Lonsdale (Minnesota)
Rice County
27-38150
Lonsdale is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Rice County in the central southeastern part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Lonsdale had 3674 inhabitants.
Lonsdale is part of the CSA ( Combined Statistical Area) Minneapolis -St. Paul -St. Cloud, the extended metropolitan region of Minneapolis -Saint Paul.
Geography
Lonsdale is located just south of the Twin Cities at 44 ° 28'49 " north latitude and 93 ° 25'43 " west longitude. The city covers 7.17 km ².
Towns nearby Lonsdale are Veseli (5,9 km north-west ), New Prague ( 18.5 km north west ), Elko New Market (17,9 km northeast), Northfield (22,6 km to the east) and Montgomery ( 16.6 km south-southwest ).
The downtown Minneapolis is located 70.7 kilometers north; the center of Saint Paul, the capital of Minnesota, located 75 km north-east. Rochester, the third largest city in Minnesota is located 122 km to the southeast.
Traffic
About 8 km to the east extends Interstate 35 which leads into the north-south direction from Minneapolis to Des Moines, Iowa. The Minnesota State Route 19 leads as the main street in east-west direction by Lonsdale. All other roads are subordinate and partly unpaved roadways and within local roads.
The nearest airport is located 65.2 km north-northeast Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Lonsdale 3674 people in 1277 households. The population density was 512.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1277 households lived statistically 2.87 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 96.5 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian, 0.3 percent and 0.3 percent Polynesians from other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.7 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
34.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.9 percent were between 18 and 64, and 4.9 percent were 65 years or older. 48.9 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 68,718. The per capita income was $ 27,627. 2.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Anita Smisek ( * 1941 ), music publisher, pianist and organist