Clarks Grove

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Clarks Grove
Freeborn County Minnesota Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Clarks Grove Highlighted.svg
Location in Minnesota
Basic data
State : United States
State : Minnesota
County : Freeborn County
Coordinates : 43 ° 46 ′  N , 93 ° 20 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 46 ′  N , 93 ° 20 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 706 (as of 2010)
Population density : 461.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 1.53 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 400 m
Postal code : 56016
Area code : +1 507
FIPS : 27-11674
GNIS ID : 641253

Clarks Grove is a small town (with the status " City ") in Freeborn County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , Clarks Grove had 706 residents.

geography

Clarks Grove is located in southern Minnesota at 43 ° 45'50 "north latitude and 93 ° 19'45" west longitude. The city extends over 1.53 km².

Neighboring locations to Clarks Grove are Geneva (9.6 km northeast), Hollandale (10.1 km east), Albert Lea (16.6 km south) and Hartland (17.2 km northwest).

The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (143 km north), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (149 km in the same direction), Rochester (95.7 km northeast), Iowa's capital Des Moines (253 km south) and Sioux Falls in South Dakota ( 293 km west).

traffic

Interstate 35 runs east of Clarks Grove and is the fastest connection from the Twin Cities and Des Moines. The Minnesota State Route 251 reaches its western terminus in Clarks Grove. All other roads are subordinate partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city roads.

A Union Pacific Railroad line runs north-south through the urban area of ​​Clarks Grove.

The Albert Lea Municipal Airport is 11.5 km south of a small regional airport. The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (137 km north).

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Clarks Grove had 706 people in 295 households. The population density was 461.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.39 people lived in each of the 295 households.

The racial the population was composed of 93.9 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 2.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 6.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

25.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.3 percent were 65 years or older. 49.4 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 48,095  USD . The per capita income was $ 22,865. 15.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b American Fact Finder. Retrieved April 21, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on April 21, 2013

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