St. Charles, Iowa

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St. Charles
Madison County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas St. Charles Highlighted.svg
Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation : 1852
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Madison County
Coordinates : 41 ° 17 ′  N , 93 ° 49 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 17 ′  N , 93 ° 49 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
653 (status: 2010)
599,789 (status: 2013)
Population density : 466.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 1.4 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 327 m
Postal code : 50240
Area code : +1 641
FIPS : 19-69915
GNIS ID : 460964

St. Charles is a city (with the status " City ") in Madison County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 St. Charles had 653 residents, the number of which had decreased to 634 by 2013.

St. Charles is part of the metropolitan area around Iowa's capital Des Moines .

geography

St. Charles is located in the southwest center of Iowa at 41 ° 17'18 "north latitude and 93 ° 48'34" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​1.4 km² and is located in the South Township .

Neighboring towns to St. Charles are Bevington (8.8 km northeast), Martensdale (14.5 km northeast), St. Marys (7.6 km east-northeast), Indianola (27.4 km east-northeast), New Virginia (13 miles southeast ), Truro (10.9 km southwest), East Peru (15.8 km southwest), Winterset (20.5 km west-northwest), and Patterson (13.4 km northwest).

The center of Des Moines is 52 km northeast. The closest other major cities are the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (442 km north), Cedar Rapids (236 km east-northeast), Iowa City (233 km east), Kansas City in Missouri (266 km south-southwest), Nebraska's largest City of Omaha (197 km west) and Sioux City (327 km northwest).

traffic

The Interstate 35 leads in a north-south direction at about two kilometers from east past the city. A feeder to the interstate ends in downtown St. Charles. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The Winterset Municipal Airport is a small airfield located 26 km to the west-northwest. The nearest commercial airport is Des Moines International Airport (37.6 km north-northeast).

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1880 183 -
1890 387 111.5%
1900 412 6.5%
1910 399 -3.2%
1920 430 7.8%
1930 400 -7%
1940 331 -17.3%
1950 319 -3.6%
1960 355 11.3%
1970 443 24.8%
1980 507 14.4%
1990 537 5.9%
2000 619 15.3%
2010 653 5.5%
2013 estimate 634 -2.9%
1880-2000 2010-2013

population

According to the 2010 census , St. Charles had 653 people in 258 households. The population density was 466.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.53 people lived in each of the 258 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.1 percent white and 1.7 percent African American; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

28.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.0 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 62,875  USD . The per capita income was $ 28,444. 6.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. BusinessRecord: Metro population expands west - Census Bureau.Retrieved October 13, 2014
  2. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 13, 2014
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on November 13, 2014
  4. AirNav.com - Winterset Municipal Airport Accessed on 13 November 2014
  5. State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 KB) Retrieved November 13, 2014

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