Oskaloosa (Iowa)

Mahaska County

19-59925

Oskaloosa is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Mahaska County in the central southeastern part of the U.S. state of Iowa. In the census in 2010 had 11,463 inhabitants Oskaloosa.

Geography

Oskaloosa is immittleren southeast Iowa about 7 km north-east of the Des Moines River at 41 ° 17'38 " north latitude and 92 ° 38'40 " west longitude and extending 17.8 km ².

Neighboring towns are New Sharon (20 km north), University Park (3.8 km east), Eddyville (15,3 km south) and Beacon (4.7 km south-west ).

The nearest large towns are Iowa's capital Des Moines (102 km to the northwest ), Cedar Rapids (163 km northeast), Quincy, Illinois (255 km southeast), Missouri's capital Jefferson City ( 349 km south ), Kansas City ( 355 km southwest ) and Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (309 miles west).

Traffic

The south-west bypass is formed from the freeway developed Iowa Highway 163. In the city center meet the running in the north -south U.S. Highway 63 and Iowa Highways 23 and 92 and a number of minor roads together.

In Oskaloosa several rail lines between different operators come together.

The Oskaloosa Municipal Airport is located 19.9 kilometers southeast of the city. The 98.9 km Located north-west Des Moines International Airport is the nearest major airport.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Oskaloosa 11,463 people in 4614 households. The population density was 644 people per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 93.3 percent white, 2.0 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 1.7 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 2.7 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

In the 4614 households lived statistically 2.30 per person.

23.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.1 percent were 65 years or older. 51.2 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was $ 37,909. The per capita income was $ 19,651. 20.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.