Williams, Minnesota

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Williams
Lake of the Woods County Minnesota Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Williams Highlighted.svg
Location in Minnesota
Basic data
State : United States
State : Minnesota
County : Lake of the Woods County
Coordinates : 48 ° 46 ′  N , 94 ° 57 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 46 ′  N , 94 ° 57 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 191 (as of 2010)
Population density : 76.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 2.51 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 351 m
Postal code : 56686
Area code : +1 218
FIPS : 27-70402
GNIS ID : 654165

Williams is a small town (with the status " City ") in the Lake of the Woods County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , Williams had 191 residents.

geography

Williams is located in northern Minnesota, around 15 km south of the Lake of the Woods , through which the border with Canada runs. The place is located at 48 ° 46'06 "north latitude, 94 ° 57'19" west longitude and extends over 2.51 km².

Neighboring towns to Williams are Roosevelt (11.3 km northwest), Long Point (14.3 km north) and Baudette (27.5 km east-southeast).

The nearest major cities are Fargo in North Dakota (350 km southwest), Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba (235 km northwest), Thunder Bay on Lake Superior in the Canadian province of Ontario (487 km east), Duluth (373 km southeast) and Minneapolis (523 km southeast).

traffic

Minnesota State Routes 2 and 11 intersect in Williams . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A Canadian National Railway runs parallel to MN 11 through Williams.

28.5 km east-southeast of Williams is the Baudette International Airport, a small airfield. The nearest major airports are Hector International Airport in Fargo (349 km southwest), Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (243 km northwest), Thunder Bay International Airport (485 km east) and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (546 km km south-southeast).

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Williams lived in 191 people in 86 households. The population density was 76.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.22 people lived in each of the 86 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.3 percent white, 1.0 percent (two people) African American, 0.5 percent (one person) Native American, 2.6 percent Asian and 0.5 percent (one person) other ethnic groups. Regardless of ethnicity, 0.5 percent (one person) of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

27.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.3 percent were 65 years or older. 49.7 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 38,500  USD . The per capita income was $ 19,722. 7.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved May 12, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on May 12, 2013
  3. AirNav.com - KBDE. Retrieved May 12, 2013

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