West Union (Iowa)
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Fayette County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 58 ′ N , 91 ° 48 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 2,486 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 355.1 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 7 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 362 m |
| Postal code : | 52175 |
| Area code : | +1 563 |
| FIPS : | 19-84765 |
| GNIS ID : | 462922 |
Western Union is a small town (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Fayette County in the northeast of the US -amerikanischen state of Iowa . In 2010 West Union had 2,486 residents.
geography
West Union is at 42 ° 58 ' N , 91 ° 48' W and extends over 7 km². The place is about 60 km west of the Mississippi , which forms the border with Wisconsin . The Minnesota border is 40 miles north.
Neighboring towns to West Union are Eldorado (11.2 km north), Clermont (14.9 km northeast), Elgin (15.8 km east), Fayette (15 km south), Donnan (12.4 km southwest), and Hawkeye (14.6 km west-southwest).
The closest major cities are the Quad Cities (260 km southeast), Cedar Rapids (129 km south), Iowa's capital Des Moines (272 km southwest), Rochester , Minnesota (157 km northwest) and Wisconsin's capital Madison (232 km east).
traffic
US Highway 18 runs through the city center in a west-east direction , where it intersects Iowa Highway 150 . In the south of the city, Iowa Highway 56 branches off to the south-east at its western end . All other roads are subordinate, partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city connecting roads.
With the George L. Scott Municipal Airport there is a small airfield on the northeastern outskirts. The nearest major airports are Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids (142 km south) and Dubuque Regional Airport in Dubuque at the interface of the states of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois (147 km southeast).
Demographic data
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1870 | 1489 | - | |
| 1880 | 1551 | 4.2% | |
| 1890 | 1676 | 8.1% | |
| 1900 | 1935 | 15.5% | |
| 1910 | 1652 | -14.6% | |
| 1920 | 1777 | 7.6% | |
| 1930 | 2056 | 15.7% | |
| 1940 | 2059 | 0.1% | |
| 1950 | 2141 | 4% | |
| 1960 | 2551 | 19.1% | |
| 1970 | 2624 | 2.9% | |
| 1980 | 2783 | 6.1% | |
| 1990 | 2490 | -10.5% | |
| 2000 | 2549 | 2.4% | |
| 2010 | 2486 | -2.5% | |
| 1870-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census, the West Union had 2,486 people in 1106 households. The population density was 355.1 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.12 people lived in 1106 households.
The racial the population was composed of 96.4 percent white, 1.1 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian and 0.9 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.0 percent of the population.
21.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.2 percent were 65 years or older. 50.5 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 40,769 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,479. 12.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 22, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 22, 2012
- ^ Iowa Data Center (PDF; 84 kB) Retrieved August 22, 2012