Walker (Minnesota)

Cass County

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Walker is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Cass County in north-central of the U.S. State of Minnesota. In 2010, Walker had 941 inhabitants.

Geography

Walker lies on the Waliker Bay on the eastern shore of Leech Lake. The town is located at 47 ° 06'05 " north latitude, 94 ° 35'14 " west longitude and covers 6.4 km ².

Towns nearby are Walker of Cass Lake ( 33.8 km to the north), Whipholt ( 21.1 km east-southeast ), Ah - Gwah -ching (4.1 km to the southeast ), Akeley (16,6 km southwest) and Benedict (11, 1 km to the northwest ).

The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (295 km south-southeast ), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul ( 314 km in the same direction), Eau Claire, Wisconsin (443 km south-east ), Duluth Lake Superior (209 km east-southeast ) and Fargo, North Dakota ( 182 km west ).

The border with Canada is located 206 km north.

Traffic

In Walker, the Minnesota State Routes take 34, 371 and 200 together. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.

The nearest major airport is 319 km south-southeast location Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Walker 941 people in 452 households. The population density was 147 people per square kilometer. In the 452 households lived statistically 1.93 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 88.0 percent White, 7.2 percent Native American, 1.1 percent Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 3.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.3 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

19.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 50.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 30.1 percent were 65 years or older. 55.5 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 34,545. The per capita income was $ 19,467. 16.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.