Arlington (South Dakota)

Kingsbury County Brookings County

46-02180

Arlington is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Kingsbury County and to a lesser extent in Brookings County in the U.S. state of South Dakota. In 2010, Arlington had 915 inhabitants.

Geography

Arlington is located in eastern South Dakota, near the border with Minnesota. The geographic coordinates of Arlington are 44 ° 21'52 " north latitude and 97 ° 07'59 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 4.3 km ².

Towns nearby Arlington are Bruce ( 27.5 km ENE ), Volga ( 20.6 km east-southeast ), Sinai (20,2 km southeast), Oldham (30 km southwest), Lake Preston (20,2 km west ), Hetland (9,3 km west-northwest ) and Badger (19,6 km north-northwest ).

The nearest major cities are Sioux Falls (128 km south-southeast ), Fargo, North Dakota (293 km north) and Minnesota's largest city Minneapolis ( 375 km east-northeast ).

Traffic

In the city of Arlington meet the U.S. Highways 14 and 81 together. All other roads are minor roads, partly unpaved roadways, and urban roads.

In northwest-southeast direction, a Eisenbahnlstrecke the Canadian Pacific Railway runs through the city of Arlington.

With the Arlington Municipal Airport is 3.8 km north of a small airfield. The nearest major airports are the Sioux Falls Regional Airport (122 km south-southeast ), the Hector International Airport in Fargo (295 km north ) and the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport ( 373 km east-northeast ).

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Arlington 915 people in 420 households. The population density was 212.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 420 households lived statistically 2.09 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 97.4 percent white, 0.7 percent African American, 1.1 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.5 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

21.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 23.5 percent were 65 years or older. 49.6 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 44,336. The per capita income was $ 20,804. 9.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Memorable people

• Theodore W. Schultz (1902-1998) - economist and Nobel Prize winner - was born and raised in Arlington