Jasper, Minnesota
| Jasper | |
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 Location in Minnesota
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| Counties : |
Pipestone County Rock County |
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 51 ′ N , 96 ° 24 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 633 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 277.6 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 2.28 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 474 m |
| Postal code : | 56144 |
| Area code : | +1 507 |
| FIPS : | 27-31760 |
| GNIS ID : | 645586 |
| Mayor : | Les Nath |
Jasper is a small town (with the status " City ") in Pipestone and Rock County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 Jasper had 633 residents.
geography
Jasper is located in southwest Minnesota on the plateau called Coteau des Prairies , which extends to Iowa in the south and South Dakota in the west. The geographical coordinates of Jasper are 43 ° 51'00 "north latitude and 96 ° 23'55" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 2.28 km².
Neighboring towns to Jasper are Ihlen (7.3 km northeast), Trosky (15.9 km east-northeast), Edgerton (15.9 km east), Hardwick (14.4 km southeast), and Sherman in South Dakota (16.1 km southwest).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (328 km east-northeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (344 km in the same direction), Rochester (357 km east), Iowa's capital Des Moines (480 km southeast), Omaha , Nebraska (341 km south) , Sioux Falls , South Dakota (55.9 km southwest), and Fargo , North Dakota (365 km north).
traffic
Minnesota State Routes 23 and 269 meet in Jasper . All other roads are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.
A railway line of the Marshall Subdivision , which is operated by the BNSF Railway , runs parallel to the MN 23 .
With the Pipestone Municipal Airport there is a small airfield 19.8 km northeast. The nearest major airports are Eppley Airfield near Omaha (333 km south) and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (330 km east-northeast).
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1890 | 372 | - | |
| 1900 | 559 | 50.3% | |
| 1910 | 704 | 25.9% | |
| 1920 | 968 | 37.5% | |
| 1930 | 769 | -20.6% | |
| 1940 | 880 | 14.4% | |
| 1950 | 840 | -4.5% | |
| 1960 | 850 | 1.2% | |
| 1970 | 754 | -11.3% | |
| 1980 | 731 | -3.1% | |
| 1990 | 599 | -18.1% | |
| 2000 | 597 | -0.3% | |
| 2010 | 633 | 6% | |
| 1890-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Jasper had 633 people in 292 households. The population density was 277.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.17 people lived in each of the 292 households.
The racial the population was composed of 92.3 percent white, 1.4 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American and 3.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 5.1 percent of the population.
25.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 51.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.4 percent were 65 years or older. 51.0 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 28,906 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,684. 13.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 7, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed June 7, 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved June 7, 2013