Gary (South Dakota)

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Gary
Gary's location in Deuel County (left) and South Dakota (right)
Location in South Dakota
Basic data
Foundation : 1877 (founded)
1917 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : South Dakota
County : Deuel County
Coordinates : 44 ° 48 ′  N , 96 ° 27 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 48 ′  N , 96 ° 27 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 227 (as of 2010)
Population density : 126.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 1.79 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 447 m
Postal code : 57237
Area code : +1 605
FIPS : 46-23860
GNIS ID : 1265643
Website : www.garysd.com
Mayor : Jeff Engesser

Gary is a 227 inhabitants large town (with the status " City ") in Deuel County in the US -amerikanischen State South Dakota (as of 2010).

geography

Gary is located in the east of South Dakota, right on the border with Minnesota . The geographic coordinates of Gary are 44 ° 47'33 "north latitude and 96 ° 27'21" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​1.79 km².

Neighboring towns to Gary are Brandt (17 miles southwest), Clear Lake (15 miles west southwest), Altamont (16 miles west northwest), Revillo (21 miles northwest), Marietta , Minnesota (17 miles north) and Canby , Minnesota (14 miles southeast).

The closest major cities are Sioux Falls (170 km south), Fargo , North Dakota (274 km north), and Minnesota's largest city, Minneapolis (273 km east).

traffic

The northern terminus of South Dakota Highway 101 is in the urban area of ​​Gary . A secondary highway leaves the city in an easterly direction to Minnesota, and another leads in a westerly direction. All other roads are partly unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The nearest airports are Sioux Falls Regional Airport (166 km south), Hector International Airport in Fargo (285 km north) and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (270 km east).

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Gary had 227 people in 120 households. The population density was 126.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 1.89 people each in the 120 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.9 percent white, 0.9 percent African American and 1.8 percent Native American; 0.4 percent (one person) were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.3 percent of the population, regardless of ethnicity.

18.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 26.0 percent were 65 years or older. 48.5 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 30,446  USD . The per capita income was $ 20,209. 14.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. history.sd.gov - Towns (PDF; 45kB) Retrieved July 9, 2013
  2. ^ A b American Fact Finder. Retrieved July 9, 2013
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on July 9, 2013

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