Willmar (Minnesota)
Kandiyohi County
27-70420
Willmar is a city ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Kandiyohi County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Willmar had 19,610 inhabitants.
Geography
Willmar is located in the southwestern central Minnesota at 45 ° 07'11 " north latitude and 95 ° 02'53 " west longitude and extending over 41.31 km ², spread over 36.65 km ² land and 4.66 km ² water surface.
Towns nearby Willmar are Spicer (18 km northeast), Kandiyohi (10,6 km east), Blomkest (21,6 km to the south), Raymond (20,2 km southwest) and Pennock ( on the northeastern outskirts ).
The nearest large towns are the Twin Cities (151 km east), Des Moines, Iowa ( 521 km south-southeast ), Omaha, Nebraska ( 523 km south-southwest ), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (640 km north) and Duluth at the westernmost point of the lake Superior (332 km northeast).
Traffic
In Willmar crosses the running from west to east U.S. Highway 12 U.S. Highway 71 Further, take the Minnesota State Routes 23 and 40 in the city of Willmar together. Along the south-eastern edge runs a ring road around the center of Willmar. All other streets within the city are subordinate highways and urban roads.
In the city of Willmar take from the west coming together two railway lines of the BNSF Railway.
The Willmar Municipal Airport is a small airfield located to the west of the urban area. The nearest major airport is of the 169 km to the east Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Willmar 19,610 people in 7677 households. The population density was 535.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 7677 households lived statistically 2.43 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 86.9 percent white, 4.8 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian, 0.1 percent and 5.4 percent Polynesians from other ethnic groups; 1.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 20.9 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
25.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.8 percent were 65 years or older. 51.2 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 38,610. The per capita income was $ 21,715. 21.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Bradley Joseph (born 1965 ) - musician and composer - born in Willmar
- Albert E. Rice (1845-1921) - Vice Governor of Minnesota (1887-1891) - lived in Willmar
- Marion Ross ( b. 1928 ) - Actress - at times lived in Willmar
- Curt Swan (1920-1996) - artist and illustrator - born in Willmar
Twin Cities
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