Jackson (Minnesota)
Jackson County
27-31562
Jackson is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Jackson County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Jackson had 3299 inhabitants.
Geography
Jackson is located on both sides of the Des Moines River at 43 ° 37'20 " north latitude and 94 ° 59'28 " west longitude. The city spans 11.91 km ².
Towns nearby are Jackson Windom (32,5 km to the north ), alpha (10,9 km east ), Spirit Lake, Iowa ( 30.8 km SSW ) and Lakefield ( 21.5 km WNW ).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (252 km northeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (266 km in the same direction), Rochester (236 km east-northeast ), Iowa's capital, Des Moines ( 338 km southeast), Omaha, Nebraska ( 329 km SSW ), Sioux Falls, South Dakota (147 miles west) and Fargo, North Dakota (454 km north- north-west ).
Traffic
Due to the north of the city Interstate 90, the longest interstate highway in the country runs. U.S. Highway 71 runs as the main road through Jackson. All other roads within Jackson are minor roadways or urban roads.
In Jackson is the end point of a railway branch line that leads from the east to the city.
The Jackson Municipal Airport is located in the north of the metropolitan area of Jackson. The nearest major airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (250 km northeast).
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Jackson 3299 people in 1489 households. The population density was 277 people per square kilometer. In the 1489 households lived statistically 2.17 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 93.3 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 3.9 percent Asian and 0.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
22.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.3 percent were 65 years or older. 51.6 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 38,873. The per capita income was $ 22,393. 18.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- David Ellefson (born 1964 ) - musician