Boyd (Minnesota)

Lac qui Parle County

27-07138

Boyd is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Lac qui Parle County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Boyd had 175 inhabitants.

Geography

Boyd is located in southwestern Minnesota at 44 ° 50'55 " north latitude, 95 ° 54'11 " west longitude and covers 1.35 km ².

Towns nearby Boyd are Montevideo (24,2 km northeast), Granite Falls ( 30.8 km east-southeast ), Clark Field ( 14.2 km southeast) and Dawson (19,5 km to the northwest ).

The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (236 km east), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (252 km in the same direction), Rochester (344 km south-east ), Sioux Falls, South Dakota (197 km south-southwest ) and Fargo, North Dakota (270 km north-northwest ).

Traffic

In the city of Boyd is the southern terminus of the Minnesota State Route 275 All other roads within Boyd are minor rural roads, some unpaved roadways or urban roads.

By Boyd runs a branch line of the BNSF Railway, the second largest railway company in the country.

The nearest major airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (233 km east).

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Boyd 175 people in 88 households. The population density was 129.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 88 households lived statistically 1.99 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 94.9 percent White, 0.6 percent (one person) Asians and 4.6 percent from other ethnic groups. Regardless of ethnicity were 4.6 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

17.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.6 percent were 65 years or older. 44.0 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 33,438. The per capita income was $ 14,269. 26.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.