McGregor, Minnesota

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McGregor
Aitkin County Minnesota Incorporated and Unincorporated areas McGregor Highlighted.svg
Location in Minnesota
Basic data
State : United States
State : Minnesota
County : Aitkin County
Coordinates : 46 ° 36 ′  N , 93 ° 19 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 36 ′  N , 93 ° 19 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 391 (as of 2010)
Population density : 71.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 5.46 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 )
Height : 375 m
Postal code : 55760
Area code : +1 218
FIPS : 27-39014
GNIS ID : 647683

McGregor is a small town (with a status of " City ") in Aitkin County in the US state of Minnesota . According to the April 2010 census , McGregor had 391 residents.

geography

McGregor is northeast of the geographic center of Minnesota at 46 ° 36'24 "north latitude and 93 ° 18'50" west longitude. The place extends over 5.46 km².

Neighboring towns of McGregor are Tamarack (14.7 km east-northeast), Aitkin (36.7 km west-southwest) and Palisade (27.8 km northwest).

The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (196 km south), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (217 km south-southeast), Eau Claire in Wisconsin (338 km southeast), Duluth on Lake Superior (101 km east) and Fargo in North Dakota (304 km west ).

The Canadian border is 277 km north.

traffic

Minnesota State Routes 65 and 210 meet in McGregor . All other roads are subordinate and partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city connecting roads.

A BNSF Railway runs through the city in a northeast-southwest direction .

In McGregor, the BNSF line is crossed by a former line of the SOO Line Railroad , which can now be used as a rail trail .

Isedor Iverson Airport is located in the north of the urban area . The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, 210 km south .

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1910 126 -
1920 195 54.8%
1930 216 10.8%
1940 311 44%
1950 322 3.5%
1960 283 -12.1%
1970 331 17%
1980 447 35%
1990 376 -15.9%
2000 404 7.4%
2010 391 -3.2%
1910-2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , McGregor had 391 people in 180 households. The population density was 71.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.17 people lived in each of the 180 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.1 percent white, 0.3 percent (one person) African American, 4.1 percent Native American and 0.3 percent (one person) from other ethnic groups; 0.3 percent (one person) were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 0.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

23.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.8 percent were 65 years or older. 53.5 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 27,222  USD . The per capita income was $ 18,764. 19.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved March 26, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on March 26, 2013
  3. ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved March 26, 2013

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