Hector (Minnesota)
Renville County
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Hector is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Renville County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010 Hector had 1151 inhabitants.
Geography
Hector is in the middle southwest Minnesota at 44 ° 44'38 " north latitude and 94 ° 42'56 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 4.04 km ².
Towns nearby Hector are Cosmos (21,9 km to the north), Buffalo Lake (8.8 km east), Fairfax (25,3 km to the south) and Bird Iceland (15,2 km west ).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (134 km east), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (146 km in the same direction), Rochester (242 km east-southeast ), Iowa's capital, Des Moines ( 453 km south-southeast ), Omaha, Nebraska ( 472 km SSW ), Sioux Falls, South Dakota (259 km southwest) and Fargo, North Dakota (331 km north-west ).
Traffic
In the city of Hector crosses the running from west to east, U.S. Highway 212, the Minnesota State Route 4 All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways or within city roads.
In west-east direction of a railway in the Twin Cities and Western Railroad runs through the city of Hector.
By Hector Municipal Airport in the southern city area is a small airfield. The nearest major airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (131 km east).
History
In 1878, Hector was founded with the construction of the railway. 1881 the city from the Hector Township in 1874 formed was separated and incorporated as the Village of Hector.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Hector 1151 people in 513 households. The population density was 284.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 513 households lived statistically 2.24 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 96.9 percent white, 0.6 percent Asian and 2.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 5.7 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.2 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 42,917. The per capita income was $ 24,938. 9.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.