Heron Lake, Minnesota
| Heron Lake | |
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 Location in Minnesota
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1871 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Jackson County |
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 48 ′ N , 95 ° 19 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 698 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 210.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 3.32 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 433 m |
| Postal code : | 56137 |
| Area code : | +1 507 |
| FIPS : | 27-28700 |
| GNIS ID : | 644907 |
| Website : | www.heronlakecity.org |
| Mayor : | Jason Freking |
Heron Lake is a small town (with the status " City ") in Jackson County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , Heron Lake had 698 residents.
geography
Heron Lake is located on the lake of the same name in southwest Minnesota. The place is at 43 ° 47'42 "north latitude, 95 ° 19'13" west longitude and extends over 3.32 km².
Neighboring locations to Heron Lake are Wilder (11.3 km east-northeast), Okabena (6.9 km south), Miloma (5.8 km southwest), Kinbrae (15.7 km west-northwest), and Dundee (17.2 km northwest) .
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (254 km northeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (267 km in the same direction), Rochester (262 km east), Iowa's capital Des Moines (398 km southeast), Omaha in Nebraska (345 km southwest) , Sioux Falls , South Dakota (125 km west) and Fargo , North Dakota (417 km northwest).
traffic
The Minnesota State Route 60 extends in the northeast-southwest direction by the urban area of Heron Lake. All other roads within Jackson are secondary or inner-city connecting roads.
A Union Pacific Railroad line runs parallel to the MN 60 .
The Jackson Municipal Airport is located 40.5 kilometers southeast of Heron Lake. The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (150 miles northeast).
Demographic data
Heron Lake had 698 people in 306 households according to the 2010 census . The population density was 210.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.28 people lived in each of the 306 households.
The racial the population was composed of 92.1 percent white, 1.9 percent African American, 1.3 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 4.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 12.0 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.8 percent were 65 years or older. 49.6 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 49,219 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,193. 12.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved April 30, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed April 30, 2013