Lake City, Iowa

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Lake City
Calhoun County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Lake City Highlighted.svg
Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation : 1887 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Calhoun County
Coordinates : 42 ° 16 ′  N , 94 ° 44 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 16 ′  N , 94 ° 44 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 1,727 (as of 2010)
Population density : 138.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 12.46 km 2  (approx. 5 mi 2 )
Height : 379 m
Postal code : 51449
Area code : +1 712
FIPS : 19-42465
GNIS ID : 458181
Website : lakecityiowa.com
Mayor : Gary Fahan

Lake City is a city (with the status " City ") in Calhoun County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Lake City had 1,727 residents, the number of which had decreased to 1,693 by 2013.

geography

Lake City is located in northwestern Iowa's Center on Lake Creek , which over the North Raccoon River , the Raccoon River and the Des Moines River to the basin of the Mississippi belongs. The intersection of the three states of Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota on the Missouri is about 160 km west of Lake City. The Minnesota border runs approximately 150 km north of the city.

The geographic coordinates of Lake City are 42 ° 16'03 "north latitude and 94 ° 44'02" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​12.46 km² and does not belong to any township .

Neighboring towns to Lake City are Rockwell City ( 14 miles northeast), Rinard (28.3 miles east-northeast), Lohrville (15.6 km east), Lanesboro (8.3 miles southeast), Lidderdale (13.5 miles southwest) , Auburn (12.6 km west), and Yetter (14.1 km northwest).

The closest major cities are the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (410 km northeast), Rochester , Minnesota (356 km northeast), Cedar Rapids (282 km east-southeast), Iowa's capital Des Moines (162 km southeast), Kansas City in Missouri (403 km south), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (211 km southwest), Sioux City (160 km west) and South Dakota's largest city Sioux Falls (288 km northwest).

traffic

The Iowa State Highway 175 runs from west to east direction as the main road through Lake City. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The nearest airport is Des Moines International Airport, 168 km southeast .

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1870 103 -
1880 249 141.7%
1890 1160 365.9%
1900 2703 133%
1910 2043 -24.4%
1920 2110 3.3%
1930 2012 -4.6%
1940 2216 10.1%
1950 2308 4.2%
1960 2114 -8.4%
1970 1910 -9.6%
1980 2006 5%
1990 1841 -8.2%
2000 1787 -2.9%
2010 1727 -3.4%
2013 estimate 1693 -2%
1870-2000 2010-2013

population

As of the 2010 census , Lake City had 1,727 people in 757 households. The population density was 138.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.13 people lived in each of the 757 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.4 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.1 percent (two people) Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.2 percent of the population.

20.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 53.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 26.1 percent were 65 years or older. 53.0 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 34,934  USD . The per capita income was $ 22,963. 18.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. City of Lake City - Mayor ( Memento of the original from February 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 24, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / lakecityiowa.com
  2. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 24, 2014
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on November 24, 2014
  4. State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved November 24, 2014

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