Grand Marais (Minnesota)
Cook County
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Grand Marais is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Cook County in the extreme northeast of the U.S. State of Minnesota. In 2010, Grand Marais had 1351 inhabitants.
Geography
Grand Marais is located on the north shore of Lake Superior, the westernmost and highest of the Great Lakes. The place is close to the border with Canada and the lake across from Wisconsin and Michigan. Grand Marais is located at 47 ° 45'02 " north latitude, 90 ° 20'03 " west longitude and covers 7.51 km ².
Towns nearby Grand Marais are Lutsen (28,6 km southwest along the lakeshore ) and Hovland (29,7 km northeast along the lakeshore ).
The nearest large towns are in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada (128 km northeast) and Duluth (177 km southwest). Minneapolis, the largest city in Minnesota, is located 425 km south-west.
The mouth of the Pigeon River, which forms the border with Canada, situated 65 km north-east.
Traffic
The main street of Grand Marais is formed by the leading along the north shore of Lake Superior Minnesota State Route 61. The historic Gunflint Trail, today's County Road 12 leads from Grand Marais in northern direction. All other roads are subordinate partly unpaved roadways and within local connection paths.
In Grand Marais, there is a small port through which the city has connection to all cities on the Great Lakes.
The nearest airports are 124 km north-east location, Thunder Bay International Airport and 183 km south west Duluth International Airport; the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport is located 432 km south-west.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Grand Marais 1351 people in 673 households. The population density was 179.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 673 households lived statistically 1.94 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 93.4 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 2.4 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian, 0.1 percent and 0.6 percent Polynesians from other ethnic groups; 2.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.6 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
18.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 23.0 percent were 65 years or older. 54.1 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 40,750. The per capita income was $ 24,240. 10.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.