Superior (Village, Wisconsin)

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Superior
Superior (Wisconsin)
Superior
Superior
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Douglas County
Coordinates : 46 ° 39 ′  N , 92 ° 6 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 39 ′  N , 92 ° 6 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
664 (as of 2010)
279,771 (as of 2010)
Population density : 214.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 3.1 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 204 m
Postcodes : 54880
Area code : +1 715
FIPS : 55-78660
GNIS ID : 1575128
Website : www.villageofsuperior.org
Mayor : Alex Grymala (President)

Superior is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Douglas County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Superior had 664 residents.

Superior is surrounded on three sides by the Town of Superior without belonging to it. In the north of the municipality borders the city of the same name, City of Superior . All three are named after Lake Superior , the English name for the Lake Superior .

Superior is part of the interstate Twin Ports metropolitan area around the cities of Superior and Duluth in Minnesota .

geography

Superior is located at 56 ° 39'22 "north latitude and 92 ° 6'13" west longitude. The city extends over 3.11 km², which consists exclusively of land.

The closest major cities to the City of Superior are Duluth in neighboring Minnesota (10 miles north), Eau Claire (150 miles south-southeast) and the Twin Cities (150 miles south-southwest).

traffic

The port of the City of Superior on Lake Obere is around 2 km to the north.

Wisconsin Highways 35 and 105 meet in Superior .

Several BNSF Railway lines run through Superior and lead south from the port of the neighboring city of Superior.

The place is south of Richard I Bong Airport , which forms the southern end of the City of Superior. The distance there is 6 km. The nearest commercial airport is Duluth International Airport (25.3 km north-northwest).

population

According to the 2010 census , there were 664 people in 299 households in Superior. The population density was 214.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.22 people lived in each of the 299 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.0 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 1.1 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.1 percent of the population.

20.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.5 percent were 65 years or older. 51.8 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 68,333  USD . The per capita income was $ 28,973. 5.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. US Postal Service - ZIP Codes
  2. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 25, 2014
  3. Distance information : Google Maps

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