Tripoli, Iowa

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Tripoli
Bremer County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Tripoli Highlighted.svg
Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation : 1894 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Bremer County
Coordinates : 42 ° 48 ′  N , 92 ° 15 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 48 ′  N , 92 ° 15 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
-  Metropolitan Area :		 1,313 (as of 2010)
167,819 (as of 2010)
Population density : 359.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 3.65 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 314 m
Postal code : 50676
Area code : +1 319
FIPS : 19-78915
GNIS ID : 462329
Website : www.tripoliiowa.com
Mayor : Norbert Ranard

Tripoli is a small town (with the status " City ") in Bremer County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Tripoli had 1,313 inhabitants, the number of which increased to 1,324 by 2013.

Tripoli is part of the Waterloo - Cedar Falls metropolitan area .

geography

Tripoli is located in northeastern Iowa on the western bank of the Wapsipinicon River , a right tributary of the Mississippi . This forms the border of Iowa to Wisconsin and Illinois around 110 km east .

The geographical coordinates of Tripoli are 42 ° 48'29 "north latitude and 92 ° 15'30" west longitude. The city covers an area of ​​3.65 km² and is the largest place within the Fremont Township .

Neighboring towns to Tripoli are Fredericksburg (22 km northeast), Sumner (18.2 km east-northeast), Readlyn (13.4 km southeast), Denver ( 13.4 km southwest), Waverly (25 km west-southwest), Plainfield (28.2 km) km west-northwest) and Frederika (13.5 km north-northwest).

The nearest major cities are Rochester in Minnesota (153 km north), La Crosse in Wisconsin (183 km northeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (284 km east), Dubuque at the interface of the states of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois (161 km east-southeast), Cedar Rapids (117 km southeast), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (150 miles in the same direction), Waterloo (42 km southwest), and Iowa's capital city, Des Moines (223 km southwest).

traffic

US Highway 63 , which has been converted into a freeway, runs in a north-south direction past Tripoli about 7 km away. The Iowa State Highway 93 coming from the north in the city of Tripoli. After crossing the city center, it turns and heads west out of the city. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The nearest airport is Waterloo Regional Airport , 42 km south-southwest , from where there are feeder flights from several airlines to the major airports in Chicago O'Hare and Minneapolis-Saint Paul .

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1900 655 -
1910 755 15.3%
1920 914 21.1%
1930 891 -2.5%
1940 1001 12.3%
1950 1124 12.3%
1960 1179 4.9%
1970 1345 14.1%
1980 1280 -4.8%
1990 1188 -7.2%
2000 1310 10.3%
2010 1313 0.2%
2013 estimate 1324 0.8%
1900-2000 2010-2013

population

According to the 2010 census , Tripoli had 1,313 people in 540 households. The population density was 359.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.37 people lived in each of the 540 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.2 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.1 percent of the population.

26.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.3 percent were 65 years or older. 53.0 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 45,724  USD . The per capita income was $ 19,734. 14.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ City of Tripoli - General Information.Retrieved October 29, 2014
  2. ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved October 29, 2014
  3. ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed October 29, 2014
  4. ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved October 29, 2014

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