White Earth
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Location in Minnesota
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Minnesota | ||
| County : | Becker County | ||
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 6 ′ N , 95 ° 51 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 580 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 64.4 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 10 km 2 (approx. 4 mi 2 ) of which 9 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 467 m | ||
| Postal code : | 56591 | ||
| Area code : | +1 218 | ||
| FIPS : | 27-70006 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 654079 | ||
White Earth is a settlement on community-free area in Becker County of middle-northwest US -amerikanischen the State of Minnesota . For statistical purposes, the place has been combined to form a census-designated place (CDP) . In 2010 , White Earth had 580 inhabitants.
In White Earth is the administrative seat of the White Earth Indian Reservation of the Indian tribe of the Anishinabe .
geography
White Earth is located at 47 ° 05'48 "north latitude and 95 ° 50'36" west longitude and extends over 10 km², which is spread over 9 km² of land and 1 km² of water. The place is in the White Earth Township .
Neighboring locations to White Earth are Waubun (17.1 km northwest), Detroit Lakes (36.1 km south), and Ogema (6.9 km west).
The closest major cities are Fargo , North Dakota (96.6 km west southwest), Duluth on Lake Superior (336 km east) and Minneapolis (360 km southeast).
The Canadian border is 150 miles north.
traffic
County Road 34 runs through the town as the main road in north-south direction. All other roads are subordinate and partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city connecting roads.
With the Detroit Lakes Airport is located 41.9 km south of White Earth, a small regional airfield . The nearest major airports are Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport in Canada, 361 km north-northwest, and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, 384 km southeast .
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , White Earth had 580 people in 222 households. The population density was 64.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.61 people each in the 222 households.
The racial the population was composed of 89.1 percent Native American and 10.9 percent other.
33.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 9.5 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 14,875 USD . The per capita income was $ 8,156. 56.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Personalities
- Joe Guyon (1892–1971) American football player, baseball player and coach
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved March 27, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on March 27, 2013