Hudson, Iowa

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Hudson
Black Hawk County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Hudson Highlighted.svg
Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation : 1857
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Black Hawk County
Coordinates : 42 ° 24 ′  N , 92 ° 27 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 24 ′  N , 92 ° 27 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
2,282 (status: 2010)
167,819 (status: 2010)
Population density : 104 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 21.94 km 2  (approx. 8 mi 2 )
Height : 275 m
Postcodes : 50643, 50701
Area code : +1 319
FIPS : 19-37470
GNIS ID : 457710
Website : www.cityofhudsonia.com
Mayor : Kevin Launderville

Hudson is a small town (with the status " City ") in Black Hawk County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . At the 2010 census , Hudson had 2,282 residents.

Hudson is part of the Waterloo - Cedar Falls metropolitan area .

geography

Hudson is located in northeast Iowa on both sides of Black Hawk Creek , which is part of the Mississippi River basin over the Cedar River and the Iowa River .

The geographical coordinates of Hudson are 42 ° 24'24 "north latitude and 92 ° 27'20" west longitude. The city extends over an area of ​​21.94 km² and is entirely in the Black Hawk Township .

Hudson is located in the southwestern suburb of Waterloo , the center of which is 14 km from Hudson. Other neighboring towns to the city are Cedar Falls (on the northern city limits), Evansdale (18.8 km east-northeast), Gilbertville (14.7 km east), Buckingham (17.6 km south), Traer (15.6 km in the same Direction), Reinbeck (18.6 km southwest) and Dike (21.9 km west-northwest).

The nearest major cities besides Waterloo are Rochester , Minnesota (195 km north), Dubuque at the interface of the states of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois (157 km east), Cedar Rapids (97.9 km southeast) and Iowa's capital Des Moines (162 km southwest).

traffic

US Highway 20 , which has been converted into a freeway, forms the northern limit of the urban area of ​​Hudson. The US Highway 63 and Iowa State Highway  58 meet in the center of Hudson. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The nearest airport is Waterloo Regional Airport , 12 miles north-northeast , 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 359 -
1910 372 3.6%
1920 408 9.7%
1930 470 15.2%
1940 492 4.7%
1950 613 24.6%
1960 1085 77%
1970 1535 41.5%
1980 2267 47.7%
1990 2037 -10.1%
2000 2117 3.9%
2010 2282 7.8%
1900-2000 2010

population

According to the 2010 census , Hudson had 2,282 people in 878 households. The population density was 104 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.6 people lived in each of the 878 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.1 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.6 percent of the population.

26.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.4 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 75,833  USD . The per capita income was $ 33,167. 5.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. City of Hudson - Mayor and Council. Retrieved October 23, 2014
  2. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved October 23, 2014
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on October 23, 2014
  4. ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved October 23, 2014

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