Thompson, North Dakota
| Thompson | |
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 Location in North Dakota
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1881 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | North Dakota |
| County : | Grand Forks County |
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 46 ′ N , 97 ° 7 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
986 (as of 2010) 98,461 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 808.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 1.22 km 2 (approx. 0 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 265 m |
| Postal code : | 58278 |
| Area code : | +1 701 |
| FIPS : | 38-78660 |
| GNIS ID : | 1032471 |
| Website : | www.cityofthompsonnd.com |
| Mayor : | Karyn Hippen |
 The East Valle Bridge near Thompson, listed in the NRHP since 1997 |
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Thompson is a small town (with the status " City ") in Grand Forks County in the US -amerikanischen State North Dakota . In 2010 , Thompson had 986 residents.
Thompson is part of the Greater Grand Forks metropolitan area .
geography
Thompson is located in eastern North Dakota, a few miles west of the Red River of the North , which forms the border with Minnesota . The geographical coordinates of Thompson are 47 ° 46'25 "north latitude and 97 ° 06'35" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 1.22 km².
Neighboring towns to Thompson are Grand Forks (14 miles northeast), Fisher in Minnesota (19 miles east), Reynolds (10 miles south), and Northwood (23 miles west).
The closest major cities are Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba (253 km north), Duluth in Minnesota on Lake Superior (425 km east-southeast), Minneapolis in Minnesota (487 km southeast), Fargo (111 km south) and North Dakota's capital Bismarck ( 378 km west-southwest).
The Canadian border is 143 km north.
traffic
About a kilometer east of Thompson runs north-south on Interstate 29 , which is the shortest route from Winnipeg to Kansas City , Missouri . The US, Highway 81, runs congruently with the I 29 . North Dakota Highway 18 as the main road runs through the urban area in a west-east direction . All other roads within the urban area are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A railway line of the BNSF Railway runs through Thompson in a north-south direction .
The nearest airports are Grand Forks International Airport (15 miles northwest), Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (256 miles in the same direction) and Hector International Airport in Fargo (107 miles south).
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1930 | 273 | - | |
| 1940 | 276 | 1.1% | |
| 1950 | 270 | -2.2% | |
| 1960 | 290 | 7.4% | |
| 1970 | 291 | 0.3% | |
| 1980 | 785 | 169.8% | |
| 1990 | 930 | 18.5% | |
| 2000 | 1006 | 8.2% | |
| 2010 | 986 | -2% | |
| 2012 estimate | 998 | 1.2% | |
| 1930-2000 2010 2012 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Thompson had 986 people in 356 households. The population density was 808.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.77 people each in the 356 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.1 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 1.0 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.9 percent of the population.
28.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 7.1 percent were 65 years or older. 49.0 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 85,750 USD . The per capita income was $ 32,406. 3.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 97000178. Retrieved July 29, 2013
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved July 29, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on July 29, 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved July 29, 2013
- ↑ US Census Bureau - Estimate for 2012 ( Memento of the original from October 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 29, 2013
