Royalton (Minnesota)

Morrison County Benton County

27-56176

Royalton is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Morrison and to a lesser extent in Benton County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Royalton had 1242 inhabitants.

Geography

Royalton is located near the geographical center of Minnesota on the Platte River, a left tributary of the upper Mississippi. The geographical coordinates are 45 ° 49'48 " north latitude and 94 ° 17'37 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 5.15 km ².

Towns nearby Royalton are Buckman (22,8 km northeast), Rice (10,8 km southeast), Bowlus (10 miles west) and Little Falls ( 17.4 km NNW ).

The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (137 km southeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (155 km in the same direction), Duluth Lake Superior (241 km northeast), Sioux Falls, South Dakota (407 km southwest), Fargo, North Dakota (256 km north-west ) and Eau Claire, Wisconsin (285 km southeast).

Traffic

U.S. Highway 10 runs northwest-southeast direction as the main road through Royalton. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.

In parallel to U.S. 10 runs for freight railway route of the BNSF Railway, the second largest railway company in the country.

With the Little Falls / Morrison County Airport is located 19.5 kilometers north-north- west, a small airfield. The nearest international airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (160 km southeast).

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Royalton in 1242 people in 455 households. The population density was 241.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 455 households lived statistically 2.7 persons each.

The racial the population was composed of 99.0 percent white and 0.4 percent of Asians; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.9 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

31.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.8 percent were between 18 and 64, and 9.4 percent were 65 years or older. 49.9 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 41,607. The per capita income was $ 20,046. 14.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.