Coon Rapids, Iowa

Coon Rapids
	Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation :	1882 (incorporated)
State :	United States
State :	Iowa
Counties :	Carroll County ; Guthrie County
Coordinates :	41 ° 52 ′ N , 94 ° 41 ′ W Coordinates: 41 ° 52 ′ N , 94 ° 41 ′ W
Time zone :	Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents :	1,305 (as of 2010)
Population density :	283.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	4.61 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 )
Height :	358 m
Postal code :	50058
Area code :	+1 712
FIPS :	19-16050
GNIS ID :	455613
Website :	www.coonrapidsiowa.com
Mayor :	Jeff Anthofer

Coon Rapids is a city (with the status " City ") in Carroll County and a small part in Guthrie County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Coon Rapids had 1305 inhabitants, the number of which had decreased to 1282 by 2013.

geography

Coon Rapids is located in the heart of western Iowa on Middle Raccoon River , which over the Raccoon River and the Des Moines River to the basin of the Mississippi belongs.

The geographical coordinates of Coon Rapids are 41 ° 52'15 "north latitude and 94 ° 40'00" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 4.61 km² and is mostly in the Union Township of Carroll County. A small part of the urban area extends into the Orange Township of Guthrie County.

Neighboring towns to Coon Rapids are Ralston (14.4 miles north-northeast), Scranton (27.6 km northeast), Bayard (11.5 km east-southeast), Dedham (14.7 km west-northwest), Templeton (25.5 km in the same Direction) and Glidden (25 km north-northwest).

The center of Des Moines is 111 km east-southeast. The closest other major cities are the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (447 km northeast), Rochester , Minnesota (392 km northeast), Waterloo (258 km east-northeast), Cedar Rapids (271 km east), Iowa City (283 km km east-southeast), Kansas City in Missouri (351 km south), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (167 km southwest), Sioux City (193 km northwest), and South Dakota's largest city Sioux Falls (329 km in the same direction).

traffic

The Iowa State Highway 141 leads in a northwest-southeast direction as the main road through Coon Rapids. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A railway line for freight traffic of the BNSF Railway runs through Coon Rapids parallel to IA 141 .

By Arthur N. Neu Airport is located 32 km north-northwest of a small airfield. The nearest commercial airport is Des Moines International Airport (120 km east-southeast).

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	54	-
1890	873	1,516.7%
1900	1017	16.5%
1910	1084	6.6%
1920	1328	22.5%
1930	1303	-1.9%
1940	1533	17.7%
1950	1676	9.3%
1960	1560	-6.9%
1970	1381	-11.5%
1980	1448	4.9%
1990	1266	-12.6%
2000	1305	3.1%
2010	1305	0%
2013 estimate	1282	-1.8%
1880-2000 2010-2013

population

According to the 2010 census , Coon Rapids had 1,305 people in 550 households. The population density was 283.1 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.3 people lived in each of the 550 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.7 percent white, 0.1 percent (one person) African American, 0.1 percent Native American and 1.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.3 percent of the population.

25.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 50.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 23.4 percent were 65 years or older. 53.0 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 45,208 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,482. 13.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.