Carlton (Minnesota)
Carlton County
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Carlton is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Carlton County in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Carlton had 862 inhabitants.
Geography
Carlton is located on the Thomson reservoir and this lake flowing through Saint Louis River. The city is located at 46 ° 39'50 " north latitude and 92 ° 25'30 " west longitude and extending over 5.88 km ².
Towns nearby Carlton are Scanlon (5.4 km north) and Cloquet (3,5 km away to the northwest ), Thomson ( on the opposite shore of the Saint Louis River at the eastern city limits ), Wrenshall (6,9 km south-east ), Scotts Corner (7.5 km south) and Iverson (8.2 miles west)
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (217 km south-southwest ), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (213 km in the same direction), Eau Claire, Wisconsin (274 km south-southeast ), Duluth Lake Superior (31,7 km northeast), Thunder Bay, Canada ( 337 km northeast ) and Fargo, North Dakota ( 373 km west ).
The border with Canada is located 261 km north.
Traffic
Along the north-western outskirts of the city Interstate 35 runs, the shortest route from the Twin Cities to Duluth. In the city center running in a north-south direction Minnesota State Route 45, and the leading West to East Minnesota State Routes 210 All other cross streets are subordinate and partly unpaved roadways and within local roads.
In Carlton crossing several railway lines of the BNSF Railway, the second largest railway company in the country.
11.1 km north west of Carlton is the Cloquet Carlton County Airport. The nearest major airport is 224 km south-southwest location Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Carlton 862 people in 337 households. The population density was 146.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 337 households lived statistically 2.09 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 92.0 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 4.3 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.5 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
18.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 27.7 percent were 65 years or older. 55.2 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 41,442. The per capita income was $ 21,908. 11.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.