Coralville

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Coralville
Johnson County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Coralville Highlighted.svg
Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation : 1843 (settled)
1873 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Johnson County
Coordinates : 41 ° 41 ′  N , 91 ° 35 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 41 ′  N , 91 ° 35 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
18,907 (as of 2010)
161,170 (as of 2013)
Population density : 605.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 31.21 km 2  (approx. 12 mi 2 )
Height : 208 m
Postcodes : 52240, 52241, 52246
Area code : +1 319
FIPS : 19-16230
GNIS ID : 455624
Website : www.coralville.org
Mayor : John Lundell

Coralville is a town (with the status " City ") in Johnson County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Coralville had 18,907 residents, which increased to 20,092 by 2013.

Coralville is part of the metropolitan area around the city of Iowa City .

geography

Coralville is located in the East Iowa at the mouth of Clear Creek in the Iowa River , a right tributary of the border Iowa to Illinois forming Mississippi . The intersection of the three states of Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin is around 140 km northeast of Coralville. About 5 km northeast of the city, the Iowa River is dammed to Coralville Lake . This is where the Devonian Fossil Gorge is located .

The geographical coordinates of Coralville are 41 ° 40'35 "north latitude and 91 ° 34'50" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​31.21 km² and is spread over the Clear Creek , Penn and West Lucas Township .

Central Iowa City is 4.3 miles to the southeast. Other neighboring towns of Coralville are North Liberty (on the northern city limits) and Tiffin (on the northwestern city limits).

The closest major cities are Cedar Rapids (38.1 km north), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (94.8 km east), Chicago , Illinois (363 km in the same direction), St. Louis , Missouri (423 km south-southeast ), Kansas City , Missouri (481 km southwest), Iowa's capital Des Moines (176 km west), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (398 km in the same direction), Rochester , Minnesota (304 km northwest) and the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( 483 km in the same direction).

traffic

Interstate Highway 80 , which runs from west to east, and US Highway 218, which has also been expanded to four lanes , cross at the northeastern city limits . US Highway  6 runs northwest-southeast through downtown Coralville and meets Iowa Highway 965 . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

In the urban area of ​​Coralville several railroad lines for the freight traffic of different railway companies meet.

With the Iowa City Municipal Airport is 7.9 km southeast of a small airfield. The nearest commercial airport is Cedar Rapids - Eastern Iowa Airport (18.2 miles northwest).

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1910 151 -
1920 150 -0.7%
1930 254 69.3%
1940 433 70.5%
1950 977 125.6%
1960 2357 141.2%
1970 6130 160.1%
1980 7687 25.4%
1990 10,347 34.6%
2000 15.123 46.2%
2010 18,907 25%
2013 estimate 20.092 6.3%
1910-2000 2010-2013

population

According to the 2010 census , Coralville had 18,907 people in 7,763 households. The population density was 605.8 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.29 people lived in each of the 7763 households.

The racial the population was composed of 79.4 percent white, 7.9 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 7.8 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 2.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 5.1 percent of the population.

22.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 70.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 7.5 percent were 65 years or older. 48.5 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 56,635  USD . The per capita income was $ 32,401. 10.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

Individual evidence

  1. City of Coralville - Mayor & City Council. Retrieved September 29, 2014
  2. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 29, 2014
  3. a b U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Coralville, Iowa ( 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 September 29, 2014  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / quickfacts.census.gov
  4. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on September 29, 2014
  5. AirNav.com - Iowa City Municipal Airport Accessed on September 29, 2014
  6. ^ State Data Center of Iowa. Retrieved September 29, 2014

Web links

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