New Prague, Minnesota
Le Sueur County Scott County
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New Prague is a city ( with a status of "City" ) in Le Sueur and Scott County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010 New Prague had 7321 inhabitants.
The name of New Prague goes back to the many Czech immigrants who settled in the region in the 19th century. Today is celebrated every third Saturday in September Dožínky, the Czech Harvest Festival.
Geography
New Prague is located in the central southeastern Minnesota at the Minnesota River at 44 ° 32'36 " north latitude and 93 ° 34'34 " west longitude. The city covers 9.87 km ².
Towns nearby are Bank of New Prague ( 16.5 km NNW ), Elko New Market ( 22.7 km to the east), Lonsdale ( 18.3 km southeast), Montgomery (13.3 km to the south ), Heidelberg (10,3 km southwest ) and Union Hill ( 7.7 km west ).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis ( 71.7 kilometers north-east ), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul ( 77.5 km in the same direction), Rochester (125 km southeast), Iowa's capital, Des Moines ( 363 km south ), Omaha, Nebraska ( 544 km southwest ), Sioux Falls, South Dakota ( 320 km west-southwest ) and Fargo, North Dakota ( 426 km north-west ).
Traffic
In New Prague Minnesota State Routes take 13, 19 and 21 together. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways or urban roads.
In a north-south direction, a railroad line of the Union Pacific Railroad runs through the urban area of New Prague.
The nearest international airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport ( 67.5 km to the northeast ).
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in New Prague 7321 people in 2711 households. The population density was 741.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 2711 households lived statistically 2.67 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 96.5 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.9 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
31.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.4 percent were 65 years or older. 51.9 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 52,769. The per capita income was $ 26,723. 6.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.