Hill City (Minnesota)

Aitkin County

27-29096

Hill City is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Aitkin County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010 Hill City had 633 inhabitants.

Geography

Hill City is located northeast of the geographical center of Minnesota on Hill Lake at 46 ° 59'36 " north latitude and 93 ° 35'55 " west longitude. The site covers 3.94 km ².

Towns nearby Hill City, Grand Rapids (28,6 km to the north), Jacobson (26,4 km to the east ), Waukenabo (28,7 km south), Swatara (15,6 km southwest) and Remer (28 km west-northwest ).

The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (257 km south), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (271 km south-southeast ), Eau Claire, Wisconsin ( 373 km southeast), Duluth Lake Superior (127 km east) and Fargo, North Dakota (259 km west ).

The border with Canada is located 200 km north.

Traffic

Due to Hill City runs in a north -south U.S. Highway 169 on the western edge the Minnesota State Routes 200 crosses All other roads are subordinate and partly unpaved roadways and within local roads.

The Hill City - Quadna Mountain Airport is a small airfield in the south of the urban area. The nearest major airport is 281 km south to Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Hill City 633 people in 271 households. The population density was 160.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 271 households lived statistically 2.3 persons each.

The racial the population was composed of 94.5 percent White, 0.2 percent (one person) African Americans and 2.5 percent of Native Americans; 2.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

26.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 53.5 percent were between 18 and 64, and 20.4 percent were 65 years or older. 53.2 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 25,658. The per capita income was $ 13,368. 30.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.