Esko, Minnesota
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Location in Minnesota
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Minnesota | ||
| County : | Carlton County | ||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 42 ′ N , 92 ° 22 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,869 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 148.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 12.59 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 356 m | ||
| Postal code : | 55733 | ||
| Area code : | +1 218 | ||
| FIPS : | 27-19718 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 643411 | ||
Esko is a settlement on community-free area in Carlton County to the west of the US -amerikanischen state of Minnesota . For statistical purposes, the place has been combined to form a census-designated place (CDP) . In 2010 Esko had 1869 inhabitants.
geography
Esko is about 5 km northwest of the border with Wisconsin at 46 ° 42'21 "north latitude, 92 ° 21'48" west longitude and extends over 12.59 km². The place is in the center of Thomson Township .
Neighboring towns of Esko are Scanlon (5.6 km west), Proctor (14.4 km northeast), Thomson (6.5 km south-southwest) and Carlton (8.7 km southwest).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (225 km south-southwest), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (221 km in the same direction), Eau Claire in Wisconsin (266 km south-south-east), Duluth on Lake Superior (25.2 km northeast), Thunder Bay in Canada (330 km northeast) and Fargo in North Dakota (375 km west).
The border with Canada is 260 km north.
traffic
Interstate 35 , the shortest connection from the Twin Cities to Duluth, runs along the southern outskirts . County Road 61 runs in a west-east direction as the main road through Esko and crosses County Road 1 in the center of the village. All other roads are subordinate and partly unpaved roads as well as internal connecting roads.
Cloquet Carlton County Airport is 12 km west of Scanlon . The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, 232 km to the south-southwest .
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Esko had 1,869 people in 683 households. The population density was 148.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.74 people each in the 683 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.1 percent white, 0.1 percent (two people) African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and 0.1 percent (two people) from other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.7 percent of the population.
27.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.0 percent were 65 years or older. 48.2 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 79,025 USD . The per capita income was $ 28,863. 2.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b American Fact Finder. Retrieved April 7, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed April 7, 2013