Delmar, Iowa

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Delmar
Clinton County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Delmar Highlighted.svg
Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation : 1871
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Clinton County
Coordinates : 42 ° 0 ′  N , 90 ° 36 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 0 ′  N , 90 ° 36 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 525 (as of 2010)
Population density : 266.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 1.97 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 250 m
Postal code : 52037
Area code : +1 563
FIPS : 19-19720
GNIS ID : 455873
Website : www.delmaria.org
Mayor : Patty Hardin

Delmar is a small town (with the status " City ") in Clinton County in the eastern part of the US -amerikanischen state of Iowa . In 2010 Delmar had 525 inhabitants.

geography

Delmar is located in the north of Clinton County at 42 ° 00'08 "north latitude and 90 ° 36'25" west longitude and extends over 1.97 km². The place is about 40 km west of the Mississippi , which forms the border with Illinois . The Wisconsin border is 40 miles north. Delmar is the only independent parish in Bloomfield Township .

Neighboring towns to Delmar are Elwood (11.6 km west), Maquoketa (11.3 km northwest), Charlotte (14.3 km east-southeast) and Welton (10.9 km south).

The closest major cities are Dubuque (62.8 km north), Rockford , Illinois (153 km east-northeast), the Quad Cities (55 km southwest), and Cedar Rapids (106 km west-northwest).

traffic

US Highway 61 runs about four kilometers west of the city in a north-south direction , and Iowa Highway 136 runs through the center of Delmar in a west-east direction . All other roads are subordinate partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city roads.

The closest airfield is Maquoketa Municipal Airport , 19.6 km northwest ; the nearest major airport is Quad City International Airport, 67.5 km south .

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1880 410 -
1890 518 26.3%
1900 592 14.3%
1910 548 -7.4%
1920 527 -3.8%
1930 480 -8.9%
1940 434 -9.6%
1950 415 -4.4%
1960 556 34%
1970 599 7.7%
1980 633 5.7%
1990 517 -18.3%
2000 514 -0.6%
2010 525 2.1%
1880-2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Delmar had 525 people in 213 households. The population density was 266.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.46 people lived in each of the 213 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.0 percent white, 1.5 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American and 0.2 percent Asian; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

27.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.6 percent were 65 years or older. 50.3 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 49,583  USD . The per capita income was $ 21,887. 6.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 16, 2012
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed June 15, 2012
  3. ^ Iowa Data Center (PDF; 84 kB) Retrieved June 15, 2012

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