Tama (Iowa)
| Tama | |
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 In the center of Tama |
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| Location in Iowa | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1887 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Tama County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 58 ′ N , 92 ° 35 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 2,877 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 325.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 8.83 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 256 m |
| Postal code : | 52339 |
| Area code : | +1 641 |
| FIPS : | 19-77115 |
| GNIS ID : | 462174 |
| Website : | www.tamacity.govoffice2.com |
| Mayor : | Dan Zimmerman |
 The 1915 built concrete Lincoln Highway Bridge in Tama, since 1978 NRHP listed |
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Tama is a small town (with the status " City ") in Tama County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . At the 2010 census , Tama had 2,877 inhabitants, the number of which had decreased to 2,842 by 2013.
geography
Tama is located in east central Iowa on the left bank of the Iowa River , a right tributary of the Mississippi . This forms the border with Illinois around 170 km east . The Iowa- Minnesota border runs about 185 km north; Missouri's northern border is 165 km south.
The geographical coordinates of Tama are 41 ° 58'00 "north latitude and 92 ° 34'37" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 8.83 km² and forms the center of the Tama Township .
Meskwaki Settlement , the settlement area of the officially recognized by the US government Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa , part of the Sauk and Fox , begins 2 km west of the city. Other neighboring towns of Tama are Clutier (27.4 km northeast), Vining (23.4 km east), Chelsea (18.4 km east-southeast), Montour (13.4 km west), Le Grand (19 km west-northwest), Garwin (22.5 km north-northwest) and Toledo (on the northern city limits).
The nearest major cities are Rochester , Minnesota (254 km north), Waterloo (73.1 km northeast), Dubuque at the interface of the states of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois (204 km east-northeast), Cedar Rapids (80.6 km east), Iowa's former capital, Iowa City (111 km east-southeast), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (196 km in the same direction), Columbia in Missouri (386 km south), Kansas City in Missouri (418 km south-southwest), Iowa's capital Des Moines (111 km west-southwest), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (334 km west-southwest), Sioux City (371 km west-northwest) and the Twin Cities ( Minneapolis and St. Paul ) in Minnesota (379 km north-northwest).
traffic
US Highway 30 , which has been converted into a freeway, runs in a west-east direction on the northern edge of the urban area of Tama and crosses US Highway 63 at the height of the city center . This runs in north-south direction as the main street through the center of the city. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
An Iowa Interstate Railroad (IAIS) freight railroad runs northwest-southeast through the metropolitan area of Tama.
With the Toledo Municipal Airport there is a small airfield for general aviation located 7 km northeast . The nearest commercial airports are Waterloo Regional Airport (78 km northeast), Cedar Rapids Eastern Iowa Airport (82 km east) and Des Moines International Airport (121 km west southwest).
| Population development | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1870 | 1161 | - | |
| 1880 | 1289 | 11% | |
| 1890 | 1741 | 35.1% | |
| 1900 | 2649 | 52.2% | |
| 1910 | 2290 | -13.6% | |
| 1920 | 2601 | 13.6% | |
| 1930 | 2626 | 1 % | |
| 1940 | 2832 | 7.8% | |
| 1950 | 2930 | 3.5% | |
| 1960 | 2925 | -0.2% | |
| 1970 | 3000 | 2.6% | |
| 1980 | 2968 | -1.1% | |
| 1990 | 2697 | -9.1% | |
| 2000 | 2731 | 1.3% | |
| 2010 | 2877 | 5.3% | |
| 2013 estimate | 2842 | -1.2% | |
| 1870-2000 2010-2013 | |||
population
According to the 2010 census , Tama had 2,877 people in 1,092 households. The population density was 325.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.58 people lived in 1092 households.
The racial the population was composed of 78.4 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 5.8 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 9.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 5.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 23.6 percent of the population.
28.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.1 percent were 65 years or older. 51.3 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 47,672 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,813. 18.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Tama - Mayor and City Council.Retrieved March 23, 2015
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 78001263.Retrieved March 23, 2015
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved March 23, 2015
- ^ Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi, Iowa. Retrieved March 23, 2015
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on March 23, 2015
- ↑ AirNav.com - Toledo Municipal Airport Accessed on March 23, 2015
- ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved March 23, 2015
