Litchfield, Minnesota
| Litchfield | |
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| Nickname : Litch | |
![Center of Litchfield, listed in the NRHP since 1996 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Litchfield_Downtown_3.JPG) Center of Litchfield, listed on the NRHP since 1996 |
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| Location in Minnesota | |
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Meeker County |
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 7 ′ N , 94 ° 32 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 6,726 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 586.4 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 13.99 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) of which 11.47 km 2 (approx. 4 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 344 m |
| Postal code : | 55355 |
| Area code : | +1 320 |
| FIPS : | 27-37448 |
| GNIS ID : | 646743 |
| Website : | www.ci.litchfield.mn.us |
| Mayor : | Keith Johnson |
Litchfield is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative center of Meeker County in US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 Litchfield had 6,726 residents.
geography
Litchfield is located on Lake Ripley in central southern Minnesota at 45 ° 07'29 "north latitude and 94 ° 31'33" west longitude. The city extends over 13.99 km², which is spread over 11.47 km² of land and 2.52 km² of water.
Neighboring towns to Litchfield are Eden Valley (14 miles north), Kingston (15 miles northeast), Darwin (10.8 miles east-southeast), Cedar Mills (14 miles south) and Grove City (9 miles) west-northwest).
The closest major cities are the Twin Cities (107 km east), Des Moines , Iowa (485 km southeast), Omaha , Nebraska (531 km southwest), Fargo , North Dakota (297 km northwest) and Duluth at the westernmost point of Lake Superior (299 km northeast).
traffic
US Highway 12 and Minnesota State Route 22 meet in the urban area of Litchfield . All other roads within the urban area are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
In the northwest-southeast direction runs a railway line of the BNSF Railway through the urban area of Litchfield.
The Litchfield Municipal Airport is a small airfield on the southeastern outskirts. The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, 124 km to the east .
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1870 | 353 | - | |
| 1880 | 1250 | 254.1% | |
| 1890 | 1899 | 51.9% | |
| 1900 | 2280 | 20.1% | |
| 1910 | 2333 | 2.3% | |
| 1920 | 2790 | 19.6% | |
| 1930 | 2880 | 3.2% | |
| 1940 | 3920 | 36.1% | |
| 1950 | 4608 | 17.6% | |
| 1960 | 5078 | 10.2% | |
| 1970 | 5262 | 3.6% | |
| 1980 | 5904 | 12.2% | |
| 1990 | 6041 | 2.3% | |
| 2000 | 6562 | 8.6% | |
| 2010 | 6726 | 2.5% | |
| 1870-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Litchfield had 6,726 people in 2,747 households. The population density was 586.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.37 people lived in each of the 2,747 households.
The racial the population was composed of 95.8 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 2.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 7.2 percent of the population.
24.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.4 percent were 65 years or older. 51.2 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 47,637 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,781. 14.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Personalities
- Gale Sondergaard (1899–1985), actress
- Herbert W. Chilstrom (1931–2020), Lutheran bishop, first presiding bishop of the ELCA
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 96000192 Retrieved May 22, 2013
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved May 22, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on May 22, 2013
- ↑ AirNav.com - KLJF Accessed on May 22, 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved May 22, 2013
