Worthington (Minnesota)
Nobles County
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Worthington is a city ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Nobles County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Worthington had 12,764 inhabitants.
Worthington was created in the 1870s under the name Okabena station, a stop on the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway between the Twin Cities and Omaha. The location on Lake Okabena offered the steam-powered locomotives for a suitable location to fill their water tanks. Only later it was renamed in Worthington.
Since 1947 Worthington has twinned with Crailsheim, which was the first German -American Partnership cities at all.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 22 km ², of which 18.5 km ² of land and 3.5 km ² omitted ( = 16.10% ) in the aquatic environment.
By belonging to Worthington area off Interstate 90, U.S. Highway 59 and Minnesota State Route 60 lead
Worthington is located in the 1st Congressional District of Minnesota.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Worthington 12,764 people in 4458 households. The population density was 689.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 4458 households lived statistically 2.79 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 62.2 percent white, 5.5 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 8.6 percent Asian, 0.2 percent and 20.5 percent Polynesians from other ethnic groups; 2.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 35.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
26.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.0 percent were 65 years or older. 48.9 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 42,472. The per capita income was $ 19,435. 26.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- George Dayton was here banker before he settled in Minneapolis and Dayton 's Department Store (now part of Macy's ) opened. His house dating back to 1890 has since been renovated.
- Tim O'Brien ( born 1946 ) - author who is known for his novels about the consequences of the Vietnam War, grew up in the 1950s on here. In several of his works, he takes on Worthington relating to, among other things, in The Things They Carried (1990).