Fairfax (Minnesota)

Renville County

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Fairfax is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Renville County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Fairfax had 1235 inhabitants.

Geography

Fairfax is located in the central southwestern Minnesota at 44 ° 31'45 " north latitude and 94 ° 43'15 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 3.37 km ².

Towns nearby Fairfax are Hector (25,3 km to the north), Buffalo Lake ( 31.7 km NNE ), Gibbon (15,8 km to the east ), Sleepy Eye ( 26.5 km to the south), Evan (28,6 km southwest ) and Franklin (13 miles west).

The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (147 km east-northeast ), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (160 km in the same direction), Rochester (217 km east-southeast ), Iowa's capital, Des Moines ( 428 km south-southeast ), Omaha, Nebraska ( 448 km SSW ), Sioux Falls, South Dakota (237 km southwest) and Fargo, North Dakota ( 356 km north-west ).

Traffic

On the eastern edge of Fairfax leading from north to south Minnesota State Route 4 and extending in the east-west direction Minnesota State Route 19, which forms the main street of the city intersect. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways or within city roads.

In west-east direction, a railroad line of the Minnesota Prairie Line runs through the city of Fairfax.

With the New Ulm Municipal Airport is located 35.4 km south west, a small airfield. The nearest major airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (145 km east-northeast ).

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Fairfax 1235 people in 513 households. The population density was 366.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 513 households lived statistically 2.29 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 92.6 percent White, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 6.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 11.3 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

23.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.8 percent were 65 years or older. 51.0 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 39,773. The per capita income was $ 21,889. 18.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.