White Earth, Minnesota
Becker County
27-70006
White Earth is a settlement on community- free area in Becker County in the central northwestern part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. For statistical purposes, the place has been combined to form a census-designated place (CDP). In 2010, White Earth had 580 inhabitants.
In White Earth the administrative headquarters of the White Earth Indian Reservation is the Indian people of the Anishinabe.
Geography
White Earth is located at 47 ° 05'48 " north latitude and 95 ° 50'36 " west longitude and extending over 10 km ² of which over 9 km ² land and 1 km ² water surface spread. The place is located in the White Earth Township.
Neighbouring places of White Earth are Waubun (17,1 km northwest ), Detroit Lakes ( 36.1 km to the south) and Ogema (6,9 miles west).
The nearest major cities are Fargo, North Dakota ( 96.6 km west-southwest ), Duluth Lake Superior (336 km east) and Minneapolis (360 km south-east ).
The border with Canada is located 236 km north.
Traffic
As the main road onto County Road 34 runs north -south through the town. All other streets are subordinate and partly unpaved roadways and within local roads.
With the Detroit Lakes Airport is located 41.9 km south of White Earth, a small regional airport. The next major airports are 361 km north-northwest of Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International located Airport in Canada and 384 km south-east location Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in White Earth 580 people in 222 households. The population density was 64.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 222 households lived statistically 2.61 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 89.1 percent Native American and 10.9 percent other.
33.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 9.5 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 14,875. The per capita income was $ 8,156. 56.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.