Storm Lake

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Storm Lake
The Buena Vista County Courthouse in Storm Lake
The Buena Vista County Courthouse in Storm Lake
Location in Iowa
Buena Vista County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Storm Lake Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1873 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Buena Vista County
Coordinates : 42 ° 38 ′  N , 95 ° 13 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 38 ′  N , 95 ° 13 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 10,600 (as of 2010)
Population density : 1,000.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 10.59 km 2  (approx. 4 mi 2 )
Height : 433 m
Postal code : 50588
Area code : +1 712
FIPS : 19-75630
GNIS ID : 462017
Website : stormlake.org
Mayor : Jon F. Kruse
Storm Lake Public Library (NRHP 83000346) 20120930 IMG 8844.JPG
Former Storm Lake Public Library

Storm Lake is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative center of the Buena Vista County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Storm Lake had 10,600 residents, which increased to 10,790 by 2013.

geography

Storm Lake is located in the northwest of Iowa on the lake of the same name, which belongs to the Mississippi river basin via Outlet Creek , North Raccoon River , Raccoon River and Des Moines River .

The geographic coordinates of Storm Lake are 42 ° 38'28 "north latitude and 95 ° 12'35" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​10.59 km².

Neighboring towns to Storm Lake are Truesdale (10.9 km north), Rembrandt (15.4 miles in the same direction), Newell (20.2 km east-southeast), Early (15.2 km south-southeast), Lakeside (on the southern city limits ), Schaller (22.9 km southwest) and Alta (9.7 km northwest).

The closest major cities are the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (385 km northeast), Cedar Rapids (342 km east-southeast), Iowa's capital Des Moines (253 km southeast), Kansas City , Missouri (453 km south), Nebraska's largest city Omaha (199 km southwest), Sioux City (111 km west southwest) and South Dakota's largest city Sioux Falls (212 km northwest).

traffic

The US Highway 71 runs in a north-south direction along the eastern edge of Storm Lake. Iowa State Highways  7 and 110 meet in downtown . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A Canadian National Railway (CN) freight railway runs through the urban area of ​​Storm Lake from west-northwest to east-southeast .

With the Storm Lake Municipal Airport there is a small airfield 8.5 km southwest. The nearest commercial airports are Des Moines International Airport (262 km southeast), Eppley Airfield in Omaha (192 km south-southwest), Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City (115 km west-southwest) and Sioux Falls Regional Airport (235 km northwest).

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1880 1034 -
1890 1682 62.7%
1900 2169 29%
1910 2428 11.9%
1920 3658 50.7%
1930 4157 13.6%
1940 5274 26.9%
1950 6954 31.9%
1960 7728 11.1%
1970 8591 11.2%
1980 8814 2.6%
1990 8769 -0.5%
2000 10,076 14.9%
2010 10,600 5.2%
2013 estimate 10,790 1.8%
1880-2000 2010-2013

population

As of the 2010 census , Storm Lake had 10,600 people in 3,536 households. The population density was 1000.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.75 people in each of the 3536 households.

The racial the population was composed of 68.4 percent white, 4.4 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 9.8 percent Asian, 0.9 percent Polynesians and 13.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 36.1 percent of the population.

25.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.5 percent were 65 years or older. 49.9 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 45,208  USD . The per capita income was $ 19,430. 15.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

Individual evidence

  1. City of Storm Lake - Council.Retrieved November 16, 2014
  2. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 16, 2014
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on November 16, 2014
  4. AirNav.com - Storm Lake Municipal Airport Accessed on November 16, 2014
  5. State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 KB). Retrieved November 16, 2014

Web links

Commons : Storm Lake, Iowa  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files