North Sioux City
| North Sioux City | |
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 Location in South Dakota
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1951 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | South Dakota |
| County : | Union County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 32 ′ N , 96 ° 30 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 2,530 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 426.6 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 5.93 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 337 m |
| Postal code : | 57049 |
| Area code : | +1 605 |
| FIPS : | 46-45700 |
| GNIS ID : | 1256778 |
| Website : | northsiouxcity-sd.gov |
| Mayor : | Don Fuxa |
North Sioux City is a small town (with the status " City ") in Union County in the US -amerikanischen State South Dakota . In 2010 , North Sioux City had 2530 residents. Until the official estimate in 2012, the population had increased to 2546.
geography
North Sioux City is the southernmost and lowest-lying city of South Dakota. The city is located in the extreme southwest of the state on the western shore of the border with Iowa forming Big Sioux River , just before its confluence with the Missouri . This flows past North Sioux City about two kilometers away to the southwest. The city is located a few kilometers northwest of the intersection of the states of South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska, which lies at this point south of the Missouri . The northwest of the urban area is on McCook Lake , an oxbow lake of the Missouri.
The geographical coordinates of North Sioux City are 42 ° 31'52 "north latitude and 96 ° 29'44" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 5.93 km².
Towns nearby North Sioux City are adjacent the opposite to the side of the Big Sioux River located in Iowa Sioux City yet Dakota Dunes (7.2 km south) and Jefferson (10,6 km northwest).
The closest major cities are Sioux Falls (131 km north), Fargo , North Dakota (514 km in the same direction), Minneapolis , Minnesota (451 km northeast), Rochester , Minnesota (447 km east-northeast), Iowa's capital city, Des Moines (330 km southeast), Omaha , Nebraska (172 km southeast), and Kansas City , Missouri (459 km in the same direction).
history
The first white colonization of the area and today's state of South Dakota occurred around 1860 when the McCook settlement was founded, which now forms the northwest of today's city. McCook was Union County's first administrative seat until it was relocated to Elk Point after the Civil War . The focus of the settlement now shifted to the southeast, to the Big Sioux River.
The population gradually increased, so that North Sioux City was incorporated as an independent municipality in 1951. The citizens refer to it as the gateway to South Dakota due to their location and their settlement history .
In 1927, after his flight to the Atlantic , Charles Lindbergh landed at today's airfield as part of a tour of the entire country and was celebrated by a large crowd.
traffic
Interstate 29 runs through the urban area of North Sioux City and runs from Kansas City to Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba . The South Dakota Highway 105 runs in a northwest-southeast direction as the main road through the metropolitan area of North Sioux City. All other roads within the urban area are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.
A railway line of the BNSF Railway runs through North Sioux City for freight traffic .
By Graham Field is located on the eastern outskirts a small airfield. The nearest major airports are the Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City (21.5 km southeast) and the Sioux Falls Regional Airport , located 135 km to the north , the largest airport in South Dakota.
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1960 | 736 | - | |
| 1970 | 860 | 16.8% | |
| 1980 | 1992 | 131.6% | |
| 1990 | 2019 | 1.4% | |
| 2000 | 2288 | 13.3% | |
| 2010 | 2530 | 10.6% | |
| 2012 estimate | 2546 | 0.6% | |
| 1960–2000 2010 2012 | |||
According to the 2010 census , North Sioux City had 2530 people in 1073 households. The population density was 426.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.36 people in each of the 1073 households.
The racial the population was composed of 93.5 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 1.3 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesians and 1.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 3.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
24.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.1 percent were 65 years or older. 51.0 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 51,974 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,787. 9.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ history.sd.gov - Towns (PDF; 45kB) Accessed July 4, 2013
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved July 4, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed July 4, 2013
- ^ History of North Sioux City. Retrieved July 4, 2013
- ↑ AirNav.com Graham Field Airport Retrieved on July 4, 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved July 4, 2013
- ↑ US Census Bureau - Estimate for 2012 ( Memento of the original from October 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 4, 2013
