Karlstad, Minnesota
| Karlstad | |
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 Location in Minnesota
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Kittson County |
| Coordinates : | 48 ° 35 ′ N , 96 ° 31 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 760 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 191.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 3.96 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 320 m |
| Postal code : | 56732 |
| Area code : | +1 218 |
| FIPS : | 27-32444 |
| GNIS ID : | 646041 |
| Website : | cityofkarlstad.com |
| Mayor : | Nick Amb |
Karlstad is a small town (with the status " City ") in Kittson County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 Karlstad had 760 inhabitants.
geography
Karlstad is located in northwest Minnesota, not far from the border with Canada in the north and North Dakota in the west. The place is 48 ° 34'39 "north latitude, 96 ° 31'14" west longitude and extends over 3.96 km².
Neighboring places of Karlstad are Halma (12.2 km northwest), Greenbush (30.5 km northeast) and Strandquist (11.6 km southeast).
The closest major cities are Fargo in North Dakota (150 miles south), Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba (169 km north), Duluth on Lake Superior (451 km southeast), and Minneapolis (532 km southeast).
The border with Canada is 54.7 km northeast.
traffic
In north-south direction, US Highway 59 runs through Hallock as the main road. In the city center, Minnesota State Route 11 intersects . All other roads are subordinate and partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city connecting roads.
A railway line belonging to the Canadian Pacific Railway's SOO Line Railroad runs parallel to US 59 .
With the Karlstad Municipal Airport there is a small regional airport on the western outskirts. The nearest major airports are Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (177 km north-northwest), Hector International Airport in Fargo (231 km south) and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (555 km south-east).
history
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1910 | 138 | - | |
| 1920 | 286 | 107.2% | |
| 1930 | 304 | 6.3% | |
| 1940 | 501 | 64.8% | |
| 1950 | 804 | 60.5% | |
| 1960 | 720 | -10.4% | |
| 1970 | 727 | 1 % | |
| 1980 | 934 | 28.5% | |
| 1990 | 881 | -5.7% | |
| 2000 | 794 | -9.9% | |
| 2010 | 760 | -4.3% | |
| 1910-2000 2010 | |||
In 1883 the Swede Carl August Carlson came to the area and started a farm. In 1904, the SOO Line Railroad built a railroad that ran across Carlson's Land. The railroad company also bought a piece of land from Carlson to build a railroad settlement. In order to give the settlement a name, a number of other suggestions were made for the name Karlstad , which both the farmer Carlson and the Swedish city of Karlstad were the inspiration for.
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , there were 760 people in 331 households in Karlstad. The population density was 191.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.16 people lived in each of the 331 households.
The racial the population was composed of 99.1 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.1 percent (one person) Native American and 0.3 percent Asian; 0.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.4 percent of the population.
22.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 49.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 27.6 percent were 65 years or older. 54.6 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 40,882 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,501. 13.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved May 3, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on May 3, 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved May 3, 2013
- ^ History of Karlstad.Retrieved May 3, 2013