx. 71 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 246 m |
| Postcodes : | 52400-52499 |
| Area code : | +1 319 |
| FIPS : | 19-12000 |
| GNIS ID : | 465941 |
| Website : | www.cedar-rapids.org |
| Mayor : | Ron Corbett |
 Mays Iceland with the Veterans Memorial Building (mi.) And the Linn County Courthouse (l.), Since 1978 as a Historic District in the NRHP listed |
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Cedar Rapids is a city and county seat of Linn County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . According to the 2010 census, the second largest city in the state had 126,326 inhabitants, the number of which had increased to around 131,000 by 2016 (2016 estimate, US Census Bureau ).
Cedar Rapids is the core city of the metropolitan region of the same name .
Cedar Rapids is marketed as the “City of Five Seasons”, the fifth season being “a time to enjoy.” The term “Five Seasons” appears in the city in a variety of forms.
geography
Cedar Rapids is located in eastern Iowa on the Cedar River , which is part of the Mississippi River basin across the Iowa River . The city after the rapids was (eng: Named Rapids ) in the Cedar River.
The geographical coordinates of Cedar Rapids are 41 ° 58'59 "north latitude and 91 ° 40'07" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 186.66 km², which is spread over 183.37 km² of land and 3.29 km² of water.
Neighboring towns to Cedar Rapids are Toddville , Hiawatha and Robins (on the northern city limits), Marion and Bertram (on the eastern city limits), Ely (10 miles southeast), Shueyville and Swisher (on the southern city limits), Fairfax (on the southwest city limits), Atkins (19 km west) and Palo (17.9 km northwest).
The closest major cities are Waterloo (88.2 km northwest) and Iowa's former capital, Iowa City (42.8 km south-southeast). The nearest other major cities are Wisconsin's capital Madison (264 km northeast), Rockford , Illinois (252 km east), Chicago , Illinois (364 km in the same direction), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (125 km east-southeast), St. Louis , Missouri (457 km south-southeast), Kansas City , Missouri (507 km southwest), Iowa's current capital, Des Moines (192 km west-southwest), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (414 km in the same direction), Sioux City (425 km west ), South Dakota's largest city Sioux Falls (554 km west-northwest), Rochester , Minnesota (268 km northwest), and the Twin Cities , Minnesota (401 km in the same direction).
traffic
The Interstate Highway 380 crosses the city in north-south direction. The freeway expanded US Highway 30 runs in a west-east direction through the south of the urban area of Cedar Rapids. US Highway 151 runs through the city from northeast to southwest . The Iowa State Highway 100 leads in west-east direction through the north of the urban area. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
Four freight railways, Union Pacific Railroad (UP), Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway (Crandic), Canadian National Railway and Iowa Northern , serve the city on schedule. Crandic and the Iowa Interstate Railroad have their corporate offices in Cedar Rapids.
Cedar Rapids Airport, which is served by some of the larger American airlines, is located 15 km south of the city center with Eastern Iowa Airport .
Economy and work
Cedar Rapids is promoted by two companies both in jobs and economically. One is the cereal manufacturer Quaker Oats (part of PepsiCo ), the other is Rockwell Collins , a company that designs and produces radio and communications equipment for Boeing and NASA , among others .
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1860 | 1830 | - | |
| 1870 | 5940 | 224.6% | |
| 1880 | 10,104 | 70.1% | |
| 1890 | 18,020 | 78.3% | |
| 1900 | 25,656 | 42.4% | |
| 1910 | 32,811 | 27.9% | |
| 1920 | 45,566 | 38.9% | |
| 1930 | 56.097 | 23.1% | |
| 1940 | 62.120 | 10.7% | |
| 1950 | 72,296 | 16.4% | |
| 1960 | 92.035 | 27.3% | |
| 1970 | 110,642 | 20.2% | |
| 1980 | 110.243 | -0.4% | |
| 1990 | 108,772 | -1.3% | |
| 2000 | 120,758 | 11% | |
| 2010 | 126,326 | 4.6% | |
| 2013 estimate | 128,429 | 1.7% | |
| 1860-2000 2010-2013 | |||
population
According to the 2010 census , Cedar Rapids had 126,326 people in 53,236 households. The population density was 688.9 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.31 people lived in each of the 53,236 households.
The racial the population was composed of 88.0 percent white, 5.6 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 2.2 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 0.9 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.3 percent of the population.
23.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.1 percent were 65 years or older. 50.9 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 52,216 USD . The per capita income was $ 28,458. 11.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
Born in Cedar Rapids
- Ben Askren (* 1984), mixed martial arts fighter
- Douglas Barr (* 1949), actor, screenwriter, director and winemaker
- George Joseph Biskup (1911–1979), Archbishop of Indianapolis
- Paul Conrad (1924-2010), caricaturist
- Geof Darrow (* 1955), comic artist
- Karl David-Djerf (* 1977), actor
- Don DeFore (1913-1993), actor
- Bobby Driscoll (1937–1968), Oscar-winning US child star of the 1940s and 1950s
- Michael Emerson (born 1954), actor
- Terry Farrell (* 1963), actress and former model
- Robert Fletcher (* 1922), costume designer
- James William Good (1866–1929), politician, member of the US House of Representatives
- Beulah Gundling (1916–2003), synchronized swimmer, aquatic artist and choreographer
- John Hench (1908–2004), illustrator, storyboarder and production designer
- Victor Hopkins (1904–1969), racing cyclist
- Nathan Hill (* 1978), writer
- Zach Johnson (born 1976), PGA TOUR professional golfer
- Ashton Kutcher (* 1978), actor and show host
- Ron Livingston (born 1968), actor
- John Sandford (born 1944), writer
- Riley Smith (* 1978), actor and model
- Harvey Sollberger (* 1938), flautist, composer and conductor
- Carl van Vechten (1880–1964), photographer and author
- Elijah Wood (born 1981), actor
Others
- Alexander Lippisch (1894–1976), aircraft designer, lived in Cedar Rapids for a long time
- William L. Shirer (1904–1993), historian, journalist and publicist, attended school at Cedar Rapids
- Grant Wood (1891-1942), artist, grew up in Cedar Rapids
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Cedar Rapids - City Council ( February 1, 2016 memento in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved January 26, 2015
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 78001240.Retrieved January 26, 2015
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on January 26, 2015
- ^ The Eastern Iowa Airport. Retrieved January 26, 2015
- ↑ AirNav.com - Eastern Iowa Airport Accessed on January 26, 2015
- ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) , accessed January 26, 2015
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder , accessed January 26, 2015
Web links
- Official website
- Cedar Rapids Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
- city-data.com - Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2016 , American Factfinder on Population and Housing Unit Estimates , United States Census Bureau, accessed December 12, 2017