Osakis, Minnesota

Douglas County Todd County

27-48796

Osakis is a small town in Minnesota, United States, which is primarily in Douglas County; but a small portion of the village extends into the Todd County. In the census of 2010, the city had 1740 inhabitants. Osakis is the birthplace of the author Leif Enger, from which the novel Peace Like a River originates.

Geography

Osakis is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Osakis at the Minnesota State Route 27, near the exit 114 of Interstate 94 through the city also carries a railway line of the BNSF Railway.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.5 km ², of which 5.2 km ² of land and 0.3 km ² omitted ( é 5.63 %) to water.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Osakis 1740 people in 743 households. The population density was 334.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 743 households lived statistically 2.25 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 98.3 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.7 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

24.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 49.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 25.6 percent were 65 years or older. 52.7 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 39,719. The per capita income was $ 21,133. 11.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.