Barnesville (Minnesota)

Clay County

27-03574

Barnesville is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Clay County in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010 Barnesville had 2563 inhabitants.

Barnesville is part of the Fargo - Moorhead Metropolitan Area.

Geography

Barnesville is located at 46 ° 39'08 " north latitude and 96 ° 25'11 " west longitude and extending over 5.75 km ².

Towns nearby Barnesville are Sabin (29,9 km northwest ), Hawley (33,4 km northeast), Dunvilla (31,6 km to the east ), Rothsay (25,7 km to the southeast ) and Comstock (25,7 km to the west ).

The nearest major cities are Fargo, North Dakota ( 44.8 km north west ), Duluth Lake Superior (375 km east), Minneapolis (336 km south-east ) and Sioux Falls, South Dakota ( 388 km south ).

The border with Canada is located 284 km north.

Traffic

Along the northeastern city limits leads to Interstate 94, which runs here on a common path with U.S. Highway 52. In the north of the urban area is the western terminus of the Minnesota State Route 34 in the north-south direction running through the urban area Minnesota State Route 9 forms the main street of Barnesville. All other roads are subordinate and partly unpaved roadways and within local roads.

In northeast-southwest direction, a railway belonging to RailAmerica Otter Tail Valley Railroad runs.

The Hector International Airport Fargo is located 49.9 kilometers north-west; the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport is 360 km to the southeast.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Barnesville 2563 people in 1013 households. The population density was 445.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1013 households lived statistically 2.5 persons each.

The racial the population was composed of 98.3 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian, 0.1 percent and 0.2 percent Polynesians from other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.7 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

29.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.8 percent were 65 years or older. 50.9 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 58,409. The per capita income was $ 24,431. 5.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.