Lamberton (Minnesota)
Redwood County
27-35288
Lamberton is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Redwood County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010 Lamberton had 824 inhabitants.
Geography
Lamberton is located in southwestern Minnesota on the south bank of the Cottonwood River, a right tributary of the opening into the Mississippi River Minnesota. The city covers an area of 2.02 km ².
Neighbouring places of Lamberton are Wabasso (20,7 km to the north), Wanda (15,1 km northeast), Springfield (25,1 km to the east), Sandborn (13 km east-southeast ), Jeffers ( 25.3 km SSE ), Storden ( 25.4 km SSW ) and Revere (8.2 miles west).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (217 km east-northeast ), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (231 km in the same direction), Rochester (247 km east), Iowa's capital, Des Moines (422 km south-east ), Omaha, Nebraska (397 km south), Sioux Falls, South Dakota (177 km southwest) and Fargo, North Dakota ( 373 km north-northwest ).
Traffic
In west-east direction of the U.S. Highway 14 runs as the main road through Lamberton. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways or within city roads.
In parallel to U.S. 14 runs through the city of Lamberton a railway line of the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad, a regional (Class II ) Railway company.
The Redwood Falls Municipal Airport is located 49.9 km north east of Lamberton. The nearest major airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (214 km east-northeast ).
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Lamberton 824 people in 366 households. The population density was 407.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 366 households lived statistically 2.1 persons each.
The racial the population was composed of 96.7 percent White, 0.2 percent Native American, 1.6 percent Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.9 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
21.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 46.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 33.0 percent were 65 years or older. 53.9 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 38,375. The per capita income was $ 23,632. 9.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.