New Prague
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 Downtown New Prague |
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| Location in Minnesota | |
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| Counties : |
Le Sueur County Scott County |
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 33 ′ N , 93 ° 35 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 7,321 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 741.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 9.87 km 2 (about 4 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 301 m |
| Postal code : | 56071 |
| Area code : | +1 952 |
| FIPS : | 27-45808 |
| GNIS ID : | 648516 |
| Website : | www.ci.new-prague.mn.us |
| Mayor : | Chuck Nickolay |
 The First National Bank building in New Prague, built in 1922 and listed in the NRHP since 1982 |
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New Prague is a city (with the status " City ") in Le Sueur and Scott County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 New Prague had 7,321 inhabitants.
The name New Prague goes back to the many Czech immigrants who settled in the region in the 19th century. Dožínky , the Czech harvest festival , is still celebrated on the third Saturday in September .
geography
New Prague is located in central southeast Minnesota on the Minnesota River at 44 ° 32'36 "north latitude and 93 ° 34'34" west longitude. The city extends over 9.87 km².
Neighboring towns to New Prague are Jordan (16.5 km north-northwest), Elko New Market (22.7 km east), Lonsdale (18.3 km southeast), Montgomery (13.3 km south), Heidelberg (10.3 km southwest) and Union Hill (4.8 miles west).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (71.7 km northeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (77.5 km in the same direction), Rochester (125 km southeast), Iowa's capital Des Moines (363 km south), Omaha , Nebraska ( 544 km southwest), Sioux Falls , South Dakota (320 km west southwest), and Fargo , North Dakota (426 km northwest).
traffic
Minnesota State Routes 13 , 19 and 21 meet in New Prague . All other roads are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.
A Union Pacific Railroad line runs north-south through the urban area of New Prague.
The nearest international airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (67.5 km northeast).
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1890 | 955 | - | |
| 1900 | 1228 | 28.6% | |
| 1910 | 1554 | 26.5% | |
| 1920 | 1540 | -0.9% | |
| 1930 | 1548 | 0.5% | |
| 1940 | 1645 | 6.3% | |
| 1950 | 1915 | 16.4% | |
| 1960 | 2533 | 32.3% | |
| 1970 | 2680 | 5.8% | |
| 1980 | 2952 | 10.1% | |
| 1990 | 3569 | 20.9% | |
| 2000 | 4559 | 27.7% | |
| 2010 | 7321 | 60.6% | |
| 1890-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , New Prague had 7321 people in 2711 households. The population density was 741.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.67 people in each of the 2,711 households.
The racial the population was composed of 96.5 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.9 percent of the population.
31.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.4 percent were 65 years or older. 51.9 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 52,769 USD . The per capita income was $ 26,723. 6.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 82004703. Retrieved May 15, 2013
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved May 15, 2013
- ↑ Dožínky Festival.Retrieved May 23, 2017
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on May 15, 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved May 15, 2013