Esko (Minnesota)
Carlton County
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Esko is a settlement on community- free area in Carlton County in the western part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. For statistical purposes, the place has been combined to form a census-designated place (CDP). In 2010 Esko had 1869 inhabitants.
Geography
Esko is around 5 km north-west of the Wisconsin border to 46 ° 42'21 " north latitude, 92 ° 21'48 " west longitude and extending over 12.59 km ². The place is located in the center of Thomson Township.
Towns nearby Esko are Scanlon (5,6 km to the west ), Proctor (14,4 km northeast), Thomson (6,5 km south-southwest ) and Carlton (8.7 km south-west ).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (225 km south-southwest ), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (221 km in the same direction), Eau Claire, Wisconsin (266 km south-southeast ), Duluth Lake Superior (25,2 km northeast), Thunder Bay, Canada (330 km northeast) and Fargo, North Dakota (375 miles west).
The border with Canada is located 260 km north.
Traffic
Along the southern Ortsrandes Interstate 35 runs, the shortest route from the Twin Cities to Duluth. The County Road 61 runs in east-west direction as the main road through Esko and crosses in the center the County Road 1 All other roads are subordinate and partly unpaved roadways and within local roads.
12 km west from Scanlon is the Cloquet Carlton County Airport. The nearest major airport is 232 km south-southwest location Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Esko 1869 people in 683 households. The population density was 148.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 683 households lived statistically 2.74 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 97.1 percent White, 0.1 percent ( two) Black or African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and 0.1 percent ( two people) from other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.7 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
27.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.0 percent were 65 years or older. 48.2 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 79,025. The per capita income was $ 28,863. 2.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.