Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
Becker County
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Detroit Lakes is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Becker County in the central northwestern part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Detroit Lakes had 8569 inhabitants.
Geography
Detroit Lakes is located at Detroit Lake at 46 ° 49'02 " north latitude and 95 ° 50'43 " west longitude. The town covers 39.37 km ², spread over 26.47 km ² of land and 12.90 km ² water surface. The Pelican River flows through the city.
Towns nearby Detroit Lakes are Audubon (12,2 km northwest ), Rochert ( 15.8 km ENE ), Frazee (16,3 km southeast) and Vergas (22,7 km to the south).
The nearest major cities are Fargo, North Dakota ( 77.7 km to the west ), Duluth Lake Superior (317 km east) and Minneapolis (320 km south-east ).
The border with Canada is located 263 km north.
Traffic
In Detroit Lakes crosses leading from northwest to southeast U.S. Highway 10 extending in the north -south U.S. Highway 59 and the here running on the same route Minnesota State Route 34 All other roads are subordinate and partly unpaved roadways and within local roads.
In parallel to U.S. 10 runs a railway line of the BNSF Railway, on the upside and the Empire Builder Amtrak and is making a stop in Detroit Lakes. In the city crosses an axis extending from north to south route of the SOO Line Railroad.
To the east of the urban area, the Detroit Lakes Airport is located. The nearest major airport is 343 km southeast location Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Detroit Lakes 8569 people in 3864 households. The population density was 323.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 3864 households lived statistically 2.13 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 90.6 percent white, 0.7 percent African American, 4.4 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian, 0.1 percent and 0.6 percent Polynesians from other ethnic groups; 2.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.6 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
22.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.8 percent were 65 years or older. 52.8 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 39,914. The per capita income was $ 26,680. 11.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Collin Peterson ( b. 1944 ) - Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives - lives in Detroit Lakes
- Dave Reichert (* 1950) - Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives - born in Detroit Lakes