Glencoe, Minnesota
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 Downtown Glencoe |
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| Location in Minnesota | |
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | McLeod County |
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 46 ′ N , 94 ° 9 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 5,631 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 672.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 8.37 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 304 m |
| Postal code : | 55336 |
| Area code : | +1 320 |
| FIPS : | 27-23948 |
| GNIS ID : | 663170 |
| Mayor : | Randy Wilson |
 The McLeod County Courthouse in Glencoe |
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Glencoe a small town (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of the McLeod County in the middle south of the US -amerikanischen state of Minnesota . In 2010 , Glencoe had 5631 residents.
geography
Glencoe is located at 44 ° 46'09 "north latitude and 94 ° 09'06" west longitude and extends over 8.37 km².
Neighboring towns to Glencoe are Biscay (12.5 km northwest), Plato (9.6 km east), Green Isle (13.4 km southeast), New Auburn (14.2 km southwest), and Brownton (11.6 km west ).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (86.8 km east-northeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (99 km in the same direction), Rochester (207 km southeast), Sioux Falls in South Dakota (304 km southwest) and Fargo , North Dakota ( 369 km northwest).
traffic
The main artery of road traffic is US Highway 212, which runs through the city in a west-east direction . Minnesota State Routes 2 and 22 meet in downtown . All other roads within Glencoe are secondary or inner-city connecting roads.
The main line of the Twin Cities and Western Railroad runs parallel to US 212 .
The Glencoe Municipal Airport is a small airfield 6.5 km east of Glencoe. The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (84.2 km east).
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 1078 | - | |
| 1890 | 1649 | 53% | |
| 1900 | 1780 | 7.9% | |
| 1910 | 1788 | 0.4% | |
| 1920 | 1747 | -2.3% | |
| 1930 | 1925 | 10.2% | |
| 1940 | 2387 | 24% | |
| 1950 | 2801 | 17.3% | |
| 1960 | 3216 | 14.8% | |
| 1970 | 4217 | 31.1% | |
| 1980 | 4396 | 4.2% | |
| 1990 | 4648 | 5.7% | |
| 2000 | 5453 | 17.3% | |
| 2010 | 5631 | 3.3% | |
| 1880-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Glencoe had 5,631 people in 2,220 households. The population density was 672.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.48 people lived in each of the 2220 households.
The racial the population was composed of 92.0 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian and 4.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 14.8 percent of the population.
26.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.1 percent were 65 years or older. 51.5 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 48,667 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,155. 10.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c American Fact Finder , accessed March 2, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps , accessed on March 2, 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census , accessed February 28, 2013
