Rock Valley

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Rock Valley
Sioux County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Rock Valley Highlighted.svg
Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation : 1886 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Sioux County
Coordinates : 43 ° 12 ′  N , 96 ° 18 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 12 ′  N , 96 ° 18 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 3,354 (as of 2010)
Population density : 396 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 8.47 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 )
Height : 380 m
Postal code : 51247
Area code : +1 712
FIPS : 19-68205
GNIS ID : 460747
Website : www.cityofrockvalley.com
Mayor : Kevin Van Otterloo

Rock Valley is a small town (with the status " City ") in Sioux County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Rock Valley had 3,354 residents, the number of which increased to 3,577 by 2013.

geography

Rock Valley is located in northwest Iowa on the Rock River , which over the Big Sioux River belongs to the Missouri basin. The intersection of the three states of Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota is located on the Big Sioux River and is 55 km northwest of Rock Valley. After Nebraska , there are 88 km in direction southsouthwest.

The geographic coordinates of Rock Valley are 43 ° 12'19 "north latitude and 96 ° 17'42" west longitude. The city extends over an area of ​​8.47 km² and is the largest town within the Rock Township .

Neighboring towns to Rock Valley are Alvord (15.9 km north), Doon (13.3 km north-northeast), Hull (15.6 km east-southeast), Sioux Center (23.5 km southeast), Ireton (27.7 km south) , Hudson , South Dakota (13 miles southwest), Fairview , South Dakota (12 miles west northwest), and Inwood (14 miles northwest).

The closest major cities are the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (376 km northeast), Iowa's capital Des Moines (400 km southeast), Sioux City (86.4 km south), Nebraska's largest city Omaha (255 km in the same direction) and South Dakota's largest city, Sioux Falls (67.3 km northwest).

traffic

The US Highway 18 leading west to east direction as the main road through the city of Rock Valley. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The Sioux Center Municipal Airport is 17 km to the southeast, a small airfield for general aviation and air taxi traffic . The nearest commercial airports are the Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City (106 km south) and the Sioux Falls Regional Airport (74 km northwest).

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1880 100 -
1890 542 442%
1900 1054 94.5%
1910 1198 13.7%
1920 1347 12.4%
1930 1204 -10.6%
1940 1507 25.2%
1950 1581 4.9%
1960 1693 7.1%
1970 2205 30.2%
1980 2706 22.7%
1990 2540 -6.1%
2000 2702 6.4%
2010 3354 24.1%
2013 estimate 3577 6.6%
1880-2000 2010-2013

population

According to the 2010 census, the Rock Valley had 3,354 people in 1,283 households. The population density was 396 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.54 people lived in each of the 1283 households.

The racial the population was composed of 92.2 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.4 percent Asian and 5.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 12.2 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

27.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 52.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.9 percent were 65 years or older. 50.6 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 56,400  USD . The per capita income was $ 19,803. 9.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ City of Rock Valley - Officials. Retrieved April 22, 2015
  2. ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved April 22, 2015
  3. ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed April 22, 2015
  4. ↑ AirNav.com - Sioux Center Municipal Airport Accessed on April 22, 2015
  5. ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved April 22, 2015

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