Mitchellville, Iowa
| Mitchellville | |
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 Mitchellville City Hall |
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| Location in Iowa | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1856 (created) 1875 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| Counties : |
Polk County Jasper County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 40 ′ N , 93 ° 21 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
2,254 (status: 2010) 599,789 (status: 2013) |
| Population density : | 371.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 6.06 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 296 m |
| Postal code : | 50169 |
| Area code : | +1 515 |
| FIPS : | 19-52950 |
| GNIS ID : | 459156 |
| Website : | www.mitchellville.org |
| Mayor : | Jeremy Filbert |
 Mitchellville Library and Water Tower |
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Mitchellville is a city (with the status " City ") in Polk County and a small part in Jasper County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Mitchellville had 2,254 residents, the number of which increased slightly to 2,256 by 2013.
Mitchellville is part of the metropolitan area around Iowa's capital Des Moines .
geography
Mitchellville is located in southeast central Iowa, in the eastern suburbs of Des Moines. The city is about 2 km west of the southern Skunk River . The border with the neighboring state of Missouri runs around 130 km south of Mitchellville , the border with Illinois is formed around 220 km east of the Mississippi , while the Missouri River forms the border between Iowa and Nebraska around 230 km west .
The geographical coordinates of Mitchellville are 41 ° 40'07 "north latitude and 93 ° 21'28" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 6.06 km² and is mainly in the Beaver Township of Polk County. Smaller parts of the urban area extends into the east neighboring Washington Township of Jasper County.
Neighboring towns of Mitchellville are Mingo (17.4 km northeast), Colfax (10.5 km east), Prairie City (18 km southeast), Runnells (18.1 km south), Pleasant Hill (13.7 km southwest), Altoona (11.4 km west-southwest) and Bondurant (13 km west-northwest).
Des Moines city center is 18 miles west-southwest. The closest other larger cities are the Twin Cities ( Minneapolis and St. Paul ) in Minnesota (403 km north), Rochester in Minnesota (324 km northeast), Waterloo (157 km northeast), Cedar Rapids (166 km east northeast), Iowas former Capital Iowa City (159 km east), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (243 km in the same direction), Chicago in Illinois (511 km also east), Peoria in Illinois (400 km east-southeast), Illinois' capital Springfield (465 km southeast), St. Louis , Missouri (533 km in the same direction), Columbia , Missouri (374 km south-southeast), Kansas City , Missouri (340 km south-southwest), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (252 km west-southwest), Nebraska's capital, Lincoln (330 km in the same direction), Sioux City (318 km west-northwest), and South Dakota's largest city, Sioux Falls (471 km northwest).
traffic
The Interstate Highway 80 , which forms the shortest connection from Des Moines Iowa City here direction west-east extends in along the north boundary of the urban area of Mitchellville. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
An Iowa Interstate Railroad (IAIS) line runs from Des Moines to Mississippi and runs through the Mitchellville metropolitan area.
The nearest airport is Des Moines International Airport, 39 km southwest .
Women's prison
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 745 | - | |
| 1890 | 704 | -5.5% | |
| 1900 | 768 | 9.1% | |
| 1910 | 869 | 13.2% | |
| 1920 | 752 | -13.5% | |
| 1930 | 702 | -6.6% | |
| 1940 | 769 | 9.5% | |
| 1950 | 906 | 17.8% | |
| 1960 | 957 | 5.6% | |
| 1970 | 1341 | 40.1% | |
| 1980 | 1530 | 14.1% | |
| 1990 | 1670 | 9.2% | |
| 2000 | 1715 | 2.7% | |
| 2010 | 2254 | 31.4% | |
| 2013 estimate | 2256 | 0.1% | |
| 1880-2000 2010-2013 | |||
The Iowa Correctional Institution for Women is a detention center for women in Mitchellville with 888 inmates and 238 employees. The detention center consists of two cell blocks as a medium security and as a minimum security classified are.
population
According to the 2010 census , Mitchellville had 2,254 people in 651 households. The population density was 371.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.53 people lived in each of the 651 households.
The racial the population was composed of 91.7 percent white, 5.8 percent African American, 0.8 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.4 percent of the population.
20.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 69.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 10.2 percent were 65 years or older. 63.5 percent of the population were female. The gender imbalance arises from the Mitchellville women's prison.
The average annual income for a household was 57,153 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,931. 15.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Clair Cameron Patterson (1922–1995) - geochemist - born and raised in Mitchellville
Individual evidence
- ↑ Business Record - Metro population Expands West - Census Bureau Retrieved on February 26, 2015
- ↑ City of Mitchellville - Mayor and City Council. Retrieved February 26, 2015
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 26, 2015
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on February 26, 2015
- ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved February 26, 2015
- ^ Iowa Department of Corrections - Institution Descriptions ( Memento of the original from February 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 26, 2015
