Polk City, Iowa

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Polk City
Polk County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Polk City Highlighted.svg
Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation : 1846 (settled)
1875 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Polk County
Coordinates : 41 ° 46 ′  N , 93 ° 43 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 46 ′  N , 93 ° 43 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
-  Metropolitan Area :		 3,418 (status: 2010)
599,789 (status: 2013)
Population density : 295.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 11.58 km 2  (approx. 4 mi 2 )
Height : 270 m
Postal code : 50226
Area code : +1 515
FIPS : 19-64020
GNIS ID : 460351
Website : www.polkcity.org
Mayor : Jason Morse

Polk City is a city (with the status " City ") in Polk County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Polk City had 3418 inhabitants, the number of which increased to 3976 by 2013.

Polk City is part of the metropolitan area around Iowa's capital Des Moines .

geography

Polk City is located in the western center of Iowa, in the northern suburbs of Des Moines. The city lies on the east bank of Saylorville Lake , a reservoir of the Des Moines River , a right tributary of the Mississippi .

The geographical coordinates of Polk City are 41 ° 46'17 "north latitude and 93 ° 42'47" west longitude. The city extends over an area of ​​11.58 km² and is spread over the Madison and the Crocker Township .

Neighboring towns to Polk City are Sheldahl (11.1 km north), Slater (13.8 km north-northeast), Alleman (13.3 km northeast), Ankeny (13.6 km east-southeast), Saylorville (15.6 km southeast), Johnston (10.1 miles south), Grimes (14.3 km southwest), Granger (11.1 km west) and Madrid (16.5 km northwest).

Des Moines city center is 16 miles south-southeast. The closest other major cities are the Twin Cities ( Minneapolis and St. Paul ) in Minnesota (382 km north), Rochester in Minnesota (327 km northeast), Waterloo (193 km northeast), Cedar Rapids (189 km east-northeast), Iowa City (198 km east), Kansas City in Missouri (321 km south-southwest), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (233 km west-southwest), Sioux City (281 km west-northwest), and South Dakota's largest city, Sioux Falls (429 km northwest).

traffic

The Iowa State Highway 415 leads in northwest-southeast direction through Polk City. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The nearest airport is Des Moines International Airport, 33.1 km south .

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1880 443 -
1890 446 0.7%
1900 438 -1.8%
1910 310 -29.2%
1920 277 -10.6%
1930 295 6.5%
1940 343 16.3%
1950 336 -2%
1960 567 68.8%
1970 715 26.1%
1980 1658 131.9%
1990 1908 15.1%
2000 2344 22.9%
2010 3418 45.8%
2013 estimate 3976 16.3%
1880-2000 2010-2013

population

According to the 2010 census , Polk City had 3,418 people in 1,232 households. The population density was 295.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.73 people in each of the 1232 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.2 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.9 percent of the population.

30.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 7.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.0 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 89,167  USD . The per capita income was $ 34,671. 0.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Business Record - Metro population Expands West - Census Bureau Retrieved on November 6, 2014
  2. ↑ City of Polk City - Mayor & City Council.Retrieved November 6, 2014
  3. ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 6, 2014
  4. ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on November 6, 2014
  5. ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved November 6, 2014

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