Oakland (Iowa)

Pottawattamie County

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Oakland is a city in Pottawattamie County, which lies in the southwest of the U.S. state of Iowa. In 2000, Oakland had 1,487 inhabitants.

Geography

Oakland is located at 41 ° 18'31 " north latitude and 95 ° 23'44 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 3.9 km ², which consists exclusively of land area.

Oakland is located at the western Nishnabotna River, a tributary of the Missouri River. Lead through this place of U.S. Highway 6 and U.S. Highway 59 crossing offset here.

The city is located 46 km east of Council Bluffs, where the Missouri River forms the border between Iowa and Nebraska. Its largest city is Omaha here across the river. Iowa's capital Des Moines is located 163 km east of Oakland. To the south, there are over Saint Joseph 284 km to Kansas City in Missouri, Sioux Falls, the largest city of South Dakota, located 331 km to the north.

Demographic data

In the census of 2000 a population of 1,487 was determined. These were distributed to 600 households in 397 families. The population density was 380.2 / km ². There were 635 buildings, which corresponds to a site density of 162.7 / km ².

The population was in 2000 from 98.45 % White, 0.54 % African American, 0.34 % Native Americans, 0.13 % Asians. 0.54 % said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 0.27 % of the population were Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups.

24.3% were under the age of 18, 7.6 % from 18 to 24, 24.9% 25-44, 21.5% from 45 to 64 and 21.7 % 65 and older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females were statistically 91.4 men in the over 18 -year-olds 86.0.

The average income per household was $ 37,961, the average family income is $ 48,092. Men's income averaged $ 31,569, and for women about $ 22,902. The per capita income amounted to $ 19,205. Around 4.8 % of families and 6.1 % of the total population were below the poverty line income.