Scanlon (Minnesota)
Carlton County
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Scanlon is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Carlton County in the western part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Scanlon had 991 inhabitants.
Geography
Scanlon is located on the right bank of the Saint Louis River and about 20 km west of the border with Wisconsin at 46 ° 42'24 " north latitude and 92 ° 25'42 " west longitude. The site covers 2.18 km ².
Towns nearby Scanlon are Cloquet ( the Scanlon surrounds the north, west and southwest), Esko (5,6 km east) and Carlton (5.4 km south).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (221 km south-southwest ), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (217 km in the same direction), Eau Claire, Wisconsin (271 km southeast), Duluth Lake Superior (30 km northeast), Thunder Bay in Canada ( 334 km north-east ) and Fargo, North Dakota ( 373 km west ).
The border with Canada is located 257 km north.
Traffic
Along the southern Ortsrandes Interstate 35 runs, the shortest route from the Twin Cities to Duluth. In the southeast of the urban area of the County Highway 61 via a bridge over the Saint Louis River. The main street of the Scanlon Way passes through the urban area. All other roads are subordinate and partly unpaved roadways and within local roads.
Along the Saint Louis River a Eisnbahnlie the BNSF Railway runs through Scanlon.
6.4 km west of Scanlon is the Cloquet Carlton County Airport. The nearest major airport is 228 km south-southwest location Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Scanlon 991 people in 426 households. The population density was 454.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 426 households lived statistically 2.3 persons each.
The racial the population was composed of 92.1 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 3.3 percent Native American, 1.1 percent Asian and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.3 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
22.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.2 percent were 65 years or older. 51.3 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 42,198. The per capita income was $ 22,466. 2.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.