Manson, Iowa

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Manson
Calhoun County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Manson Highlighted.svg
Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation : 1870 (settled)
1880 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Calhoun County
Coordinates : 42 ° 32 ′  N , 94 ° 32 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 32 ′  N , 94 ° 32 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 1,690 (as of 2010)
Population density : 205.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 8.24 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 )
Height : 378 m
Postal code : 50563
Area code : +1 712
FIPS : 19-48990
GNIS ID : 463553
Website : www.mansoniowa.com

Manson is a small town (with the status " City ") in Calhoun County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Manson had 1690 inhabitants, the number of which decreased to 1637 by 2013.

geography

Manson is located in northwest central Iowa. The intersection of the three states of Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota on the Missouri River is 165 km west of Manson. The Minnesota border runs 125 km north of the city.

The geographical coordinates of Manson are 42 ° 31'45 "north latitude and 94 ° 32'03" west longitude. The city covers an area of ​​8.24 km² and is the largest town in Lincoln Township .

Neighboring towns to Manson are Pioneer (15 miles northeast), Clare (14 miles east northeast), Barnum (10 miles east-southeast), Knierim (9 miles southeast), Rockwell City (14 miles southwest), Jolley ( 20.7 km west-southwest), Pomeroy (14.7 km west-northwest), and Palmer (16.9 km north-northwest).

The closest major cities are the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (382 km northeast), Rochester , Minnesota (328 km northeast), Cedar Rapids (277 km east-southeast), Iowa's capital city, Des Moines (187 km southeast), Kansas City in Missouri (421 km south), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (244 km southwest), Sioux City (165 km west) and South Dakota's largest city Sioux Falls (277 km northwest).

traffic

The west-east running Iowa State Highway 7 forms the southern city limits of Manson. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

From west-northwest to east-southeast runs a freight railway line of the Canadian National Railway (CN) through the urban area of ​​Manson.

The nearest airport is Des Moines International Airport, 178 km southeast .

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1880 377 -
1890 822 118%
1900 1424 73.2%
1910 1236 -13.2%
1920 1409 14%
1930 1382 -1.9%
1940 1429 3.4%
1950 1622 13.5%
1960 1789 10.3%
1970 1993 11.4%
1980 1924 -3.5%
1990 1844 -4.2%
2000 1893 2.7%
2010 1690 -10.7%
2013 estimate 1637 -3.1%
1880-2000 2010-2013

population

According to the 2010 census , Manson had 1,690 people in 771 households. The population density was 205.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.14 people lived in each of the 771 households.

The racial the population was composed of 99.2 percent white, 0.2 percent Native American and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.8 percent of the population.

20.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 53.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 25.9 percent were 65 years or older. 53.0 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 35,768  USD . The per capita income was $ 23,374. 16.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 24, 2014
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on November 24, 2014
  3. State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved November 24, 2014

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