Hoffman, Minnesota

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Hoffman
Center of Hoffman
Center of Hoffman
Location in Minnesota
Grant County Minnesota Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Hoffman Highlighted.svg
Basic data
State : United States
State : Minnesota
County : Grant County
Coordinates : 45 ° 50 ′  N , 95 ° 48 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 50 ′  N , 95 ° 48 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 681 (as of 2010)
Population density : 127.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 5.36 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 )
Height : 379 m
Postal code : 56339
Area code : +1 320
FIPS : 27-29474
GNIS ID : 645053
Website : www.hoffmanmn.com
Mayor : Dennis Satre

Hoffman is a small town (with the status " City ") in Grant County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 Hoffman had 681 residents.

geography

Hoffman is located in western Minnesota on the Chippewa River , a tributary of the Minnesota River that flows into the Mississippi . The place is at 45 ° 49'46 "north latitude, 95 ° 47'31" west longitude and extends over 5.36 km².

Neighboring towns to Hoffman are Barrett (12.3 km northwest) and Kensington (10.7 km southeast).

The closest major cities are Fargo in North Dakota (154 km northwest), Duluth on Lake Superior (359 km east northeast), Minneapolis (241 km southeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (260 km in the same direction) and Sioux Falls in South Dakota (330 km south-southwest).

traffic

Minnesota State Routes 55 and 27 intersect in downtown Hoffman . All other roads are subordinate, partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city connecting roads.

A Canadian Pacific Railway runs through the city of Hoffman in a northwest-southeast direction .

With the Elbow Lake Municipal - Pride of the Prairie Airport is located 15 miles northwest of a small regional airport. The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (265 km southeast).

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1900 270 -
1910 391 44.8%
1920 475 21.5%
1930 468 -1.5%
1940 504 7.7%
1950 575 14.1%
1960 605 5.2%
1970 627 3.6%
1980 631 0.6%
1990 576 -8.7%
2000 672 16.7%
2010 681 1.3%
1900-2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Hoffman had 681 people in 285 households. The population density was 127.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.24 people lived in each of the 285 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.7 percent white, 0.1 percent (one person) African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian, 0.1 percent (one person) Polynesians and 1.6 Percent from other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.1 percent of the population.

21.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 53.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 25.1 percent were 65 years or older. 52.3 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 25,625  USD . The per capita income was $ 15,546. 29.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved April 23, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed April 23, 2013
  3. ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved April 23, 2013

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