Stephen (Minnesota)

Marshall County

27-62698

Stephen is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Marshall County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Stephen had 658 inhabitants.

Geography

Stephen is located in the central northwestern Minnesota on the Tamarac River, a right tributary of the Red River of the North. The geographical coordinates are 48 ° 27'02 " north latitude and 96 ° 52'31 " west longitude. The site covers an area of 2.1 km ².

Towns nearby are by Stephen Donaldson ( 14.2 km NNW ), Florian (18,6 km east ) and Argyle ( 14.4 km SSE ).

The nearest major cities are Fargo, North Dakota (193 km south), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (182 km north), Duluth Lake Superior ( 466 km east-southeast ) and Minneapolis (547 km south-east ).

The border with Canada is located 70.1 km north.

Traffic

The leading north-south U.S. Highway 75 runs along the eastern border of Stephen. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.

In parallel to U.S. 75 runs a railroad line of the BNSF Railway.

By Stephen Municipal Airport is located in the northeastern area, a small airfield. The next airports are the Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (184 km north), the Hector International Airport in Fargo (189 km south) and the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (570 km south-east ).

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Stephen 658 people in 304 households. The population density was 313.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 304 households lived statistically 2.16 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 97.9 percent White, 0.2 percent (one person) Native American and 1.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.3 percent ( two people) descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 10.0 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

20.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 23.1 percent were 65 years or older. 50.6 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 51,771. The per capita income was $ 24,690. 2.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.