Okoboji
| Okoboji | |
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 Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1922 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Dickinson County |
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 23 ′ N , 95 ° 9 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 807 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 167.4 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 4.82 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 433 m |
| Postal code : | 51355 |
| Area code : | +1 712 |
| FIPS : | 19-58710 |
| GNIS ID : | 459815 |
| Website : | okobojicity.com |
| Mayor : | Mary VanderWoude |
 In the center of Okoboji |
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Okoboji is a small town (with the status " City ") in Dickinson County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Okoboji had 807 inhabitants, the number of which increased to 818 by 2013.
geography
Okoboji is located in the middle of the Iowa Great Lakes region in northwestern Iowa. The city is located on West Okoboji Lake and East Okoboji Lake , which are connected to each other on the southern outskirts via a narrow passage. Both lakes belong to the Missouri river basin via a chain of other lakes, Milford Creek and Little Sioux River . The Minnesota state line is 15 km north of the city; the Iowa border with South Dakota , formed by the Big Sioux River , runs 121 km to the west.
The geographical coordinates of Okoboji are 43 ° 23'11 "north latitude and 95 ° 08'54" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 4.82 km² and is mostly in the Center Grove Township and a smaller part in the Lakeville Township .
Neighboring towns to Okoboji are Spirit Lake (7.4 km northeast), Orleans (11.8 km in the same direction), Arnolds Park (3.1 km southeast), and West Okoboji (8.9 km south-southwest).
The closest major cities are the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (290 km northeast), Rochester in Minnesota (275 km east northeast), Waterloo (342 km east southeast), Cedar Rapids (425 km in the same direction), Iowas Capital Des Moines (320 km southeast), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (289 km south-southwest), Sioux City (179 km southwest) and South Dakota's largest city, Sioux Falls (140 km west).
traffic
The US Highway 71 runs in a north-south direction as the main road through Okoboji. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The Spirit Lake Municipal Airport is a small airfield within the urban area of Okoboji. The nearest commercial airports are Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (288 km northeast), Des Moines International Airport (326 km southeast), Eppley Airfield in Omaha (282 km south-southwest), and Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City (192 km southwest ) and Sioux Falls Regional Airport (146 km west).
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1930 | 176 | - | |
| 1940 | 271 | 54% | |
| 1950 | 336 | 24% | |
| 1960 | 330 | -1.8% | |
| 1970 | 361 | 9.4% | |
| 1980 | 559 | 54.8% | |
| 1990 | 775 | 38.6% | |
| 2000 | 820 | 5.8% | |
| 2010 | 807 | -1.6% | |
| 2013 estimate | 818 | 1.4% | |
| 1930-2000 2010-2013 | |||
population
According to the 2010 census , Okoboji had 807 people in 427 households. The population density was 167.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 1.89 people each in the 427 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.8 percent white, 0.1 percent (one person) African American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.6 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.
21.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 49.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 29.0 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 55,192 USD . The per capita income was $ 50,733. 10.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Okoboji- Mayor & Council.Retrieved January 6, 2015
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 6, 2015
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on January 6, 2015
- ↑ AirNav.com - Spirit Lake Municipal Airport Retrieved on January 6, 2015
- ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved January 6, 2015
