Ulen, Minnesota

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Ulen
Clay County Minnesota Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Ulen Highlighted.svg
Ulen in Clay County
Basic data
State : United States
State : Minnesota
County : Clay County
Coordinates : 47 ° 5 ′  N , 96 ° 16 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 5 ′  N , 96 ° 16 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
547 (status: 2010)
208,777 (status: 2010)
Population density : 195.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 2.8 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 1152 m
Postal code : 56585
Area code : +1 218
FIPS : 27-66136
GNIS ID : 0653486

Ulen [juːlən] is a small town (with the status " City ") in Clay County in northwestern US -amerikanischen state of Minnesota . In 2010 Ulen had 547 inhabitants.

Ulen is part of the Fargo – Moorhead Metropolitan Area .

geography

Ulen is about 30 km east of the North Dakota border on the southern arm of the Wild Rice River , a right tributary of the Red River of the North . The place lies at 47 ° 04'42 "north latitude, 96 ° 15'36" west longitude and extends over 2.8 km².

Neighboring places of Ulen are Syre (11.6 km north), Hitterdal (11.3 km south) and Felton (19.4 km west).

The closest major cities are Fargo , North Dakota (62.7 km southwest), Winnipeg , Canada (347 km north), Duluth on Lake Superior (371 km east), Minneapolis (375 km southeast) and Sioux Falls , South Dakota (443 km) km south).

The Canadian border is 150 miles north.

traffic

Minnesota State Route 32 is the main street in a north-south direction through the urban area of ​​Ulen. All other roads are subordinate and partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city connecting roads.

Ulen is the northern end of a branch line of the BNSF Railway , the country's second largest railway company.

The nearest airports are Hector International Airport in Fargo (59.5 km southwest), Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (354 km north) and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (398 km southeast).

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1900 317 -
1910 438 38.2%
1920 590 34.7%
1930 452 -23.4%
1940 562 24.3%
1950 525 -6.6%
1960 481 -8.4%
1970 486 1 %
1980 514 5.8%
1990 547 6.4%
2000 532 -2.7%
2010 547 2.8%
1900-2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Ulen had 547 people in 234 households. The population density was 195.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.16 people lived in each of the 234 households.

The racial the population was composed of 93.1 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 3.7 percent Native American, 0.2 percent (one person) Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 0.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

21.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 50.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 28.0 percent were 65 years or older. 50.6 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 42,963  USD . The per capita income was $ 20,304. 7.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved April 14, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed April 14, 2013
  3. ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved April 14, 2013

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