Janesville, Iowa

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Janesville
In the center of Janesville
In the center of Janesville
Location in Iowa
Bremer County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Janesville Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1895 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Iowa
Counties : Bremer County
Black Hawk County
Coordinates : 42 ° 39 ′  N , 92 ° 28 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 39 ′  N , 92 ° 28 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
930 (as of 2010)
167,819 (as of 2010)
Population density : 240.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 3.86 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 276 m
Postal code : 50647
Area code : +1 319
FIPS : 19-39405
GNIS ID : 457912

Janesville is a small town (with the status " City ") in Bremen and to a lesser extent in Black Hawk County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Janesville had 930 residents, which increased to 940 by 2013.

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

geography

Janesville is located in northeastern Iowa on both sides of the Cedar River , which is part of the Mississippi River basin across the Iowa River . This forms the border of Iowa to Wisconsin and Illinois around 130 km east .

The geographical coordinates of Janesville are 42 ° 38'46 "north latitude and 92 ° 27'47" west longitude. The city extends over an area of ​​3.86 km² and is spread over the Jackson Township of Bremer County and the Washington Township of Black Hawk County.

Neighboring towns to Janesville are Waverly (7 miles north), Denver (8 miles east-northeast), Waterloo (15 miles southwest), Cedar Falls (8.2 miles south), New Hartford (14 miles southwest), and Shell Rock (17 km northwest).

The nearest major cities are Rochester in Minnesota (173 km north), La Crosse in Wisconsin (216 km north-northeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (309 km east-northeast), Dubuque at the interface of the states of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois (170 km east-southeast), Cedar Rapids (111 km southeast), the Quad Cities of Iowa and Illinois (239 km in the same direction), and Iowa's capital Des Moines (191 km southwest).

traffic

US Highway 218 , which has been converted into a freeway, and Iowa State Highway  27, which runs congruently here, run along the eastern and northern city limits. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A Canadian National Railway (CN) freight line runs through Janesville .

The nearest airport is Waterloo Regional Airport , 17 km south-southeast , from where there are feeder flights from several airlines to the major airports in Chicago O'Hare and Minneapolis-Saint Paul .

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1900 311 -
1910 269 -13.5%
1920 261 -3%
1930 331 26.8%
1940 366 10.6%
1950 445 21.6%
1960 648 45.6%
1970 741 14.4%
1980 840 13.4%
1990 822 -2.1%
2000 829 0.9%
2010 930 12.2%
2013 estimate 940 1.1%
1900-2000 2010-2013

population

According to the 2010 census , Janesville had 930 people in 398 households. The population density was 240.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.34 people lived in each of the 398 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.4 percent white, 0.6 percent African American and 0.2 percent Asian; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 0.3 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

24.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.5 percent were 65 years or older. 50.4 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 53,102  USD . The per capita income was $ 26,549. 3.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

Individual evidence

  1. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved October 30, 2014
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed October 30, 2014
  3. ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved October 30, 2014

Web links

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