Guide to Holdingford Minnesota

Holdingford (city)

1970

1980

1990

2000

2008
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1990-2000 Change

Actual

Percent

Population

551

635

561

736

772

175

31.19

Land Area (sq. mile)

0.30

0.37

0.36

0.62

0.26

72.95

Density (persons per sq. mile)

1,836.7

1,716.2

1,558.3

1,182.1

-376.20

-24.14

Housing Units

170

234

228

297

30.26

Households

224

222

286

309

28.83

Persons Per Household

2.83

2.53

2.55

2.47

0.02

0.91

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km²), all of it land.

As of the census of 2000, there were 736 people, 286 households, and 197 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,182.1 people per square mile (458.3/km²). There were 297 housing units at an average density of 477.0/sq mi (185.0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 99.18% White, 0.54% Asian, and 0.27% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.14% of the population.

There were 286 households out of which 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.4% were married couples living together, 12.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.1% were non-families. 27.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.13.

In the city the population was spread out with 27.6% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 23.5% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 18.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 95.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.7 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $34,000, and the median income for a family was $42,788. Males had a median income of $31,053 versus $21,141 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,410. About 6.2% of families and 11.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.9% of those under age 18 and 9.2% of those age 65 or over.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

HOLDINGFORD, a city in section 17 of Holding Township; the village incorporated on October 23, 1896, merging two sites: the Soo Line railroad station of Holdingford and the village named Wardeville for Dr. A. G. Warde, a Minneapolis physician, who had purchased the land and platted the townsite. The post office was established in 1872 as Holding's Ford and was changed to Holdingford in 1894.

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