Madelia, Minnesota

Watonwan County

27-39230

Madelia is constituted as a city in Watonwan County Location in Minnesota, United States. In 2000 Madelia has 2340 inhabitants.

Geography

Madelias geographical coordinates are 44 ° 3 ' N, 94 ° 25' W44.050277777778 - 94.415833333333. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.2 km ², all of it land. Madelia is located at the Watonwan River.

Minnesota State Route 15 and Minnesota State Highway 60 run through the city.

History

Madelia was founded on September 10, 1857 under the name Wapaca; the city but received within a year its present name in honor of the deceased daughter of one of their Gründerväter.History ( English ) City of Mandelia. Accessed on 25 September 2012. < / Ref >

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, there were 2340 people Madelia the city. The population density was 722.8 people per km ². There were 1000 housing units at an average 308.9 per km ². The population consisted of Hoquiams 85.47 % White, 0.64 % African American, 0.13 % Native American, 0.26 % Asian, 0.09 % Pacific Islander, 11.88 % reported other races to belong and 1.54 % from two or more races. 20.98 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Residents Madelias distributed to 911 households out of which 33.4 % were living in children under 18 years. 48.6 % married couples living together, 9.0 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.3 % were non-families. 34.0 % of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 18.8 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size is 3.16 people.

The city population was spread out with 27.2 % under the, 8.3 % 18 -24- year-old, 25.3% 25-44 year olds, 18.5% of 45-64 year olds and 20.6 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 89.5 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 88.4 males.

The median household income in Madelia was 34 219 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the height of 41,167 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 29,417 U.S. dollars, compared to 19,806 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income in Madelia was 16,266 U.S. dollars. 9.7 % of the population and 8.5 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 12.0 % of minors and 8.2 % of those age 65 or over.