Springfield (Minnesota)
Brown County
27-61816
Springfield is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Brown County in the south of the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Springfield had 2152 inhabitants.
Geography
Springfield is located on both sides of the Cottonwood River, a right tributary of the right leading into the Mississippi River Minnesota. The city is located at 44 ° 14'20 " north latitude and 94 ° 58'33 " west longitude and extending over 4.79 km ².
Towns nearby Springfield are Clements (22,2 km north-northwest ), Morgan (25,5 km north-northeast ), Evan (22,4 km northeast), Cobden (12,1 km northeast), Comfrey ( 19.9 km SSE ) and Sandborn (15,5 km west-southwest ).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (193 km northeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (208 km in the same direction), Rochester (223 km east), Iowa's capital, Des Moines (419 km south-east ), Omaha, Nebraska ( 400 km SSW ), Sioux Falls, South Dakota (200 km southwest) and Fargo, North Dakota ( 374 km north-west ).
Traffic
In west-east direction of the U.S. Highway 14 runs through the city. All other roads within North Mankato are minor roadways or urban roads.
On the northern bank of the Cottonwood River railway line belonging to the Canadian Pacific Railway Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad runs.
The Springfield Municipal Airport is located at the western city limits of Springfield. The nearest major airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (190 km northeast).
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Springfield in 2152 people in 913 households. The population density was 449.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 913 households lived statistically 2.24 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 97.8 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 4.6 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
22.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 51.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 26.3 percent were 65 years or older. 52.4 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 41,563. The per capita income was $ 21,940. 12.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.