Chokio, Minnesota

Stevens County

27-11440

Chokio is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Stevens County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010 Chokio had 400 inhabitants.

Geography

Chokio located in the western Minnesota, near the borders with North Dakota and South Dakota. The geographical coordinates of 45 ° 34'18 Chokio are " north latitude and 96 ° 10'24 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 1.22 km ².

Neighbouring places of Chokio are Donnelly (25,3 km northeast), Alberta ( 10.6 km to the east) and Johnson (10.2 km to the west ).

The nearest major cities are Fargo, North Dakota (164 km north-northwest ), Duluth Lake Superior (403 km northeast), Minneapolis (262 km east-southeast ), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (281 km in the same direction) and Sioux Falls, South Dakota (273 km south-southwest ).

Traffic

The Minnesota State Route 28 runs in east-west direction along the southern Ortsrandes. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.

In west-east direction, a branch line of the BNSF Railway runs.

The nearest major airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (281 km east-southeast ).

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Chokio 400 people in 207 households. The population density was 327.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 207 households lived statistically 1.93 per person.

Ethnically, the population consisted with four exceptions only from whites. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.5 percent ( two persons ) of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

16.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 49.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 34.5 percent were 65 years or older. 53.5 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 41,250. The per capita income was $ 25,816. 9.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.