Clive, Iowa

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Clive
Polk County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Clive Highlighted.svg
Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation : 1956 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Iowa
Counties : Polk County
Dallas County
Coordinates : 41 ° 36 ′  N , 93 ° 43 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 36 ′  N , 93 ° 43 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
15,447 (status: 2010)
599,789 (status: 2013)
Population density : 773.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 19.97 km 2  (approx. 8 mi 2 )
Height : 254 m
Postcodes : 50263, 50322, 50323, 50324, 50325
Area code : +1 515
FIPS : 19-14520
GNIS ID : 455485
Website : cityofclive.com
Mayor : Scott Cirksena

Clive is a city (with the status " City ") in Polk County and to a lesser extent in Dallas County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , the city had 15,447 inhabitants, the number of which increased to 16,590 by 2013.

Clive is part of the metropolitan area around Iowa's capital Des Moines .

geography

Clive is located in central Iowa on both sides of Walnut Creek , which over the Raccoon River and the Des Moines River to the basin of the Mississippi belongs.

The geographical coordinates of Clive are 41 ° 36'11 "north latitude and 93 ° 43'27" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​19.97 km² and is mainly in the Walnut Township of Polk County and a smaller part in the township of the same name in Dallas County.

Neighboring towns to Clive are Urbandale (on the northern city limits), Grimes (11.6 km north), Windsor Heights (on the eastern city limits), West Des Moines (on the southern city limits), Waukee (on the southwestern city limits), Adel ( 13 miles west) and Dallas Center (15 miles northwest).

The center of Des Moines is 9 miles east. The closest other major cities are Cedar Rapids (200 km east-northeast), Kansas City in Missouri (299 km south-southwest), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (206 km west-southwest), the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (406 km north).

traffic

The Interstate Highway 80 runs in a north-south direction by the urban area of Clive. The US Highway 6 , at the northern city limits. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The nearest airport is Des Moines International Airport (14 miles southeast).

history

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1960 752 -
1970 3005 299.6%
1980 6064 101.8%
1990 7462 23.1%
2000 12,855 72.3%
2010 15,447 20.2%
2013 estimate 16,590 7.4%
1960–2000 2010 2013

Already in the 1870s there were first settlements in the area of ​​today's city at the meeting of Walnut Creek with the railroad. In 1882 the Union Land Company continued to settle as planned.

The settlement, gradually developing into a wealthy suburb of Des Moines, was incorporated as the City of Clive in 1956 .

population

According to the 2010 census , Clive had 15,447 people in 5,754 households. The population density was 773.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.68 people lived in each of the 5754 households.

The racial the population was composed of 88.1 percent white, 2.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 4.0 percent Asian and 3.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 7.5 percent of the population.

28.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 10.0 percent were 65 years or older. 50.2 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 96,452  USD . The per capita income was $ 44,868. 3.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. BusinessRecord: Metro population expands west - Census Bureau.Retrieved October 9, 2014
  2. City of Clive - Mayor.Retrieved October 9, 2014
  3. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved October 9, 2014
  4. a b U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Clive, IA ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 9, 2014  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / quickfacts.census.gov
  5. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on October 9, 2014
  6. State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved October 9, 2014
  7. City of Clive - History and Overview of Clive.Retrieved October 9, 2014

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