Williams (Minnesota)

Lake of the Woods County

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Williams is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Lake of the Woods County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Williams had 191 inhabitants.

Geography

Williams is located in northern Minnesota, about 15 km south of the Lake of the Woods, through which runs the border with Canada. The town is located at 48 ° 46'06 " north latitude, 94 ° 57'19 " west longitude and extending over 2.51 km ².

Towns nearby Williams are Roosevelt (11,3 km to the northwest ), Long Point (23,3 km to the north) and Baudette ( 27.5 km east-southeast ).

The nearest major cities are Fargo, North Dakota (350 km southwest), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (235 km north-west ), Thunder Bay on Lake Superior in Ontario, Canada (487 km east), Duluth ( 373 km southeast) and Minneapolis ( 523 km south-southeast ).

Traffic

In Williams, the Minnesota State Routes 2 and 11 intersect All other roads are minor country road, partly unpaved roadways and within local roads.

In parallel to MN 11 runs a railway line of the Canadian National Railway by Williams.

28.5 km east-southeast of Williams is with the Baudette International Airport is a small airfield. The nearest major airports are the Hector International Airport in Fargo ( 349 km southwest ), the Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (243 km north-west ), the Thunder Bay International Airport ( 485 km east ) and the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport ( 546 km south-southeast ).

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Williams 191 people in 86 households. The population density was 76.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 86 households lived statistically 2.22 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 95.3 percent White, 1.0 percent ( two) Black or African American, 0.5 percent (one person) Native American, 2.6 percent Asian and 0.5 percent (one person) from other ethnic groups. Regardless of ethnicity, 0.5 percent were ( a person ) of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

27.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.3 percent were 65 years or older. 49.7 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 38,500. The per capita income was $ 19,722. 7.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.