Keewatin (Minnesota)

Itasca County

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Keewatin is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Itasca County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Keewatin had 1068 inhabitants.

Geography

Keewatin is located in northern Minnesota at 47 ° 23'59 " north latitude and 93 ° 04'21 " west longitude. The site covers 7.46 km ², spread over 6.37 km ² land and 1.09 km ² water surface.

Neighbouring places of Keewatin Hibbing are ( at the eastern city limits ), and Nashwauk (at the western city limit).

The nearest major cities are Fargo, North Dakota (318 miles west), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (518 km north-west ), Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada ( 368 km east-northeast ), Duluth Lake Superior (129 km southeast) and Minneapolis (300 km south).

The border with Canada is located 176 km north.

Traffic

In an east-west direction of the U.S. Highway 169 leads as the main road through Keewatin. All other roads are subordinate and partly unpaved roadways and within local roads.

A few kilometers away parallel to U.S. 169 passes a railway line of the BNSF Railway through the city of Keewatin.

With the Grand Rapids - Itasca County Airport is located 49.9 km south west, a regional airport. The next airports are the Hector International Airport in Fargo (331 miles west), the Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (526 km north-west ) and the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (313 km south).

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Keewatin 1068 people in 475 households. The population density was 167.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 475 households lived statistically 2.25 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 95.8 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 1.3 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.1 percent (one person) from other ethnic groups; 2.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.3 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

23.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.7 percent were between 18 and 64, and 14.1 percent were 65 years or older. 48.5 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 28,977. The per capita income was $ 16,245. 35.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.