Little Falls (Minnesota)
Morrison County
27-37556
Little Falls is a city ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Morrison County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Little Falls had 8343 inhabitants.
Little Falls is the home of aviator Charles Lindbergh, in 1927 succeeded the first solo crossing of the Atlantic from New York to Paris non-stop.
Geography
Little Falls is located in the geographical center of Minnesota on both sides of the upper Mississippi. The geographical coordinates are 45 ° 58'39 " north latitude and 94 ° 21'51 " west longitude. The city covers 20.15 km ², spread over 18.75 km ² land and 1.4 km ² water surface.
Neighbouring places of Little Falls are Pierz (21,4 km to the east), Royalton ( 17.7 km SSE ), Bowlus ( 21.1 km SSW ), Sobieski (11,9 km southwest) and Randall ( 17.1 km north west ).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (154 km southeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (173 km in the same direction), Duluth Lake Superior (234 km northeast), Sioux Falls, South Dakota (395 km southwest), Fargo, North Dakota (240 km north-west ) and Eau Claire, Wisconsin (302 km south-east ).
Traffic
In Little Falls take the U.S. Highway 10 and Minnesota State Routes 27, 28, 238 and 371 together. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
In Little Falls several Railroads BNSF Railway meet together.
With the Little Falls / Morrison County Airport is located off the southern city limits of a small airfield. The nearest international airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (177 km southeast).
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010, lived in Little Falls 8343 people in 3608 households. The population density was 445 people per square kilometer. In the 3608 households lived statistically 2.21 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 96.1 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
22.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.6 percent were 65 years or older. 53.1 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 33,596. The per capita income was $ 20,490. 24.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Louise Erdrich (born 1954 ), writer; Born in Little Falls
- Brian Kobilka ( born 1955 ), biochemist and Nobel Prize winner for chemistry; Born and raised in Little Falls
- Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974), aviation pioneer, in 1927 the first Atlantic crossing succeeded; grew up in Little Falls