Hazleton, Iowa

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Hazleton
Buchanan County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Hazleton Highlighted.svg
Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation : 1853
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Buchanan County
Coordinates : 42 ° 37 ′  N , 91 ° 54 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 37 ′  N , 91 ° 54 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 823 (as of 2010)
Population density : 401.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 2.05 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 308 m
Postal code : 50641
Area code : +1 319
FIPS : 19-35580
GNIS ID : 457370
Website : www.hazletonia.com/index.html
Mayor : Gerry Vande Vorde

Hazleton is a small town (with the status " City ") in Buchanan County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Hazleton had 823 residents.

geography

Hazleton is located in northeastern Iowa on both sides of Otter Creek , which is part of the Mississippi River basin over the Wapsipinicon River . This forms the border of Iowa to Wisconsin and Illinois around 90 km east .

The geographical coordinates of Hazleton are 42 ° 37'15 "north latitude and 91 ° 54'01" west longitude. The city covers an area of ​​2.05 km² and is entirely within the Hazleton Township .

Hazleton's neighbors are Oelwein (6.9 km north), Stanley (10.1 km east-northeast), Aurora (15.7 km east), Lamont (23.7 km east- southeast), Independence (17.3 km south), Jesup ( 28.2 km southwest), Dunkerton (16.2 km west southwest), and Fairbank (14.4 km west northwest).

The nearest major cities are Wisconsin's capital Madison (259 km east-northeast), Dubuque at the interface of the states of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois (126 km east), Cedar Rapids (80.2 km south-southeast), Waterloo (49.5 km southwest), Iowa's capital city of Des Moines (234 km in the same direction) and Rochester , Minnesota (203 km north-northwest).

traffic

The Iowa State Highway 150 leads north-south direction as the main road through Hazleton. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The nearest airport is Waterloo Regional Airport , 49.3 km west-southwest , from where feeder flights from several airlines connect to the major airports in Chicago O'Hare and Minneapolis-Saint Paul .

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1900 500 -
1910 444 -11.2%
1920 517 16.4%
1930 499 -3.5%
1940 536 7.4%
1950 550 2.6%
1960 665 20.9%
1970 626 -5.9%
1980 877 40.1%
1990 733 -16.4%
2000 950 29.6%
2010 823 -13.4%
1900-2000 2010

population

According to the 2010 census , Hazleton had 823 people in 354 households. The population density was 401.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.32 people lived in each of the 354 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.8 percent white, 0.5 percent African American and 1.6 percent Native American; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.6 percent of the population.

24.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.5 percent were 65 years or older. 46.1 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 39,659  USD . The per capita income was $ 15,504. 17.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ City of Hazleton - City Council.Retrieved October 25, 2014
  2. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved October 25, 2014
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on October 25, 2014
  4. ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved October 25, 2014

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