Toronto (Iowa)

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Toronto
Saint James Church
Saint James Church
Location in Iowa
Clinton County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Toronto Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1909
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Clinton County
Coordinates : 41 ° 54 ′  N , 90 ° 52 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 54 ′  N , 90 ° 52 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 124 (as of 2010)
Population density : 258.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 0.48 km 2  (approx. 0 mi 2 )
Height : 220 m
Postal code : 52777
Area code : +1 563
FIPS : 19-78600
GNIS ID : 462280

Toronto is a small town (with the status " City ") in Clinton County in the eastern part of the US -amerikanischen state of Iowa . In 2010 Toronto had 124 residents.

geography

Toronto is located on the Wapsipinicon River , a right tributary of the Mississippi, at 41 ° 54'18 "north latitude and 90 ° 51'51" west longitude and extends over 0.48 km². The place is about 60 km west of the Mississippi , which forms the border with Illinois . The Wisconsin border runs approximately 50 miles north. Toronto is the only independent community in Liberty Township in the far west of Clinton County.

Neighboring places of Toronto are Massillon (5.5 km west-northwest), Lost Nation (10.2 km northeast), Wheatland (9.1 km south) and Lowden (10.7 km southwest).

The closest major cities are Dubuque (79.4 km north), Rockford , Illinois (183 km east-northeast), the Quad Cities (35.4 miles southwest), and Cedar Rapids (87.7 km west).

traffic

There are no national highways running through Toronto. All roads are subordinate and partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city roads.

The nearest airfield is Maquoketa Municipal Airport , 26.7 km northeast ; The nearest major airports are Dubuque Regional Airport , 68.4 miles northeast, Quad City International Airport, 68.4 miles southeast, and Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids, 54 miles west .

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1910 106 -
1920 139 31.1%
1930 113 -18.7%
1940 142 25.7%
1950 165 16.2%
1960 144 -12.7%
1970 145 0.7%
1980 172 18.6%
1990 132 -23.3%
2000 134 1.5%
2010 124 -7.5%
1910-2000 2010

As of the 2010 census , Toronto had 124 people in 48 households. The population density was 258.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.58 people lived in each of the 48 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.6 percent white and 2.4 percent (three people) African American. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.4 percent of the population (three people) were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

21.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 65.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.9 percent were 65 years or older. 46.0 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 43,750  USD . The per capita income was $ 19,196. 13.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 17, 2012
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed June 17, 2012
  3. ^ Iowa Data Center (PDF; 84 kB) Retrieved June 17, 2012

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