Le Center, Minnesota

Le Sueur County

27-36134

Le Center is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Le Sueur County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Le Centre had 2499 inhabitants.

Geography

Le Center is located in the central southeastern Minnesota at 44 ° 23'22 " north latitude and 93 ° 43'49 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 3.91 km ².

Towns nearby are Le Center Montgomery (17,3 km northeast), Kilkenny (19,4 km southeast), Cleveland (12 km southwest) and Le Sueur ( 22 km northwest ).

The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (102 km northeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (107 km in the same direction), Rochester (132 km southeast), Iowa's capital, Des Moines ( 347 km south ), Omaha, Nebraska ( 493 km southwest ), Sioux Falls, South Dakota (290 km west-southwest ) and Fargo, North Dakota (431 km north-west ).

Traffic

The Minnesota State Route 99 leads as the main road through Le Center. On the eastern edge of the city is located at the confluence with the MN 99 the southeastern terminus of the Minnesota State Route 112 All other roads within Le Center are minor roadways or urban roads.

The Le Sueur Municipal Airport ( 20.5 km north west ) is the nearest airfield. The nearest major airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (100 km northeast).

History

In 1853 the parliament of the former Minnesota Territory decided to set up a number of new counties along the Minnesota River.

In the course of even today's Le Sueur County was formed. The settlement focus of the new counties were mainly at the Minnesota River and most of the still existing cities within the county have been established in the 1850s, while the geographical center remained colonized still very thin.

The county seat was first decide on Le Sueur, the then largest and eponymous city within the Countygrenzen. However, since this city was on the northwestern edge of the county, was thought to position the county seat central.

A group of businessmen acquired in the geographical center of the county land and built a two-story building that could be used for the Countyverwaltung. In a referendum in 1876 then decided in favor of the new County Seats.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010, lived in Le Center 2499 people in 915 households. The population density was 639.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 915 households lived statistically 2.67 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 89.2 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 1.4 percent Asian and 8.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 21.0 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

28.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.6 percent were 65 years or older. 49.1 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 45,000. The per capita income was $ 21,094. 19.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.