Marshall (Minnesota)
Lyon County
27-40688
Marshall is a city ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Lyon County in the southwest of the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Marshall had 13,680 inhabitants.
Geography
Marshall is located on both sides of the Redwood River at 44 ° 26'49 " north latitude and 95 ° 47'18 " west longitude. The city spans 26.11 km ².
Towns nearby Marshall are Green Valley ( 11.3 km NNE ), Milroy (21,4 km to the east), Russell (21,7 km southwest), Ghent and Ghent ( 10.7 km north west ).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (240 km east-northeast ), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (252 km in the same direction), Rochester ( 316 km east-southeast ), Sioux Falls, South Dakota (144 km southwest) and Fargo, North Dakota ( 326 km north-northwest ).
Traffic
By Marshall leads the U.S. Highway 59, the 19, 23 and 68 hits in the urban area on the Minnesota State Routes. All other roads within Marshall are minor roadways or urban roads.
In parallel to MN 23 runs a railway line of the BNSF Railway, the second largest railway company in the country.
The Southwest Minnesota Regional Airport is located in the west of the city limits of Marshall. The nearest major airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (238 km east-northeast ).
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Marshall 13,680 people in 5394 households. The population density was 523.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 5394 households lived statistically 2.36 per person.
After skin colors, the population was spread out with 86.8 percent white, 4.0 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 3.0 percent Asian and 3.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.0 percent were descended from two or more populations. Regardless of skin color were 7.8 percent of the population Hispanics. After descent make German with 43.8 %, the largest group, are further 16.9 % Norwegian, 9.3% Irish, 6.0% Belgian, British, 5.5% and 5.2% in Sweden.
22.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 66.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.4 percent were 65 years or older. 50.5 percent of the population were female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 43,234. The per capita income was $ 23,404. 18.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Marvin Schwan - founder of The Schwan Food Company - German immigrant who lived and worked in Marshall
- Steve Zahn (born 1967 ) - actor - born in Marshall