Clara City, Minnesota

Chippewa County

27-11548

Clara City is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Chippewa County in the central south-west of the U.S. State of Minnesota. In 2010, Clara City had 1360 inhabitants.

Geography

Clara City is located at 44 ° 57'18 " north latitude and 95 ° 21'59 " west longitude and extending over 4.51 km ².

Neighbouring places of Clara City, Raymond (12,4 km northeast), Prins Castle (15,2 km to the east), Sacred Heart (20,9 km south) and Maynard (10.3 km southwest).

The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (182 km east), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (211 km in the same direction), Rochester (330 km south-east ), Sioux Falls, South Dakota (220 km southwest) and Fargo, North Dakota (277 km north-northwest ).

Traffic

In Clara City which runs from west to east Minnesota State Route 7 crosses the leading from northeast to southwest Minnesota State Route 23 All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways or urban roads.

In parallel to MN 23 runs a railway line of the BNSF Railway.

The Montevideo -Chippewa County Airport is located 30 km to the west. The nearest major airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (181 km east).

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Clara City 1360 people in 584 households. The population density was 301.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 584 households lived statistically 2.21 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 96.9 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 1.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 3.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

22.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 50.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 26.8 percent were 65 years or older. 52.4 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 38,704. The per capita income was $ 21,228. 10.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.