Urbana, Iowa

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Urbana
In the center of Urbana
In the center of Urbana
Location in Iowa
Benton County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Urbana Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1847
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Benton County
Coordinates : 42 ° 13 ′  N , 91 ° 52 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 13 ′  N , 91 ° 52 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
1,458 (as of 2010)
257,940 (as of 2010)
Population density : 255.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 5.7 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 )
Height : 286 m
Postal code : 52345
Area code : +1 319
FIPS : 19-79905
GNIS ID : 462503
Website : urbanaiowa.com
Mayor : Duane Eldred

Urbana is a small town (with the status " City ") in Benton County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Urbana had 1,458 inhabitants.

Urbana is part of the metropolitan area around the city of Cedar Rapids .

geography

Urbana is located in eastern Iowa on the left bank of the Cedar River , which is part of the Mississippi River basin across the Iowa River . This forms the border of Iowa to Wisconsin and Illinois around 90 km east . The Iowa- Minnesota border runs about 160 km north and about 200 km south of the city is the border with Missouri .

The geographical coordinates of Urbana are 42 ° 13'27 "north latitude and 91 ° 52'28" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​5.7 km² and is located in the Polk Township .

Neighboring towns to Urbana are Rowley (14.3 miles north), Independence (28.6 km in the same direction), Quasqueton (28.3 km northeast), Walker (14.3 km northeast), Center Point (8.8 km southeast), Shellsburg (15.2 km south), Vinton (19.7 km southwest), and Brandon (15.8 km northwest).

Urbana is between the towns of Cedar Rapids (36.2 km southeast) and Waterloo (53.3 km northwest). The nearest other major cities are Iowa City (50 miles southeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (279 miles northeast), Rockford , Illinois (279 miles east), Chicago , Illinois (400 miles in the same direction), the Iowa and Quad Cities Illinois (164 km east-southeast), St. Louis , Missouri (493 km south-southeast), Kansas City , Missouri (509 km south-southwest), Iowa's capital Des Moines (197 km west-southwest), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (419 km in the same direction) , Sioux City (390 km west), South Dakota's largest city Sioux Falls (527 km west-northwest), Rochester , Minnesota (233 km northwest), and the Twin Cities , Minnesota (368 km in the same direction).

traffic

The Interstate 380 and here extending on a common track section Iowa Highway  27 result in a northwest-southeast direction by the north-east of the urban area of Urbana. At the height of the city center branches off the interstate of the Iowa Highway 150 and runs as the main road in a west direction through the center of Urbana. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

With the Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark there is a small airfield 7.2 km to the west. The nearest commercial airport is Eastern Iowa Airport at Cedar Rapids (49.6 km southeast).

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1900 323 -
1910 306 -5.3%
1920 477 55.9%
1930 354 -25.8%
1940 397 12.1%
1950 414 4.3%
1960 544 31.4%
1970 552 1.5%
1980 574 4%
1990 595 3.7%
2000 1019 71.3%
2010 1458 43.1%
1900-2000 2010

population

According to the 2010 census , Urbana had 1,458 people in 520 households. The population density was 255.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.8 people lived in each of the 520 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.5 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.0 percent of the population.

32.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 7.6 percent were 65 years or older. 49.5 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 70,368  USD . The per capita income was $ 28,481. 6.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. City of Urbana - Elected Officials & City Employees ( Memento of the original from May 15, 2015 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 October 17, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / urbanaiowa.com
  2. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved October 17, 2014
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on October 17, 2014
  4. AirNav.com - Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark Accessed on October 17, 2014
  5. ^ State Data Center of Iowa. Retrieved October 17, 2014

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