Grimes, Iowa
| Grimes | |
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 Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1881 (settled) 1894 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| Counties : |
Polk County Dallas County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 41 ′ N , 93 ° 47 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
8,246 (as of 2010) 599,789 (as of 2013) |
| Population density : | 268.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 30.74 km 2 (approx. 12 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 293 m |
| Postcodes : | 50111, 50131 |
| Area code : | +1 515 |
| FIPS : | 19-33060 |
| GNIS ID : | 457148 |
| Website : | www.grimesiowa.gov |
| Mayor : | Tom Armstrong |
Grimes is a city (with the status " City ") in Polk County and a small portion in Dallas County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Grimes had 8,246 residents, which increased to 9,335 by 2013.
Grimes is part of the metropolitan area around Iowa's capital Des Moines .
geography
Grimes is located in western central Iowa, in the northwest suburb of Des Moines. The city is about 10 km west of the Des Moines River , a right tributary of the Mississippi .
The geographical coordinates of Grimes are 41 ° 41'18 "north latitude and 93 ° 47'28" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 30.74 km² and is distributed over the Webster and Jefferson Townships of Polk Counties and the Walnut and Grant Townships of Dallas County.
Neighboring towns to Grimes are Polk City (14.3 km northeast), Johnston (on the eastern city limits), Urbandale (on the southeast, south and southwest city limits), Waukee (17.2 km southwest), Dallas Center (14.4 km west) and Granger (10.4 km north-northwest).
Des Moines city center is 16 miles to the southeast. The closest other major cities are the Twin Cities ( Minneapolis and St. Paul ) in Minnesota (396 km north), Rochester in Minnesota (341 km northeast), Waterloo (193 km northeast), Cedar Rapids (200 km east-northeast), Iowa City (197 km east), Kansas City in Missouri (310 km south-southwest), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (222 km west-southwest), Sioux City (281 km west-northwest), and South Dakota's largest city, Sioux Falls (417 km northwest).
traffic
Interstate Highways 35 and 80 , which are on a shared route and form the northern bypass of Greater Des Moines, touch the extreme southeast of the Grimes metropolitan area. The Iowa State Highway 141 leads north-south direction by Grimes and meets in the city center to the eastern terminus of the Iowa State Highway 44 . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The nearest airport is Des Moines International Airport, 33.6 km southeast .
history
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1900 | 186 | - | |
| 1910 | 733 | 294.1% | |
| 1920 | 524 | -28.5% | |
| 1930 | 468 | -10.7% | |
| 1940 | 489 | 4.5% | |
| 1950 | 582 | 19% | |
| 1960 | 697 | 19.8% | |
| 1970 | 834 | 19.7% | |
| 1980 | 1973 | 136.6% | |
| 1990 | 2653 | 34.5% | |
| 2000 | 5098 | 92.2% | |
| 2010 | 8246 | 61.7% | |
| 2013 estimate | 9335 | 13.2% | |
| 1880-2000 2010-2013 | |||
The place was founded in 1881 and named after James W. Grimes , the 3rd Governor of Iowa. In 1894 Grimes was incorporated as a separate municipality.
population
According to the 2010 census , Grimes had 8,246 people in 3,115 households. The population density was 268.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.65 people in each of the 3115 households.
The racial the population was composed of 95.0 percent white, 1.1 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 1.7 percent Asian and 0.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
31.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 5.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 62,331 USD . The per capita income was $ 28,911. 3.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Business Record - Metro population Expands West - Census Bureau Retrieved on November 4, 2014
- ↑ City of Grimes - Elected Officials. Retrieved November 4, 2014
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 4, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on November 4, 2014
- ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved November 4, 2014
- ↑ City of Grimes.Retrieved November 4, 2014
