Scanlon, Minnesota
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 Location in Minnesota
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Carlton County |
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 42 ′ N , 92 ° 26 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 991 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 454.6 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 2.18 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 368 m |
| Postal code : | 55720 |
| Area code : | +1 218 |
| FIPS : | 27-58936 |
| GNIS ID : | 651273 |
Scanlon is a small town (with the status " City ") in Carlton County to the west of the US -amerikanischen state of Minnesota . In 2010 Scanlon had 991 residents.
geography
Scanlon is located on the right bank of the Saint Louis River and about 20 km west of the border with Wisconsin at 46 ° 42'24 "north latitude and 92 ° 25'42" west longitude. The place extends over 2.18 km².
Neighboring towns to Scanlon are Cloquet (which surrounds Scanlon to the north, west, and southwest), Esko (5.6 km east) and Carlton (5.4 km south).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (221 km south-southwest), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (217 km in the same direction), Eau Claire in Wisconsin (271 km southeast), Duluth on Lake Superior (30 km northeast), Thunder Bay in Canada ( 334 km northeast) and Fargo , North Dakota (373 km west).
The Canadian border is 257 km north.
traffic
Interstate 35 , the shortest connection from the Twin Cities to Duluth, runs along the southern outskirts . In the southeast of the urban area, County Highway 61 runs over a bridge over the Saint Louis River. The main street is the Scanlon Way through the city. All other roads are subordinate and partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city connecting roads.
A BNSF Railway runs through Scanlon along the Saint Louis River .
The Cloquet Carlton County Airport is 4 miles west of Scanlon . The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, 228 km south-southwest .
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Scanlon had 991 people in 426 households. The population density was 454.6 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.3 people lived in each of the 426 households.
The racial the population was composed of 92.1 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 3.3 percent Native American, 1.1 percent Asian and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.3 percent of the population, regardless of ethnicity.
22.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.2 percent were 65 years or older. 51.3 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 42,198 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,466. 2.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b American Fact Finder. Retrieved April 5, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed April 5, 2013