Farmington (Minnesota)
Dakota County
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Farmington is a city ( with a status of "City" ) in Dakota County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010 Farmington had 21,086 inhabitants.
Farmington is part of the metropolitan area of Minneapolis -Saint Paul.
Geography
Farmington is located in the southern suburban area of the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul at 44 ° 38'25 " north latitude and 93 ° 08'37 " west longitude and extending over 38.69 km ². Through the city of Farmington Vermillion River, a right tributary of the Mississippi flows.
Towns nearby Farmington Apple Valley (15 km north-west ), Rosemount (12 km north), Hampton ( 13.5 km east-southeast ), Northfield (21,4 km to the south), Elko New Market (22,4 km southwest) and Lakeville (8.5 miles west).
The downtown Minneapolis is located 47.8 kilometers north-northwest; the center of Saint Paul, the capital of Minnesota, located 39.7 km north.
Traffic
A few kilometers west of Farmington runs Interstate 35, which is the fastest link between Minneapolis and Iowa's capital Des Moines. Through the city of Farmington runs in a north -south direction, the Minnesota State Route 3 In this ends in the south of the urban area at its western end point of the Minnesota State Route 50. All other roads are subordinate partly unpaved driveways and local roads.
In parallel to MN 3 runs a railway line of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
The nearest airport is located 38.1 km north of Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport.
In Farminton the area control center is the monitoring air space for Region Minneapolis.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Farmington 21,086 people in 7066 households. The population density was 554.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 7066 households lived statistically 2.95 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 89.8 percent white, 2.1 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 3.6 percent Asian, 0.1 percent and 1.1 percent Polynesians from other ethnic groups; 2.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 3.6 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
33.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 5.6 percent were 65 years or older. 49.9 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 82,990. The per capita income was $ 28,639. 3.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.