Pine City, Minnesota

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Pine City
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Location in Minnesota
Pine County Minnesota Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Pine City Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : February 14, 1881
State : United States
State : Minnesota
County : Pine County
Coordinates : 45 ° 50 ′  N , 92 ° 58 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 50 ′  N , 92 ° 58 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 3,123 (as of 2010)
Population density : 350.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 10.13 km 2  (approx. 4 mi 2 ) of
which 8.91 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 290 m
Postal code : 55063
Area code : +1 320
FIPS : 27-51064
GNIS ID : 649445
Website : www.pinecity.govoffice.com
Mayor : Paul Janssen
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The Pine County Courthouse in Pine City

Pine City is a small town (with the status " City ") and the administrative center of the Pine County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , Pine City had 3,123 residents.

geography

Pine City is located in eastern Minnesota on both sides of the Snake River , a right tributary of the St. Croix River, which flows into the Mississippi . The geographical coordinates are 45 ° 49'34 "north latitude and 92 ° 58'07" west longitude. The city extends over 10.13 km², which is spread over 8.91 km² of land and 1.22 km² of water.

Neighboring towns to Pine City are Hinckley (10.1 km north) and Rock Creek (7.6 km south).

The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (108 km south), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (105 km in the same direction), Eau Claire in Wisconsin (217 km southeast), Duluth on Lake Superior (141 km northeast) and Fargo in North Dakota ( 375 km west-northwest).

The Canadian border is 378 km north.

traffic

Interstate 35 runs along the western edge of Pine City . Minor highways converge in downtown Pine City. All other roads are inter-urban connecting roads.

A railway line of the St. Croix Valley Railroad , a regional ( Class III ) railway company, runs through the urban area of ​​Pine City in north-south direction .

The Rush City Regional Airport is 14.8 km south of Pine City, a small regional airport. The nearest international airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, 116 km south .

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1890 535 -
1900 993 85.6%
1910 1258 26.7%
1920 1303 3.6%
1930 1343 3.1%
1940 1708 27.2%
1950 1937 13.4%
1960 1972 1.8%
1970 2143 8.7%
1980 2489 16.1%
1990 2613 5%
2000 3043 16.5%
2010 3123 2.6%
1890-2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Pine City had 3,123 people in 1,322 households. The population density was 350.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.24 people lived in each of the 1322 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.6 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 1.5 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.2 percent of the population.

21.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.3 percent were 65 years or older. 51.2 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 45,801  USD . The per capita income was $ 22,087. 16.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

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

Web links

Commons : Pine City, Minnesota  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files