Dawson (Minnesota)

Lac qui Parle County

27-14968

Dawson is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Lac qui Parle County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Dawson had 1540 inhabitants.

Geography

Dawson is located in southwestern Minnesota Lac qui Parle on the River, a right tributary of the opening into the Mississippi River Minnesota. The town is located at 44 ° 55'58 " north latitude, 96 ° 03'16 " west longitude and covers 3.83 km ².

Towns nearby Dawson are Madison (20,3 km to the northwest ), Montevideo (27,3 km to the east) and Boyd (19,5 km to the southeast ).

The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (248 km east), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (264 km in the same direction), Rochester ( 356 km southeast), Sioux Falls, South Dakota (195 km south-southwest ) and Fargo, North Dakota (249 km north-northwest ).

Traffic

U.S. Highway 212 runs west-east direction as the main road through the city of Dawson. All other roads within Dawson are minor rural roads, some unpaved roadways or urban roads.

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

Dawson Municipal Airport, a small regional airfield is located on the eastern border. The nearest major airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (246 km east).

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Dawson 1540 people in 682 households. The population density was 402.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 682 households lived statistically 2.16 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 97.4 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.1 percent ( two people) Polynesians and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.3 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

21.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 52.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 25.7 percent were 65 years or older. 52.8 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 40,333. The per capita income was $ 24,162. 9.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.