Olivia (Minnesota)
Renville County
27-48256
Olivia is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Renville County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Olivia had 2484 inhabitants.
Geography
Olivia is in the mid southwestern Minnesota at 44 ° 46'33 " north latitude and 94 ° 59'31 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 6.06 km ².
Towns nearby Olivia are Blomkest (22,9 km to the north), Bird Iceland (8.1 km east), Morton (26,3 km south) and Danube (8.6 miles west).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (156 km east), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (169 km in the same direction), Rochester (264 km east-southeast ), Iowa's capital, Des Moines ( 471 km south-southeast ), Omaha, Nebraska ( 457 km south ), Sioux Falls, South Dakota (236 km southwest) and Fargo, North Dakota (311 km north- north-west ).
Traffic
In the city of Olivia the U.S. Highways 71 and 212 meet together. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways or within city roads.
In west-east direction of a railway in the Twin Cities and Western Railroad runs through the urban area of Olivia.
By Olivia Regional Airport in the western city area is a small airfield. The nearest major airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (153 km east).
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Olivia 2484 people in 1038 households. The population density was 409.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1038 households lived statistically 2.28 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 93.9 percent white, 1.0 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 3.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 8.3 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.9 percent were 65 years or older. 50.8 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 38,889. The per capita income was $ 21,646. 14.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Roger Reinert (* 1970) - Democratic Senator in Minnesota - born in Olivia