Gaylord (Minnesota)

Sibley County

27-23300

Gaylord is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Sibley County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Gaylord 2305 inhabitants.

Geography

Gaylord is located in south central Minnesota on the southern shore of Lake Titlow, the source lake of the northern branch of the opening into the Minnesota River Rush River. The geographical coordinates are 44 ° 33'11 Gaylord " north latitude and 94 ° 13'13 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 4.1 km ².

Towns nearby Gaylord are New Auburn (14 km north), Arlington (12,7 km northeast), Henderson (26,1 km to the east ), Lafayette (25,2 km southwest) and Winthrop (12.5 km to the west ).

The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (106 km northeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (118 km in the same direction), Rochester (183 km east-southeast ), Iowa's capital, Des Moines ( 394 km south ), Omaha, Nebraska ( 491 km SSW ), Sioux Falls, South Dakota (284 km southwest) and Fargo, North Dakota ( 384 km north-west ).

Traffic

In the city of Gaylord Minnesota State Routes take 5, 19 and 22 together. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways or within city roads.

In northeast-southwest direction through Gaylord a railway line in the Minnesota Prairie Line, a regional (Class III ) Railway company.

The nearest major airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (104 km east-northeast ).

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Gaylord 2305 people in 929 households. The population density was 562.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 929 households lived statistically 2.42 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 87.6 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 1.2 percent Asian and 9.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 23.0 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

27.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.5 percent were 65 years or older. 50.8 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 39,063. The per capita income was $ 20,289. 18.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.