Stephen (Minnesota)

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Stephen
Stephen's location in Marshall County (bottom) and Minnesota (top)
Location in Minnesota
Basic data
State : United States
State : Minnesota
County : Marshall County
Coordinates : 48 ° 27 ′  N , 96 ° 53 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 27 ′  N , 96 ° 53 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 658 (as of 2010)
Population density : 313.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 2.1 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 253 m
Postal code : 56757
Area code : +1 218
FIPS : 27-62698
GNIS ID : 652619
Website : www.stephenmn.com
Mayor : Betty Pikop

Stephen is a small town (with the status " City ") in Marshall County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 Stephen had 658 residents.

geography

Stephen is located in central northwest Minnesota on the Tamarac River , a right tributary of the Red River of the North . The geographical coordinates are 48 ° 27'02 "north latitude and 96 ° 52'31" west longitude. The place extends over an area of ​​2.1 km².

Stephen's neighbors are Donaldson (14.2 km north-northwest), Florian (18.6 km east), and Argyle (14.4 km south-southeast).

The nearest major cities are Fargo in North Dakota (193 km south), Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba (182 km north), Duluth on Lake Superior (466 km east-southeast) and Minneapolis (547 km southeast).

The Canadian border is 70.1 km north.

traffic

US Highway 75, which runs north to south, runs along Stephen's eastern border. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A BNSF Railway runs parallel to US 75 .

By Stephen Municipal Airport is located in the northeastern area a small airfield. The nearest major airports are Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (184 km north), Hector International Airport in Fargo (189 km south) and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (570 km southeast).

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1890 265 -
1900 513 93.6%
1910 618 20.5%
1920 581 -6%
1930 474 -18.4%
1940 673 42%
1950 877 30.3%
1960 858 -2.2%
1970 904 5.4%
1980 898 -0.7%
1990 707 -21.3%
2000 708 0.1%
2010 658 -7.1%
1890-2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Stephen had 658 people in 304 households. The population density was 313.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.16 people lived in each of the 304 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.9 percent white, 0.2 percent (one person) Native American and 1.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.3 percent (two people) were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 10.0 percent of the population.

20.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 23.1 percent were 65 years or older. 50.6 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 51,771  USD . The per capita income was $ 24,690. 2.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved May 20, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on May 20, 2013
  3. ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved May 20, 2013

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