Thief River Falls
| Thief River Falls | |
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| Nickname : Thief River | |
![Old Soo Line Depot in Thief River Falls, listed in the NRHP since 1995 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Soo_line_depot_thief_river_falls.jpg) Old Soo Line Depot in Thief River Falls, listed in the NRHP since 1995 |
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| Location in Minnesota | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1887 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Pennington County |
| Coordinates : | 48 ° 7 ′ N , 96 ° 11 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 8,573 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 691.4 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 12.9 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) of which 12.4 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 345 m |
| Postal code : | 56701 |
| Area code : | +1 218 |
| FIPS : | 27-64570 |
| GNIS ID : | 0653129 |
| Website : | www.citytrf.net |
| Mayor : | Jim Dagg |
 Carnegie Library in Thief River Falls, listed on the NRHP since 1983 |
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Thief River Falls , also called as Thief River or TRF , is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Pennington County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , Thief River Falls had 8,573 residents.
geography
Thief River Falls is located in northwest Minnesota, 82.7 kilometers northeast of Grand Forks , North Dakota . According to the United States Census Bureau, the area of the city is 13 square kilometers, of which 12 square kilometers are land and 1 square kilometer is water. The city is located at the confluence of the Thief River with the Red Lake River , a right tributary of the Red River of the North .
Neighboring towns to Thief River Falls are Holt (12.4 miles north), Goodridge (30.9 km east), and St. Hilaire (7.7 miles south).
The nearest major cities are Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba (227 km north-northwest), Duluth on Lake Superior (392 km east-southeast), Minneapolis (473 km southeast) and Fargo in North Dakota (181 km south-southwest).
The border with Canada is 110 km north.
traffic
Major road links are US Highway 59 and Minnesota State Routes 1 and 32 .
Thief River Falls a railway line which meets Minnesota Northern Railroad on a range of today to the Canadian Pacific Railway belonging SOO Line Railroad .
South of the city limits is the Thief River Falls Regional Airport . The closest major airports are Hector International Airport in Fargo (178 km south-southwest), Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (234 km north-northwest) and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (496 km southeast).
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1900 | 1819 | - | |
| 1910 | 3714 | 104.2% | |
| 1920 | 4685 | 26.1% | |
| 1930 | 4268 | -8.9% | |
| 1940 | 6019 | 41% | |
| 1950 | 6926 | 15.1% | |
| 1960 | 7151 | 3.2% | |
| 1970 | 8618 | 20.5% | |
| 1980 | 9105 | 5.7% | |
| 1990 | 8010 | -12% | |
| 2000 | 8410 | 5% | |
| 2010 | 8573 | 1.9% | |
| 1900-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Thief River Falls had 8,573 people in 3,802 households. The population density was 691.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.18 people lived in each of the 3,802 households.
The racial the population was composed of 92.0 percent white, 2.1 percent African American, 1.9 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and 1.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.2 percent of the population.
22.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.7 percent were 65 years or older. 52.3 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 38,306 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,098. 13.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
education
Thief River Falls is home to Lincoln High School , Franklin Middle School, and Challenger Elementary School as public schools . The Northland Community and Technical College (NCTC) is also located in Thief River .
economy
The largest employer with 2,400 employees is the electronics distributor Digi-Key , which operates its worldwide logistics and shipping center in the city. Arctic Cat , a manufacturer of snowmobiles, is also located in the city . From 1957 until bankruptcy in 1986, the production plant of the tractor manufacturer Steiger was in Thief River Falls.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 95000852.Retrieved May 31, 2013
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 83003763.Retrieved May 31, 2013
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved May 31, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on May 31, 2013
- ↑ AirNav.com - KTVF Accessed on May 31, 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved May 31, 2013
