Clear Lake, South Dakota

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Clear Lake
Location of Clear Lake in Deuel County (left) and South Dakota (right)
Location in South Dakota
Basic data
Foundation : 1900 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : South Dakota
County : Deuel County
Coordinates : 44 ° 45 ′  N , 96 ° 41 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 45 ′  N , 96 ° 41 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 1,273 (as of 2010)
Population density : 160.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 8.42 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of
which 7.95 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 559 m
Postal code : 57226
Area code : +1 605
FIPS : 46-12540
GNIS ID : 1254396
Website : www.clearlakesd.com
Mayor : Gordon Lee

Clear Lake is a small town with a status of " City " and the administrative center of Deuel County in the US -amerikanischen State South Dakota . In 2010 , Clear Lake had 1,273 residents.

geography

Clear Lake is located on the western shore of Clear Lake , in eastern South Dakota, not far from the Minnesota border . The geographic coordinates of Clear Lake are 44 ° 44'45 "north latitude and 96 ° 40'57" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​8.42 km², which is spread over 7.95 km² of land and 0.47 km² of water.

Neighboring locations to Clear Lake are Altamont (6.5 miles north), Gary (15.3 miles east-northeast), Brandt (15.3 km southeast), and Goodwin (17.3 miles northwest).

The closest major cities are Sioux Falls (148 km south), Fargo , North Dakota (261 km north) and Minnesota's largest city, Minneapolis (300 km east).

traffic

On the southern edge of the urban area of ​​Clear Lake, the South Dakota Highway 15, which runs through the city center as the main road in a north-south direction, crosses South Dakota Highway 22 . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

With the Clear Lake Municipal Airport there is a small airfield on the northern outskirts. The nearest major airports are the Sioux Falls Regional Airport (144 km south-southeast), the Hector International Airport in Fargo (271 km north) and the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (298 km east).

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1890 147 -
1900 491 234%
1910 704 43.4%
1920 835 18.6%
1930 834 -0.1%
1940 997 19.5%
1950 1105 10.8%
1960 1137 2.9%
1970 1157 1.8%
1980 1310 13.2%
1990 1247 -4.8%
2000 1335 7.1%
2010 1273 -4.6%
1890-2000 2010

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Clear Lake had 1,273 people in 552 households. The population density was 160.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.22 people lived in each of the 552 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.6 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.0 percent of the population.

21.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 23.9 percent were 65 years or older. 51.2 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 47,813  USD . The per capita income was $ 21,353. 5.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Web links

Commons : Clear Lake (South Dakota)  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. history.sd.gov - Towns (PDF; 45kB) Retrieved July 9, 2013
  2. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved July 9, 2013
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on July 9, 2013
  4. AirNav.com - Clear Lake Municipal Airport Retrieved on July 9, 2013
  5. ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved July 9, 2013