Isle (Minnesota)

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Isle
Mille Lacs County Minnesota Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Isle Highlighted.svg
Location in Minnesota
Basic data
State : United States
State : Minnesota
County : Mille Lacs County
Coordinates : 46 ° 8 ′  N , 93 ° 28 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 8 ′  N , 93 ° 28 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 751 (as of 2010)
Population density : 136.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 6.60 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of
which 5.49 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 389 m
Postal code : 56342
Area code : +1 320
FIPS : 27-31472
GNIS ID : 645530

Isle is a small town (with the status " City ") in Mille Lacs County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 Isle had 751 inhabitants.

Isle is located in the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation of Anishinabe (Ojibwa) and is called Chi-minising in their language .

geography

Lakeshore in Father Hennepin State Park

Isle is located in northeastern central Minnesota on the southeastern shore of Mille Lacs Lake . The geographical coordinates are 46 ° 08'17 "north latitude and 93 ° 28'15" west longitude. The place extends over 6.60 km², which is spread over 5.49 km² of land and 1.11 km² of water.

Father Hennepin State Park is located on a peninsula on the north-western outskirts of the village .

Neighboring towns to Isle are McGrath (27.4 km northeast) and Wahkon (4.9 km west southwest).

The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (148 km south), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (159 km in the same direction), Duluth on Lake Superior (159 km northeast), Sioux Falls in South Dakota (458 km southwest), Fargo in North Dakota (298 km northwest) and Eau Claire , Wisconsin (299 km southeast).

traffic

In Isle, Minnesota State Route 27, which runs along the south bank of the lake, crosses Minnesota State Route 47, which runs along the east bank . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

With the Milaca Municipal Airport 54.2 km is located south of Isle, a small regional airport. The nearest international airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (168 km south).

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the Isle of 751 people lived in 352 households. The population density was 136.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.13 people lived in each of the 352 households.

The racial the population was composed of 73.8 percent white, 22.6 percent Native American, 0.1 percent (one person) Asian and 0.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.1 percent of the population.

23.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 48.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 28.2 percent were 65 years or older. 54.5 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 30,469  USD . The per capita income was $ 20,407. 16.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved May 26, 2013
  2. ^ The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. Retrieved May 26, 2013
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on May 26, 2013

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