Underwood, Iowa

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Underwood
Pottawattamie County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Underwood Highlighted.svg
Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation : 1902 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Pottawattamie County
Coordinates : 41 ° 23 ′  N , 95 ° 41 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 23 ′  N , 95 ° 41 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
917 (as of 2010)
915,184 (as of 2015)
Population density : 770.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 1.19 km 2  (approx. 0 mi 2 )
Height : 326 m
Postal code : 51576
Area code : +1 712
FIPS : 19-79500
GNIS ID : 462415
Website : underwoodia.com
Mayor : Dennis Bardsley
Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1910 271 -
1920 260 -4.1%
1930 261 0.4%
1940 251 -3.8%
1950 278 10.8%
1960 337 21.2%
1970 424 25.8%
1980 448 5.7%
1990 515 15%
2000 688 33.6%
2010 917 33.3%
2014 estimate 938 2.3%
1910-2000 2010-2014

Underwood is a small town (with the status " City ") in Pottawattamie County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Underwood had 917 residents, which increased to 938 by 2014.

Underwood is part of both sides of the Missouri in the states of Iowa and Nebraska situated metropolitan Omaha -Council Bluffs.

geography

Underwood is located in western Iowa on the northwest bank of Mosquito Creek , which over the Missouri belongs to the Mississippi river basin .

The geographical coordinates of Underwood are 41 ° 23'13 "north latitude and 95 ° 40'36" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​1.19 km². Underwood is the largest town within Norwalk Township .

Council Bluffs town center is 14 miles southwest of Underwood. Other neighboring towns are Neola (8.9 km northeast), Minden (16.1 km in the same direction), Bentley (7.1 km east), McClelland (8.9 km south), Weston (8.3 km southwest) and Crescent (19.5 km west southwest).

The closest major cities are Sioux City (159 km northwest), Iowa's capital Des Moines (212 km east), Nebraska's largest city Omaha (36 km southwest) and Nebraska's capital Lincoln (121 km in the same direction).

traffic

Interstate Highway  80 runs along the southeastern city limits of Underwood and is the shortest route from Des Moines to Omaha. Only secondary country roads, partly unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads lead through the urban area.

With the Council Bluffs Municipal Airport is 21 km south-west a small airfield for general aviation and air taxi traffic . The nearest commercial airports are Eppley Airfield in Omaha (34 km southwest) and Des Moines International Airport (193 km east).

population

According to the 2010 census , Underwood had 917 people in 330 households. The population density was 770.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.78 people each in the 330 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.8 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.3 percent of the population, regardless of ethnicity.

33.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 9.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was in 2014 at 75,192  USD . The per capita income was $ 27,454. 7.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Underwood, Iowa City Council. Retrieved January 18, 2016
  2. State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 KB). Retrieved January 18, 2016
  3. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 18, 2016
  4. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on January 18, 2016
  5. AirNav.com - Council Bluffs Municipal Airport Accessed on January 18, 2016

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