Gibbon (Minnesota)
Sibley County
27-23678
Gibbon is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Sibley County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010 Gibbon had 772 inhabitants.
Geography
Gibbon is located in south central Minnesota, near the left bank of the Minnesota River. The geographical coordinates are 44 ° 32'02 Gibbon " north latitude and 94 ° 31'35 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 2.28 km ².
Towns nearby Gibbon are Stewart (25,8 km to the north), Winthrop (13,2 km to the east ), Lafayette (20,1 km southeast), Fairfax (15,8 km to the west ) and Buffalo Lake ( 29.4 km NNW ).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (138 km east-northeast ), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (150 km in the same direction), Rochester (213 km east-southeast ), Iowa's capital, Des Moines (425 km south), Omaha, Nebraska ( 463 km SSW ), Sioux Falls, South Dakota (252 km southwest) and Fargo, North Dakota (370 km north-west ).
Traffic
The Minnesota State Route 19 leads in west-east direction as the main road through the city of Gibbon. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways or within city roads.
In parallel to MN 19 is a railway line of the Minnesota Prairie Line by Gibbon, a regional (Class III ) Railway company.
The nearest major airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (130 km east-northeast ).
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Gibbon 772 people in 353 households. The population density was 338.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 353 households lived statistically 2.19 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 95.5 percent white, 1.3 percent African American, 0.3 percent Asian and 2.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 3.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
22.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 53.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 23.9 percent were 65 years or older. 51.4 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 40,250. The per capita income was $ 20,804. 10.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.