Milaca, Minnesota
Mille Lacs County
27-42110
Milaca is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Mille Lacs County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010 Milaca had 2946 inhabitants.
Geography
Milaca is located in northeastern Minnesota's Center on Rum River, a left tributary of the upper Mississippi. The geographical coordinates are 45 ° 45'24 " north latitude and 93 ° 39'05 " west longitude. The city covers 8.83 km ², spread over 8.31 km ² land and 0.52 km ² water surface.
Neighbouring places of Milaca Onamia are (35,6 km to the north ), Bock (8.7 km north-east ), Pease (7.3 km south) and Foreston (5.5 km south-west ).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (103 km south-southeast ), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (117 km in the same direction), Duluth Lake Superior (186 km northeast), Sioux Falls, South Dakota (401 km southwest), Fargo, North Dakota (313 km north-west ) and Eau Claire, Wisconsin (246 km southeast).
Traffic
U.S. Highway 169 runs north -south direction than east ring road along the outskirts of the city of Milaca. Through the center of the city runs the Minnesota State Route 23 crossing the U.S. 169 on the eastern edge of town. All other roads are minor roads and partly unpaved roadways and within local roads.
In the northeastern area is located to the Milaca Municipal Airport is a small regional airport. The nearest international airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (126 km south-southeast ).
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Milaca 2946 people in 1308 households. The population density was 354.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1308 households lived statistically 2.12 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 96.1 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 1.4 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.6 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
21.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 23.5 percent were 65 years or older. 51.9 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 34,978. The per capita income was $ 21,717. 14.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Belle Bennett (1891-1932) - Actress - born in Milaca
- John H. Burke (1894-1951) - Member of the U.S. House of Representatives - lived as a child in Milaca