Barnum (Minnesota)

Carlton County

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Barnum is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Carlton County in the western part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Barnum had 613 inhabitants.

Geography

Barnum lies on the Moose Horn River, a tributary of the basin of the Mississippi belonging Kettle River. The town is located at 46 ° 30'15 " north latitude, 92 ° 41'26 " west longitude and extending to 2.59 km ².

Neighbouring places of Barnum are Mahtowa (10.3 km northeast), Düsler (16,2 km to the east ), Moose Lake (8.5 km southwest) and Kettle River ( 16.9 km to the west ).

The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (190 km south-southwest ), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (187 km in the same direction), Eau Claire, Wisconsin (301 km south-east ), Duluth Lake Superior ( 59.9 kilometers north-east ) and Fargo, North Dakota ( 355 km west ).

The border with Canada is located 285 km north.

Traffic

Along the south-eastern edge of the Interstate 35 runs, the shortest route from the Twin Cities to Duluth. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.

On the route of a former rail line Rail Trail runs through the city of Moose Lake.

13.3 km south west of Barnum is the Moose Lake Carlton County Airport. The nearest major airport is 198 km south-southwest location Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Barnum 613 people in 236 households. The population density was 236.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 236 households lived statistically 2.57 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 92.0 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 2.4 percent Native American and 0.2 percent Asian; 5.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

32.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.1 percent were 65 years or older. 53.3 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 37,212. The per capita income was $ 16,385. 19.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.