Ringsted, Iowa

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Ringsted
Emmet County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Ringsted Highlighted.svg
Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation : 1900 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Emmet County
Coordinates : 43 ° 18 ′  N , 94 ° 31 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 18 ′  N , 94 ° 31 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 422 (as of 2010)
Population density : 150.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 2.8 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 392 m
Postal code : 50578
Area code : +1 712
FIPS : 19-67170
GNIS ID : 460640

Ringsted is a small town (with the status " City ") in Emmet County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Ringsted had 422 inhabitants, the number of which had decreased to 409 by 2013.

geography

Ringsted is in northern Iowa, 25 km south of the Minnesota border . The geographical coordinates of Ringsted are 43 ° 17'41 "north latitude and 94 ° 30'42" west longitude. The city extends over 2.8 km² and is the largest town within the Denmark Township .

Neighboring towns of Ringsted are Armstrong (13.7 km northeast), Swea City (25.7 km northeast), Bancroft (24.5 km east), Lone Rock (23.4 km east-southeast), Fenton (16 km southeast), Graettinger (16 miles west-southwest) and Wallingford (17 miles west).

The closest major cities are the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (255 km to the northeast), Rochester , Minnesota (235 km to the east-northeast), Waterloo (265 km to the southeast), Cedar Rapids (358 km in the same direction), Iowas Capital Des Moines (268 km southeast), Nebraska's largest city Omaha (332 km southwest), Sioux City (222 km west southwest), South Dakota's largest city Sioux Falls (199 km west).

traffic

The Iowa State Highway 15 on the east side Ringsted over. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

With the Estherville Municipal Airport there is a small airfield 30 km northwest. The nearest major airports are Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (252 km northeast) and Des Moines International Airport (278 km south-southeast).

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1910 313 -
1920 599 91.4%
1930 486 -18.9%
1940 508 4.5%
1950 578 13.8%
1960 559 -3.3%
1970 509 -8.9%
1980 557 9.4%
1990 481 -13.6%
2000 436 -9.4%
2010 422 -3.2%
2013 estimate 409 -3.1%
1910–1990 2010–2013

population

According to the 2010 census , there were 422 people in 193 households in Ringsted. The population density was 150.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.19 people lived in each of the 193 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.6 percent white, 0.7 percent Native American and 0.9 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.4 percent of the population.

23.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.1 percent were 65 years or older. 53.6 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 42,386  USD . The per capita income was $ 34,774. 7.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 13, 2015
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on January 13, 2015
  3. AirNav.com - Estherville Municipal Airport Accessed on January 13, 2015
  4. ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved January 13, 2015

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