Astoria (South Dakota)

Deuel County

46-02580

Astoria is a small town ( with a status of " Town" ) in Deuel County in the U.S. state of South Dakota. In 2010, Astoria had 139 inhabitants.

Geography

Astoria is located in eastern South Dakota, near the border with Minnesota. The geographical coordinates are 44 ° 33'30 Astoria " north latitude and 96 ° 32'50 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 0.41 km ².

Towns nearby Astoria are White (21,8 km southwest), Toronto ( 9.2 km west-northwest ), Brandt ( 18.7 km NNW ) and Hendricks in Minnesota ( 15.8 km southeast).

The nearest major cities are Sioux Falls (138 km south), Fargo, North Dakota (293 km north) and Minnesota's largest city Minneapolis (302 km east).

Traffic

A few kilometers west of Astoria extends Interstate 29, which is the shortest route from Kansas City, Missouri to Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The South Dakota Highway 28 extends approximately one kilometer north of Astoria in west-east direction. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and urban roads.

The nearest airports are the Sioux Falls Regional Airport (137 km south), the Hector International Airport in Fargo (295 km north ) and the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (300 km east).

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Astoria 139 people in 61 households. The population density was 339 people per square kilometer. In the 61 households lived statistically 2.28 per person.

Ethnically, the population consisted exclusively of whites.

25.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.2 percent were 65 years or older. 47.5 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 41,607. The per capita income was $ 19,497. 7.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.