Sloan, Iowa

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sloan
Woodbury County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Sloan Highlighted.svg
Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation : 1883 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Woodbury County
Coordinates : 42 ° 14 ′  N , 96 ° 14 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 14 ′  N , 96 ° 14 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
973 (as of 2010)
168,825 (as of 2010)
Population density : 604.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 1.61 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 327 m
Postal code : 51055
Area code : +1 712
FIPS : 19-73605
GNIS ID : 461673
Website : sloania.com
Mayor : Charlie Thorpe

Sloan is a small town (with the status " City ") in Woodbury County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Sloan had 973 residents, the number of which increased slightly to 974 by 2013.

Sloan is located in the Sioux City Metropolitan Area , which stretches from Iowa to the neighboring states of South Dakota and Nebraska .

geography

Sloan is located in western Iowa, 39 km southeast of the confluence of the Big Sioux River in the Missouri at the intersection of the three states of Iowa, South Dakota and Nebraska .

The geographical coordinates of Sloan are 42 ° 13'58 "north latitude and 96 ° 13'41" west longitude. The city extends over an area of ​​1.61 km² and forms the core of the Sloan Township .

The area of ​​the Winnebago Reservation , one of two reservations of the Indian tribe of the Ho-Chunk , located predominantly in neighboring Nebraska , begins 7.7 km to the west with the WinnaVegas Casino .

Neighboring towns to Sloan are Salix (10.2 km northwest), Sergeant Bluff (14.3 km in the same direction), Bronson (14.4 km north), Hornick (11.5 km east), and Whiting (13.9 km southeast).

The city center of Sioux City is located 37 km north-west. The other closest major cities are the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (473 km northeast), Rochester in Minnesota (474 ​​km east-northeast), Cedar Rapids (402 km east), Iowa's capital Des Moines (270 km southeast), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (130 km southeast), Kansas City , Missouri (416 km in the same direction), Nebraska's capital Lincoln (203 km south-southwest), and South Dakota's largest city, Sioux Falls (173 km north-northwest).

traffic

A few hundred meters to the west, Interstate Highway  29 , which runs along the Missouri and forms the shortest connection from Kansas City to the Canadian border, passes the urban area of ​​Sloan. The Old Highway 75 , which runs parallel to I 29, forms the main street of Sloan. Iowa State Highway  141 , which runs from west to east, closes the urban area to the south. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A Union Pacific Railroad (UP) line runs along the Missouri through Sloan .

The Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City is 25 km northwest of the nearest airport.

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1890 449 -
1900 643 43.2%
1910 547 -14.9%
1920 608 11.2%
1930 636 4.6%
1940 628 -1.3%
1950 654 4.1%
1960 704 7.6%
1970 799 13.5%
1980 978 22.4%
1990 938 -4.1%
2000 1032 10%
2010 973 -5.7%
2013 estimate 974 0.1%
1910-2000 2010-2013

population

According to the 2010 census , Sloan had 973 people in 421 households. The population density was 604.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.31 people lived in each of the 421 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.9 percent white, 2.2 percent Native American, 0.1 percent (one person) Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

23.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.3 percent were 65 years or older. 52.8 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 59,375  USD . The per capita income was $ 24,495. 9.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. City of Sloan - City Government ( Memento of the original from January 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 18, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / sloania.com
  2. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 18, 2015
  3. ^ Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. Retrieved January 18, 2015
  4. WinneVegas Casino Resort.Retrieved January 18, 2015
  5. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on January 18, 2015
  6. Sioux Gateway Airport.Retrieved January 18, 2015
  7. AirNav.com - Sioux Gateway Airport Accessed on January 18, 2015
  8. State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved January 18, 2015

Web links