West Cook, Minnesota

West Cook is a Non-Union area ( Unorganized Territory ) in Cook County in the northeast of the U.S. State of Minnesota. In 2010, the area had 1616 inhabitants.

Geography

West Cook is from the Canadian border in the north and the north shore of Lake Superior. The center of the area is located at 47 ° 58'08 " north latitude and 90 ° 38'46 " west longitude and extending over 1717.4 km ².

The area covered by the land side fully the city of Grand Marais, the administrative seat of Cook County. The nearest large towns are in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada (176 km northeast) and Duluth (189 km southwest). Minneapolis, the largest city in Minnesota, is located 437 km south-west.

The mouth of the Pigeon River, which forms the border with Canada, situated 114 km north-east.

Within the territory of West Cook is the Lake Abita the highest altitude 624 m Lake Minnesota.

Traffic

The Minnesota State Route 61 runs along the shore of Lake Superior. The historic Gunflint Trail, today's County Road 12 runs along the eastern edge of the area in a northerly direction. All other roads are subordinate and partly unpaved roadways.

The nearest airports are 172 km north-east location, Thunder Bay International Airport and 195 km south west Duluth International Airport; the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport is located 444 km south-west.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in the area West Cook 1616 people in 744 households. The population density was 0.94 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 744 households lived statistically 2.16 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 96.5 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.8 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.1 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

17.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.6 percent were 65 years or older. 47.8 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 61,765. The per capita income was $ 33,158. 6.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.