Clarks Grove, Minnesota
Freeborn County
27-11674
Clarks Grove is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Freeborn County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Clarks Grove had 706 inhabitants.
Geography
Clarks Grove is located in southern Minnesota at 43 ° 45'50 " north latitude and 93 ° 19'45 " west longitude. The city covers 1.53 km ².
Towns nearby Clarks Grove are Geneva (9.6 km north-east ), Hollandale (10,1 km to the east ), Albert Lea (16,6 km south) and Hartland ( 17.2 km north west ).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (143 km north), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (149 km in the same direction), Rochester ( 95.7 km northeast ), Iowa's capital, Des Moines (253 km south) and Sioux Falls, South Dakota ( 293 km west ).
Traffic
To the east of Clarks Grove extends Interstate 35, which forms the fastest connection from the Twin Cities and Des Moines here. The Minnesota State Route 251 in Clarks Grove reached its western terminus. All other roads are subordinate partly unpaved driveways and local roads.
In north -south railway line of the Union Pacific Railroad runs through the urban area of Clarks Grove.
With the Albert Lea Municipal Airport is located 11.5 km south of a small regional airport. The nearest major airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (137 km north ).
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Clarks Grove 706 people in 295 households. The population density was 461.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 295 households lived statistically 2.39 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 93.9 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 2.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 6.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
25.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.3 percent were 65 years or older. 49.4 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 48,095. The per capita income was $ 22,865. 15.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.