Kasson (Minnesota)

Dodge County

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Kasson is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Dodge County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010 Kasson had 5931 inhabitants.

Geography

Kasson is located at 44 ° 01'48 " north latitude and 92 ° 45'03 " west longitude and extending over 5.26 km ².

Neighbouring places of Kasson Mantorville are (4.9 km north), Byron ( 10.7 km to the east) and Dodge Center (8.8 miles west).

The nearest major town is Rochester (24,9 km east-southeast ). The metropolitan area around the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul is situated 128 km north-northwest.

Traffic

The U.S. Highway 14 leads in west-east direction as the main road through the city of Kasson. In the city center is located at the junction with U.S. 14, the southern terminus of the Minnesota State Route 57 to the south onto County Road 13 leads All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.

In parallel to U.S. 14 runs a one line of the former Chicago and North Western Railway, which is now operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway.

9.4 km west of Kasson is located with the Dodge Center Airport, a small airfield. The nearest major airports are the Rochester International Airport ( 34.5 km southeast) and the greater Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (119 km north-northwest ).

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Kasson 5931 people in 2224 households. The population density was 1127.6 people per square kilometer. In the 2224 households lived statistically 2.65 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 96.0 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 1.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 4.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

31.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.3 percent were 65 years or older. 51.4 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 64,226. The per capita income was $ 27,018. 7.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.