Kingsford (Michigan)
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 Kingsford Town Hall |
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Michigan |
| County : | Dickinson County |
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 48 ′ N , 88 ° 4 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 5,133 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 432.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 11.86 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 335 m |
| Postal code : | 49802 |
| Area code : | +1 906 |
| FIPS : | 26-43300 |
| GNIS ID : | 629722 |
| Website : | cityofkingsford.com |
| Mayor : | Dennis Baldinelli |
Kingsford is a small town (with the status " City ") in Dickinson County in the US -amerikanischen State Michigan . In 2010 Kingsford had 5133 residents.
geography
Kingsford is located in the west-west of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan on the left bank of the Menominee River , which forms the border with Wisconsin up to its confluence with Lake Michigan .
The geographical coordinates of Kingsford are 45 ° 47'42 "north latitude and 88 ° 04'19" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 11.86 km².
Neighboring towns to Kingsford are Iron Mountain (on the northeast city limits), Quinnesec (6.4 km east), Niagara , Wisconsin (9.3 km southeast), and Florence , Wisconsin (16.2 km northwest).
The closest major cities are Sault Ste. Marie in the Canadian province of Ontario (362 km east-northeast, across from Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan ), Green Bay in Wisconsin on Lake Michigan (158 km south), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (344 km in the same direction), Wisconsin's capital Madison ( 373 km south-southwest), Wausau in Wisconsin (211 km southwest), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (476 km west-southwest) and Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (380 km west-northwest).
traffic
A few hundred meters east of the urban area, US Highways 2 and 141 run on a shared stretch of road . The Michigan State Highway 95 runs north-south through the east of Kingsford. All other roads are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.
An Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad line borders the city to the east.
With the Ford Airport is located in the northwestern city the next regional airport.
population
According to the 2010 census , Kingsford had 5,133 people in 2,224 households. The population density was 432.8 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.22 people lived in each of the 2224 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.2 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.1 percent of the population.
21.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.7 percent were 65 years or older. 53.4 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 35,348 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,091. 19.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Kingsford - City Council Members.Retrieved May 22, 2014
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved May 22, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on May 22, 2014
- ↑ AirNav.com - Ford Airport Accessed on May 22, 2014
